LONG-BILLED CHOUGH. 723 



FREGILUS GRACULUS. THE LONG BILLED 

 CHOUGH. Vol. I, p. 587. 



In an individual obtained in the Isle of Mull, the oesophagus 

 was four inches and a half in length, of nearly uniform width ; 

 the ^oroventricular portion one inch long. The stomach oblong, 

 an inch and three-eighths in length, an inch and one-twelfth 

 in breadth ; its muscular coat moderately thick ; the epithelium 

 dense and rugous. The intestine was two feet long, four-twelfths 

 in width in the duodenal portion ; the coeca half an inch long, 

 and two-twelfths in breadth. In the stomach were a Carabus, 

 several spiders, a vast number of small white larvse, a grain of 

 oats, and some particles of quartz. 



THREMMAPHILUS ROSEUS. THE ROSE-COLOURED 

 COW-BIRD. Yol. I, p. 613. 



A beautiful specimen of this bird was shot in July 1889 at 

 Ladythorne, the seat of R. Wilkie, Esq. It was an adult 

 male, in perfect plumage. The most northern locality that I 

 have been credibly informed of, is the neighbourhood of Ding- 

 wall, in Ross-shire. 



PICA MELANOLEUCA. THE MAGPIE. Vol. I, p. 562. 



Although not usually social, the INIagpie is sometimes seen 

 in large flocks. In the spring of 1889 I observed twenty-one 

 in a grass field near South Queensferry. ]Mr Harley informs 

 me that in England also " it becomes in part or temporarily 

 gregarious, in the month of February, if the weather is open. 

 For instance, I once counted forty-six together in a low pas- 

 ture field on the banks of the Derwent in Derbyshire, in 1834. 

 It abounds in Leicestershire, and remains in pairs throughout 

 the year. Indeed I do not think any migration whatever, 

 partial or general, takes place in this species. Why such a 



