202 On the Occurrence of ffistrelata h^esitata in Hungary. 



surface of the body ; under wing-coverts dull white, with a 

 slight tinge of yellow, and having dusky barring. Total 

 length 7 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 4-37, tail 2*3, tarsus OT; 

 toes (without claws), outer anterior 0-56, outer posterior 

 0'62, inner anterior 0*45, inner posterior 0"3. 



Considering that Bonaparte in all probability only knew 

 this species from Riippell's single type (a female, which is 

 in the Frankfort Museum), I cannot see how he was able to 

 describe the male as having the whole of the top of the head 

 red, although this will doubtless prove to be the case. 



XXII. — On the Occurrence of (Fi^ixel^iiQ, htesitata in Hungary. 

 By W. Eagle Clarke, F.L.S. 



When going over the collection of Hungarian birds in the 

 National Museum at Buda-Pesth in May last, I was very 

 much surprised to observe a specimen of CE. hcesitata. This, 

 I was informed by Dr. Madarasz, the Curator in ornithology, 

 had been killed in or near the village of Zolinki, in the 

 county of Zips, in North Hungary, in the year 1870, and 

 found its way into a local collection of birds, but was 

 acquired by the museum in exchange during the same year. 



The occurrence of this ocean-loving species in the very 

 heart of Europe is not a little remarkable ; and when I in- 

 formed Professor Newton of the existence of this specimen, 

 he, with his accustomed caution, advised me to have the 

 identification confirmed by Herr von Pelzeln, whose acquain- 

 tance I had the pleasure of making when at Vienna. My 

 friend Dr. Madarasz kindly sent the bird to Vienna for 

 examination ; and Herr v. Pelzeln informed me shortly after- 

 wards that it was "^the bird figured by Temminck in the 

 '^ Planches Coloriees •* (fig. 416), but in a younger dress.^^ 



This occurrence has not hitherto, I believe, been recorded ; 

 and unless, since the publication of Dresser's 'Birds of 

 Europe,^ there are some additional occurrences of which I 

 am unaware, it is the third European specimen. 



