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Swainson, 2^ Cent. B. — Size of the European C.familiaris, with 

 the bill rather longer. Upper parts less rufescent, and more tinged 

 with dusky on the crown and back than in that species ; the rump 

 less tinged with ferruginous ; and the tail throughout strongly 

 and conspicuously barred with numerous dusky cross lines. 

 Under parts subdued white, purer on the throat. Wing 1^ in. ; 

 bill to gape f in. Common in the Deyra Doon. 



C. NiPALENSis, Hodgson, MS. ; C. himalayana apud nos, 

 J. A. S. xiv. 581 ; G. spilonota, &c., of Gray's Catalogue of Mr. 

 Hodgson's specimens presented to the British Museum. — Larger 

 than C.familiaris, with a much longer tail; the upper parts more 

 rufescent, having the colours also more defined ; lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts deep reddish ferruginous ; tail not 

 banded ; under parts white, a little tinged with ferruginous ; the 

 flanks and lower tail-coverts ferruginous, less deep than that of 

 the rump. Wing 2f in., tail 8^, bill to gape f in. Common in 

 Nepal. 



C. DISCOLOR, Blyth, J. A. S. xiv. 580.— Nearly allied to C. 

 nipalensis, but the entire under parts dingy brown, paler on the 

 abdomen; and no ferruginous on the flanks, but only on the 

 lower tail-coverts ; rump and upper tail-coverts ferruginous, but 

 this colour does not pass on the back as in C. nipalensis. Both 

 have sometimes a strongly rufescent tinge on the tail. 

 Admeasurements the same. Common in Sikim. 



THE BIRDS OF PEMBROKESHIRE.* 



By the Rev. Murray A. Mathew, M.A., F.L.S. 



Pembrokeshire, with its extended littoral and its numerous 

 bays and tidal inlets, all facing the W. and S.W., would appear to 

 offer an attractive resting-place to the crowds of migrating birds 

 which, at the autumn and spring migrations, must be passing its 

 coasts. In this respect its situation is very similar to that of 

 Devonshire and Cornwall— two counties which are singularly 

 rich in their lists of rare birds, especially North American species. 

 And, no doubt, careful observation would detect equally rare 

 stragglers on these coasts. Ever since the commencement of 

 the present century the Devon and Cornish shores have been 



* A paper read at a meeting of the Pembrokeshire Naturahsts' Field Club 

 13th March, 1884. 



