352 Zoological Society. 



Linn.) from February 17 to April 7. Some were seen at Tortoom 

 in February. 



* Pants major, Linn. Procured March 25. Bill black, with dark 

 margins ; legs and claws bluish gray. Total length, 5'5 finches. 

 Among trees and rose-bushes in town. Noticed from January 31 

 to March 2. 



* Emberiza Cia, Linn. Procured April 4. Found in the stomach 

 very small graminaceous seeds. Total length 6*8 inches. Bill bluish ; 

 legs light brown. Observed from 3rd to 25th of April, near mill- 

 streams and in burying-grounds. Common. 



Emberiza citrinella, Linn. Procured March 2t. Food the same 

 as that of Emberiza Cia. Common upon trees and in burying- 

 grounds. Seen from March 23 to April 23. Total length 7 inches. 



Emberiza hortulana, Linn. Procured April 19. Found in the 

 stomach insects and small seeds. Total length 6'3 inches. Bill light 

 brown ; legs very pale light brown. Frequents the vicinity of mill- 

 streams. Noticed from April 19 to May 8. It is singular, that among 

 fourteen or fifteen birds which we examined, shot at different times 

 and places, every one had insects as well as seeds in the crop and 

 gizzard. The female has the feathers of the breast, summit of the 

 head, nape, and sides of the chin, marked with longitudinal dusky 

 spots. 



Coccothraustes chloris, Flem. 



Coccothraustes vulgaris, Briss. Procured April 10. Found in 

 the stomach seeds, both large and small. On a tree in town. Only 

 iwo seen. 



Fringilla montifringilla, Linn. Procured March 31. Bill yel- 

 lowish, and black at the tip ; legs dusky. No others have been seen. 



Fringilla Ccelebs, Linn. Procured March 26 and 27- Found in 

 the stomach small seeds. Common in the vicinity of rills. Total 

 length 6*3 inches. Bill light brown, or of a smoke-blue colour ; legs 

 dark brown. Arrived March 26, departed April 17. 



Pyrrhula ? Procured Feb. 27- Found in the stomach seeds. 



Total length 5*7 inches. Shot on some willows at Tortoom, where 

 they are said to be common. 



*Sturnus vulgaris, Linn. Procured March 8. Total length 9*6 

 inches. Very common. Frequents the habitations of man, and feeds 

 in fields, &c. ; these birds are also the constant attendants of cattle 

 while grazing : at sunset they return in large flocks, to roost upon 

 trees and eaves of houses. Arrive in the beginning of March and 

 disappear late in November. Turkish name, Sighergik (diminutive 

 of ox). & 



