Correspondence. 93 



O: true pink I can recall indeed but one instance, and that 

 i5 a few fcatluMs in the nape of one of the Bower Birds, as seen at the 

 Natui'al History Musi'iun, for I have not scon even that in life. There 

 i.s the pink in the breast of our old friend the " Tlosey " it is true, 

 but even tha' is of I'ather a tauddy description; then thci'e is the pink 

 nf sorts in the breast of the Buliruic'i, but beyond that I cannot go. 

 Kvory si^ade of red and orans-e is common enough, but only that one 

 inslanee of true, I'ji'ar pink tliat I can recall. I maybe mistaken, and 

 this may scoin rather nonsense to write about, but any way, it will 

 set members thinking if they can enumerate other instances. 

 (Mrs.) E. A. H. HARTLEY. 



HOODED SISKIN (Chrnxnmitrh cHrulla/u^) 

 Sin, Tlie young Hooded SLskin (cf) is now five months old and 

 sliowing til'- male colouration on breast and abdomen. The colour is at 

 p)esrnt oi-ange-red, not vermillion, as in the adult male. 



Eton. Windsor, (Dr.) M. AMSLER. 



February 12, 1913. 



FROM ENGLAND TO NATAL. REMARKABLE JOURNEY OF A 

 SWALLOW. 



Dear Sir. — In sending you the attached which I think cannot 

 fail to prov( of interest to your readers, I may mention that the 

 leadei-p ofBr/tisJi Birds" Magazine have now placed ovei- .32,000 rings 

 on wild birds of many kinds and that this is lea ling to results of great 

 interest and importance in connexion with the study of birds. 



Should ringed birds ever come into the hands of your readers 



I hope they will notify me at once, s*^ating the name on the ring and 



the number, as well as the date and p^ace where the bird was found. 



T will then at once inform them when and where the bird was ringed. 



Yours faithfully, 



H. F. WITHERBY. 



Editor British Birds. 

 Extract from "British B'rds," 'February, 1913. 



A SW.4LI0W RINGED IN STAFFORDSHIRE AND RECOVERED 

 IN NATAL. 

 The following letter has just reached me : — 



Grand Hotel, 



Utrecht, Natal, 

 27th December, 1912. 

 " Witherby," 



High Holborn, London. 



Dear Sir. — On December 23rd, a Swallow was caught in 

 in the farmhouse of the farm "Roodeyand," 18 miles from this town, 

 with a metal label round its leg, with the woi-ds: Witherby, High 

 Holboru, London, and on the other side B.830. 



