170 Zoological Collections. Vertebrafa, 



nigris ; pennis rufo limbatis ; abdomine helvolo. — Total length, 4^ inches* 

 Found in the neighbourhood of Ambukol. 



10. Emberiza ccesia, (pi. 10.) Capite, nucha, pectore cseruleo-cineras- 

 centibus ; gutture, gastraeo ciiiamomeis ; remigibus et rectricibus nigris, 

 rufo limbatis : rectricum extimarum duarum pyonio interno macula alba. — 

 Total length, 4 inches. Inhabits the mountains of Abyssinia? 



11. Emberiza Jlavigaster, (pi. 25.) Capite nigro, fascia d medio verticis 

 ad nucham albescente, linea superciliari et infraorbitali albis ; tergo castaneo, 

 tectricibus minoribus et majoribus apice albis -^ eorpore infra citrino ; crisso 

 albo. — Length, 5 inches. Inhabits Kordofan in the winter. 



12. Ploceus super ciliosus, (pi. 15.) Capitis colore lisete castaneo; taenia 

 superciliari, mentali, gula et macula infra orbitali albis ; stria nigra descen- 

 dente ad latera colli ; alis umbrinis, margine pennarum flavicante j eorpore 

 inferiore ex fusceseente albo Total length, 5^ inches. Inhabits Kordo- 

 fan. Feeds on seeds. 



13. Lanius erythrogaster, (pi. 29.) Corpore supra nigro, infra coccineo j 



crisso helvolo Diifers little from L. harharus. Frequents bushes in 



Kordofan and Sennaar. Ants have been found in its stomach. 



14. Dacelo pygmceus, (pi. 28, fig. 6.) Capite subcristato et tectricibus 

 obsolete fuscescentibus, apicibus plumarum pallidioribus ; gula alba ; regione 

 parotica, collari, pectore et abdomine sordide albescentibus, maculis sparsira 

 oblongis obsairioribus. Dorso ultramarino ; rectricibus et remigibus supra 



cseruleo-viridescentibus, infra fuscis. Rostro rubro Length, from the top 



of the head to the end of the tail, 4 inches, 9 lines. Inhabits Kordofan ; 

 frequenting woods, and feeding on insects. 



( To be concluded in next Number.) 



The Alpine Swift, ( Cypselus Alpimis,) a British visitant. — This species 

 inhabits the southern Alps of Europe, the rocky coasts of the Mediterranean, 

 Sardinia, and southern Africa, abounding both in the inland Alpine ranges and 

 on the rocky shores. The many acquisitions of birds from a similar range of 

 •country, which have, of late, been made to our list of British visitants, had 

 produced a hope that this species would some time be added, and our antici- 

 pations have been, in a great measure, confirmed, by the perusal of a letter 

 to Mr Selby from William Sinclair, Esq. of Belfast, who has received 

 and sent for inspection a specimen killed on the south coast of Ireland. 

 Although killed at sea, there appears little doubt of it being found on the 

 ^shores, and this is rendered more probable by the bird having a provincial 

 name given to it by the pilots and sailors, who, besides, seemed acquainted 

 with it. We give an extract from the letter, as best describing the fact, and 

 trust that Mr Sinclair will fulfil his intention of visiting the southern shore 

 of Ireland during the breeding season, and will confirm the interesting dis- 

 covery. 



*' I beg to send for your inspection a specimen of the Cypselus Alpinus 

 of Temminck, which I received, in the summer of 1829, from the captain 

 of a West Indiaman, who assured me (and he is a person on whom I 

 can place every reliance) that he shot it within eight or ten miles of the 

 south coast of Ireland, when on his passage to this port, and that some 

 of the Cape Clear pilots who were on board his vessel at the time appeared 

 to know the bird, and gave it the name of " Cape Thrush." From 

 the period of the year at which this specimen was obtained, viz. mid- 

 summer, and from the natives of the coast appearing to have a knowledge of 

 the bird, I am inclined to think that it may possibly be found there during the 

 period of incubation, especially as the locality would agree with the habitat 

 assigiied it by Temminck. If this turns out to be the case, it will be a 

 new and interesting addition to our ornithology. I intend, however, next 

 summer, to try every means of ascertaining the fact, and shall not fail to 

 communicate to you the result. — Belfast, November t 1830." 



