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^Cwvus mo7iedula, Linn. Found in the stomach carrion, offal, &c. 

 Very common. Frequents town and the vicinity of" man ; often seen 

 in fields, and is very familiar : in winter is only seen about the town : 

 towards sunset these birds assemble in large flocks to roost upon the 

 trees about the town : begin to pair early in April, and build in the 

 end of the same month, low down in chimneys. 



Corvus frugilegus, Linn. Killed March 24. Begins to arrive about 

 the end of January. Common. Frequents fields, &c., and is often 

 seen following the plough : towards sunset these birds assemble into 

 small flocks, and return to town to roost upon trees, on which they 

 build. 



Corvus Comix, Linn. Procured January 13. Found in the sto- 

 mach grain, hair, bones, offal, &c. Arrives January 1 and leaves 

 March 28. Common about the streams near town ; when approached 

 it sometimes erects the featiiers on the crown of the head : it is by 

 no means shy. Only seen on clear sunny days. 



Cuculus ccmoriis, Linn. Procured April 22 and 30. Found in 

 the stomach insects. Iris yellow ; margin of eyelids bright sulphur- 

 yellow ; tip of the bill and greater part of the middle black, remainder 

 greenish ; margins of the gape and the root of the lower mandible 

 yellow ; legs bright yellow : the plumage of both sexes alike. No- 

 ticed from April _2 to May 17. Frequents burying-grounds, fields, 

 and the adjoining hills. Not numerous. 



Yiinx torquilla, Linn. Procured May 4. Found in the stomach 

 very small brown ants. Shot on a tombstone. Solitary. Total length 

 7 inches. 



Upupa Epops, Linn. Noticed from April 21 to September 17. 

 Most common during summer. 



Columba jEnas, Linn. Food seeds. Common. 

 Perdix saxatilis, Meyer. Numerous at Tortoom. Sometimes 

 found here in the depth of winter, in burying-grounds and in the 

 ditches round the town : in summer it is said these birds inhabit the 

 neighbouring mountains. 



Glareola limhata, Riipp. Procured May 5. Found in the sto- 

 mach small crickets. Total length 1 1 inches. Bill black, the mar- 

 gins of the gape being red ; legs dusky, with black claws. Only seen 

 in May, when these birds were common in small flocks about the 

 moist turf near the river. Shy. 



Nycticorax Europccus, Steph. Procured March 29. Shot at the 

 river, perched on a tree. Total length 24 inches. Iris bright 

 scarlet. 



Gallinula chloropus. Lath. Procured April 14. Found in the 

 stomach very small black seeds. Anterior half of the bill yellow, 

 with a greenish tinge ; the remainder, as also the plate on the fore- 

 head, bright red, inclining to scarlet ; iris bright red, with two very 

 narrow rings round the pupil, the inner one being dark yellow and 

 the outer one black ; legs yellowish green, with a patch of bright 

 orange red above the knee-joint. Fell with a few others into the 

 yard of a house, where it was caught alive. 



ToUintis hypnleucos, Temm. Procured April 6 in a burying- 



