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  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

  

  having 
  suggested 
  that 
  the 
  bird 
  was 
  probably 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   Pennula 
  ecaudata. 
  The 
  specimen 
  had 
  probably 
  faded 
  con- 
  

   siderably 
  from 
  its 
  original 
  colour^ 
  as 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  proved 
  

   by 
  the 
  deep 
  vinous 
  chestnut 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  abdomen 
  and 
  vent^ 
  

   these 
  parts 
  having 
  been 
  more 
  shaded 
  from 
  the 
  lights 
  and 
  

   here 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  approximated 
  to 
  that 
  

   of 
  P. 
  ecaudata. 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  

   rusty 
  vinous 
  colour, 
  and 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  as 
  Latham 
  

   described 
  it 
  originally. 
  Nothing, 
  however, 
  could 
  have 
  altered 
  

   the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  back, 
  which 
  still 
  retained 
  the 
  streaked 
  

   appearance 
  indicated 
  by 
  Latham, 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  also 
  stated 
  that 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  

   Grus 
  cinerea 
  longirostris, 
  T. 
  & 
  S., 
  in 
  the 
  Ley 
  den 
  Museum, 
  

   showed 
  that 
  this 
  name 
  applied 
  to 
  Grus 
  mewicana 
  and 
  not 
  to 
  

   Grus 
  canadensis, 
  as 
  was 
  generally 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  case. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  ScLATER 
  made 
  some 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  splendid 
  series 
  

   of 
  mounted 
  birds, 
  illustrative 
  of 
  the 
  Italian 
  avifauna, 
  which 
  

   had 
  been 
  collected 
  for 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  Reale 
  Istituto 
  

   degli 
  Studii 
  Superior!, 
  of 
  Florence, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  H. 
  Giglioli. 
  

   The 
  most 
  recent 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  ornis 
  of 
  Italy 
  was 
  stated 
  

   to 
  be 
  Lanius 
  algeriensis. 
  

  

  He 
  also 
  mentioned 
  the 
  migratory 
  birds 
  which 
  had 
  visited 
  

   the 
  s.s. 
  ' 
  Oruba,' 
  between 
  Gibraltar 
  and 
  Malta, 
  from 
  March 
  

   29th 
  to 
  April 
  1st. 
  He 
  had 
  been 
  disappointed 
  at 
  the 
  small 
  

   numbers 
  observed. 
  Those 
  recognized 
  were 
  the 
  Swallow, 
  hen 
  

   Redstart, 
  Song-Thrush, 
  Wheatear, 
  and 
  Robin. 
  A 
  Nightjar 
  

   was 
  on 
  the 
  ship 
  for 
  several 
  hours 
  on 
  April 
  1st, 
  when 
  nearing 
  

   Naples. 
  

  

  The 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Rothschild 
  exhibited 
  a 
  curious 
  me- 
  

   lanistic 
  variety 
  of 
  a 
  Razorbill 
  {Alca 
  tor 
  da), 
  and 
  examples 
  

   of 
  some 
  interesting 
  Asiatic 
  species, 
  Merula 
  kessleri, 
  Ibido- 
  

   rhynchus 
  kaufmanni, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Robert 
  Read 
  exhibited 
  a 
  Black-headed 
  Gull, 
  which 
  

   had 
  nearly 
  attained 
  the 
  plumage 
  of 
  the 
  adult, 
  but 
  had 
  the 
  

   bill 
  and 
  feet 
  of 
  an 
  orange 
  colour. 
  

  

  