242 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Distribution. Inner and outer supra-orbital, occipital, 

 humeral, ulnar, spinal, femoral, crural and ventral. There 

 is also a distinct tract on the uropygium. 



Coloration of the Mouth. Deep orange ; flanges, lemon- 

 yellow, (c/. Vol. II., p. 196). 



Ctjckoo. Cuculus canorus. 

 Down. Absent. 

 Coloration of the Mouth. Orange ; flanges, lemon-yellow. 



Coloration of the Mouth of the Carrion-Crow. 

 Corvus cor one. 



It is stated in various works on British birds that the 

 mouth of the Carrion-Crow is flesh-coloured at all ages. 

 For instance, Howard Saunders in his Manual says — 

 "The inside of the mouth is always pale flesh-colour; 

 whereas in the young Rook it is dark flesh-colour, soon 

 turning livid and afterwards slate colour." 



This is not a fact, tor old Carrion-Crows have the whole 

 of the interior of the mouth several shades darker than the 

 adult Rook. I have shot several with the whole of the 

 mouth blackish, and many in intermediate stages with the 

 flesh-colour streaked with black. The posterior portion of 

 the mouth is the last to turn dark. The Hooded Crow does 

 not differ from the Carrion-Crow, undergoing a similar 

 change. Eric B. Dunlop. 



LAND-BIRDS SEEN ON BOARD-SHIP BETWEEN 

 LONDON AND PORT SAID. 

 The following brief record of British land-birds which came 

 on board or were seen from the P. & O. liner, in which I 

 sailed for India from London on the 21st October, 1910, 

 may be of interest to readers of British Birds. 



We got under way from Tilbury about 2.30 p.m. The sky 

 was overcast and there was a fresh easterly breeze blowing. 

 The first bird-passenger noted ^\■as a male Brambling (Fringilla 

 montifringilla) , which appeared on the decks towards dusk 

 just as we cleared the moutli of the Thames. This bird must 

 have been very tired as it allowed itself to be caught without 

 much effort. On being released, however, it fluttered about 

 and eventually disappeared to leeward. 



Next morning we were well down Channel, the wind being 

 still in the east, and several birds were to be seen flying 

 about the ship. These consisted principally of Chaffinches 

 {Fringilla coslebs), and Sky-larks {Alauda arvensis), but I also 

 noted one or two Goldcrests {Regulus cristatus) . Later in the 



