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plumage, but has the white space on the shoulders not so large as appears to 

 be usual. The throat is entirely black, which color extends to the breast, 

 ending abruptly, 



This is undoubtedly the bird alluded to by Pallas in Zoog. Ross. Asiat. i. 

 p. 507, as a variety of Moiac'dla albeola, which he states is of frequent occur- 

 rence in Kamtschatka and the Curile Islands. To this variety the Prince Bo- 

 naparte gives the name as above. 



Pttropaulski, July, 1855." (Mr. Stimpson). 



59. Bcdytes virides, (Gmelin) ? 



From the Island of Formosa. A young specimen preserved iu spirits and 

 which we find impossible to refer to any sj>ecies moreover, a young speci- 

 men of a Motacilla, greenish and yellowish colored, is not an easy subject, at 

 best ! 



Flew on board, after a storm, off the south end of the Island of Formosa, 

 September 25th, 1854." (Mr. Stimpson). 



60. Anthus malayensis, Eyton. 



Hong Kong, February, 1855." (Mr. Stimpson). 



61. HlKUNDO GCTTURALIS, Scopoli. 



Fiew on board offthe Island of Formosa, September, 1855." (Mr. Stimp- 

 son). 



62. Cecropis cucullata, (Boddsert). 



" Constantia, Cape of Good Hope, October, 1S53. Collected by Lieut. Van 

 Wyck." (Mr. Stimpson). 



63. Cypselcs melba, (Linnaeus). 



Hirundo melba, Linn., Syst. Nat. i. p. 345, (1766). 

 Hirundo alpina, Scopoli. 



Hirundo gularis, Steph., Gen. Zool., x. p. 99, (1817). 

 Cypselus gutturalis, Vieill.. Nouv. Diet. xix. p. 422, (1818). 

 Le Vaill. Ois d'Afr. v. pi. 243. 

 From the Cape of Good Hope. 



Several specimens, very interesting on account of their locality, and tend- 

 ing to demonstrate that this bird, which is found in southern Europe and 

 Asia, inhabits also the entire continent of Africa. On careful comparison will; 

 European specimens in the Museum of the Philadelphia Academy, though we 

 find no strong nor perhaps sufficient characters distinguishing the present 

 bird, yet the specimens now before us are somewhat larger, and appear to 

 have a wider band in front on the neck and breast. Both of the names last 

 given above are applicable to the South African bird, having been applied on 

 the faith of Le Vaillant's plate and description. 



" Near Simon's town, Cape of Good Hope, October, 1853. Shot by Lieut. 

 Van Wyck." (Mr. Stimpson). 



64. Alcedo bengalensis, Gmelin. 



From the Loo Choo Islands and from China. 



"Loo Choo, November, 1854, and Hong Kong, February, 1855." (Mr. 

 Ftimpson). 



" Frequently seen along a creek at Tumai, Nappa Harbor, Great Loo Choo, 

 generally sitting very quietly on dead branches projecting over the stream, or 

 occasionally plunging into the water." (Mr. E. M. Kern). 



65. Halcyon pileata, (Boddsert). 



"Near Hong Kong, presented by Dr. Harland." (Mr. Stimpson). 



66. Halcyon rufiventris, Swainson. 



" In a dry valley back of Porto Praya, Cape de Verde Islands. Collected 

 by Lieut. Van Wyck, July, 1853." (Mr. Stimpson). 



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