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dato ; genis macula nigrd notatis ; auricalaribus griseis; guld, ventre, 

 crissoque albis ; lateribus castaneis ; rostro pedibusque purpurascenti- 

 griseis. 



Long. Corp. 5^ unc. ; rostri, §; ala, 3; caudce, 21; tarsi, 1. 



Hab. in Australia, ai^ud flumen Murrumbidgee dictum. 



ZOSTEROPS TENUIROSTRIS, Gould. 



Zost. vertice capitis, nuchd, guld, thoraceque viridi-flavis ,■ oculo 

 plumulis albis circumdato ; dorso, scapulis, olivaceo-griseis ; prtmariis 

 rectricibusque viridi lati marginatis ; ventre, crissoque brunneo-flavis i 

 rostro pedibusque brunneis. 



Long. Corp. 5| unc; rostri, |; ala, 2^; cauda, 2^; tarsi, §. 



Hab. in Australia apud flumen Murrumbidgee dictum. 



They are the two largest known species of the genus. 



Notes by W. C. Williamson, Esq., Curator to the Natural History 

 Society, Manchester, on the appearance of rare Birds in the vicinity 

 of Scarborough were then read, of which the following is an abs- 

 tract. 



" The prominent position of Scarborough with its projecting 

 headlands separated by deep bays and its high hills covered with 

 wood, render the neighbourhood a favourite retreat for various tribes 

 of birds. Among the spring visitors the Siskin maybe enumerated, 

 which appears in April, remaining only a few days apparently on its 

 route to breeding-places farther north. It is never seen at any other 

 period of the year, though considered by authors as a winter visitor. 

 Several examples of the Hoopoe, and one specimen of the Roller, 

 have been shot in the neighbourhood. The stomach of the latter 

 was filled with the elytra and other remains of a species of Curculio. 

 Of the Water Ousel or Dipper it is stated that, when flying down a 

 stream it drops into the water and dives under any rails laid across 

 from bank to bank, rather than fly over them, rising on the opposite 

 side and pursuing its course. The nest of this bird is occasionally 

 seen so placed under a projecting ledge that a fall of water was con- 

 stantly rolling over it, thus rendering it secure from any attacks : 

 the birds entering by the sides of the fall. 



" The Redwing has been seen as late as May; these bir^s are re- 

 markable for a peculiar cry uttered when disturbed and about to take 

 flight. 



■ ' The Hooded Crow has been known to breed near Scarborough 

 on two or three occasions. In one instance, a female Hooded Crow 

 was observed to pair with a Carrion Crow on a large tree at Hack- 

 ncss, where they succeeded in rearing their young. The Carrion 

 Crow was shot by the gamekeeper, but the following year the 

 Hooded Crow returned with a new mate of the same sable hue as the 

 farmer one to her old nest. The carrion and young crows were 

 again all shot ; the old female by her vigilance escaped all the ef- 

 forts of the keepers to destroy her, and a third time returned with 

 a fresh mate ; she was not however again so successful, but was 

 shot, and is now preserved in the Scarborough Museum, The young 



