310 SKETCHES OF EUROPEAN ORNITPOLOGY. 
ner, in inferiority of size ; in the possession of shorter tarsi, of an 
olive-green colour; in he absence of the red colouring of the upper 
surface; and the preference which it evinces for inland creeks and 
muddy shores, instead of the shingly beach which constitutes the fa- 
vourite resort of the latter. Its food consists of insects, worms, and 
Mollusca: and, although no authentic record of the fact has yet been 
obtained, Mr. Gould thinks it probable, from the frequent occurrence 
of the bird, in an immature state, in this country, that, like the Dun- 
lin and others of the genus, it breeds in some of our more secluded 
aud extensive marshes. The plate represents figures of the young 
and adult bird, executed with great taste, fidelity, and spirit. 
Pirate XVIII. The Little Cormorant,—Carbo pygmeus,—le 
Cormoran pygmée, £7.,—is here very strikingly delineated. It is 
Pelecanus pygmeus, of Pallas ; the Dwarf Shag, of Latham ; yet, 
by no means, as its specific designation would seem to imply, the 
smallest of its genus. It inhabits the eastern parts of Europe; is 
very numerous in Asiatic Russia, and probably in Turkey. Food, 
and nidifieation, unknown. 
Pirate XIX. Richard’s Pipit,—Anthus Richardi,—le Pipit 
Richard, F’r.,—is here very cleverly represented ; but, in size, cer- 
tainly larger than natural. In the general outline of the body, in 
the elongated figure of the posterior claw, and in the habit of fre- 
quently raising and depressing the tail, a striking affinity exists be- 
tween the species of the genera Anthus and Motacilla, especially 
those belonging to that section of the latter to which Cuvier has ap- 
plied the sub-generic designation, Budytes. The subject of the pre- 
sent plate is of somewhat rare occurrence in Europe. Mr. Gould 
believes that the northern and western regions of Africa are its native 
habitation. Food, and nidification, unknown. 
Puatre XX. The present Part concludes with the exhibition of 
two figures, nobly drawn, and most delicately coloured, of the Glau- 
cous Gull,—Zarus glaucus,—le Goéland Burgermeister, /7.,— 
Weischwingige Meve, die grosse Seemeve oder der Burgermeister, 
G.,—in the adult summer and the immature plumage. A native of 
the Arctic regions, it breeds on precipitous rocks. Of its eggs, the 
most contradictory descriptions have been published: some writers, 
as Gould, stating them to be of a pale purplish-grey colour, with 
spots of umber-brown ; others, as Temminck, believing them, from 
the report of travellers, to be greenish, and marked with six or eight 
black spots. The species is a common visitant of the British and 
other European coasts; and feeds voraciously on carrion, the car- 
