M. Sundcvall on the Birds of Calcutta. 251 



endeavoured to describe some of the modifications of this species 

 as they occur at the present point of time on the coasts of 

 Northumberland and Durham ; let us hope that others will be 

 induced to describe more of its modifications as prevailing on 

 these coasts and elsewhere during either the present or an earlier 

 period. If this should be done to a proper extent, it is not too 

 much to anticipate that sufficient materials will be accumulated 

 to necessitate the publication of an illustrated monograph of the 

 species Buccinum undatum. 



XXVII. — The Birds of Calcutta, collected and described by 

 Carl J. Sundevall*. 



[Continued from p. 176.] 



17. Phccnicornis flammea, Boie. — Muse, flammea, Forster, Lath. 

 Temm. PL Col. 263. 



Alarum tectricibus quibusdam pennisque posticis apice flavo-lim- 

 batis. Rostri carina paullo obtusa. 



$ (Calcutta 22 Febr.) cinerea, uropygio concolori ; subtus pal- 

 lide flava, gula albida ; linea per oculos fusca, supercilia albida. Ala 

 nigra, vitta flava e fascia remigum 5, et sequentium. Tectrices in- 

 feriores et margo carpi flava. Cauda prioris. Rostrum et pedes 

 nigri. Long. 7^ poll., ala 87 millim., tarsus 14, rostrum e fronte 12 ; 

 altitudo 5, latitudo 7. Iris fuscescens. (Alia simillima, rectricibus 

 utrinque 5 apice flavis, e Calcutta, Mus. Stockh.) 



<§ junior (e Calcutta, Mus. Stockh.), ut °. sed subtus sordide 

 coloratus, collo antico parum flavo tincto. Uropygium leviter flavo- 

 tinctum. Flavedo caudae splendidior. Ala 88 mill. 



£ adultus e Java, superne cum gula et jugulo niger, caeruleo ni- 

 tens ; subtus uropygio, vitta alarum caudaque lateribus splendide 

 luteo-fulvis. Rectrices utrinque 5 extrorsum lutese. Mensurse ut ? . 



I saw only the described hen-bird without being able to ex- 

 amine its actions, &c. closer. It had insects in the stomach, and 

 in its cellular texture under the belly-skin lay two pretty large 

 intestinal worms (Ascarides). The ovary was quite visible, but 

 small. 



17 b. Phcenicura miniata} Temm. PI. Col. 156. 



$ Junior ? e Calcutta, Mus. Stockh. Cinereus, subtus cineras- 

 centi-roseus, gula alba. Ala nigra, fascia remigum, apicibus tec- 

 tricum majorum pennarumque posticarum, et parte exteriore rectri- 

 cum 5 lateralium laete rubris (roseis). Uropygium rubro (nee flaves- 

 centi) tinctum. Ala 87 millim., tarsus 14. Simillimus mari juniori 

 prioris, colore flavescente in rubrum mutatof. 



* Translated from the ' Physiographiska Siillskapets Tidskrift' by R. Ber- 

 tram, with Notes by H. E. Strickland, M.A. 



\ This bird is the Pericrocotus rosens of Vieill., and not the miniatus of 

 Temminck. — H. E. S. 



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