ttG y\\\ C. 10. llt'llniayr ou a rart- D/tU'rn. 



lioKler {Jtniipenis viroiiif'atuis), Spavool {Asparogus 

 orficinalis), \\i\de Hose {Ixosa canina). 

 h. Kern- und Knospennalirung : Esche {Fra^inus twct'lsior), 

 Espe {Popullis t)'i'))iula), Winterlinde {T/'h'a /uwi/oliii) 

 nnil Samen von Zierstrauoliern. 



Beim Forstliaus Spitz"berg (740 m) in den Xovd-Yooesen 

 (Els.-TiOthr.), wo sieh FUi^e lü- /.u 15 Stück von Aniano- Fehruai" 

 bis 12. April aufhielten, sah man sie auch aut'den Dienstwiesen 

 nach Insekten (Gewürm ?) suchen. 



IL— NOTE ON A RARE BITTERN 



{Zebsilus prjiiLi's). 



By 0. E. Hellmayr. 



Ix the • Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums,' vol. iii. pp. GI-62, 

 Pr. H. 0. Forbes published an interesting paper on this little- 

 known species. After discussino the two phases of its plumage — 

 u rufous and a blackish one — the autlior says : — " It must still 

 remain, therefore, an undecided question whether these two 

 forms belong (a) to the same or different species, (/>) to the 

 young and the adnlt, or (r) to the two sexes of the same species/* 

 Seither Dr. R. B. Sharpe nor Dr. H. Forbes had auy sexed 

 specimen when writing upon this bird. The specimen collected 

 bv Mr. G. Garlepp, which passed iuto the collection of Couut 

 Berlepsclu unfortunately was also not sexed. 



The Vienna Museum, how-||r*i% possesses two examples in very 

 fine condition. collected bv that illustrious explorer of Brazil, 

 J. V. Natteivr, in Matro Grosso. As is well known, Xatterer 

 was a very carefnl observer and he sexed all the speeimens 

 which were collected during his long travels. The birds 

 have still Xaiterer's original labeis attached, which read as 

 follows : — 



a. " S " a^l. '' Cai<,-ara, Matto Grosso. 16th Feb., 1826." 

 h. "$" "Engeuho do Gama, Matro Grosso, 9th July, 

 1^26." 



