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find any description of the species in mj booksj I shall therefore 

 give the following characters. 



Sylvia obscura. 



Sylv, corpore unicolore fusco-nigro^ alts brevibus rotundatis^ 

 Cauda brevi^ pedibus elongutis fortibus pallidis. 



The length of this bird from the apex of the bill to that of the 

 tail is 4| inches ; of the wing from the carpal joint to the end of 

 the fourth quill feather, IJ; of the tail, 1^ ; of the tarsij |. 



23. I consider this bird as the species which M. Vieillot has 

 figured under the name of Troglodytes furva^ (Galerie des 

 Oiseaux, pi. 167.) It is the Motacilla furva of Gmelin, (Syst. 

 Nat. 1. p. 994. no. 168.) 



24. A bird nearly allied to the last. — It is a young bird, brown- 

 ish with longitjidinal fuscous striee on the head, back, and wings. 

 The tail is barred like the preceding, which would incline me to 

 think that it belongs to the same species, were not the bill 

 somewhat stronger at the base. I shall endeavour to procure 

 more of them, and ascertain the species. 



25. A species oi Fringilla^ or rather, I suspect, of Emberiza; 

 the bill being injured I cannot decide to which group it belongs. 

 It appears to me to be undescribed ; but I do not wish to say 

 more respecting it until I possess better materials for description. 



26. A Fringilla. — This I think is probably the Fr. australis^ 

 or the rusty collared Finch of Dr. Latham, (Ind. Orn. p. 466. 

 No. 112. Gen. Hist., Vol. vi., p. 128., No. 111.); although his 

 description is too short to decide the species with certainty. The 

 rusty coloured collar round the neck is a strong character, and 

 inclines me to think that both birds are of the same species. 



The above eight specimens were procured at Port Famine. 



27. A female specimen of the Sturnus militaris, Linn,; — not 

 uncommon in the Straits. 



28. This is one of those black species which are so numerous 

 and so ill defined among the American Sturnidce, I cannot ven- 



