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Date. Donations. Donors. 



April. Corvus, supposed to be new to Britain. Mr. Anth. Strong, 



Shot at Blagdon, in Northumberknd, and seems to be a Gamekeeper. 



non-descript species, the bill resembling more that of the Jackdaw 

 than the Carrion Crow, to which, in other respects, it is some- 

 what similar ; the space between the eye and root of the bill 

 is. however, more destitute of feathers ; the feathers under the 

 bUl extend considerably further toward the tip ; the legs are 

 stronger in proportion, the wings are of dark blackish brown, and 

 the bird is altogether smaller than the Carrion Crow. The do- 

 nor, who, from his occupation, has had this species frequently un- 

 der his observation, remarks, that though frequently seen in pairs, 

 he has never found their nest ; that they do not associate with 

 the common Crows, and that they are so tame as to permit a 

 very near approach. He thinks them birds of passage. Com- 

 municated May, 29, 1 830. 



1830. Blackbird, ChafBnch, and common Willow Wren. Mr. Hepper, Close 



February House. 



Goat Sucker f Caprimulgus Eurt^cBus J . Mr. Hepper, Close 



Shot near Close House. House. 



Dunlin C Tringa variabilis J, 2 specimens. Mr. Steph. Tueart, 



Shot at Prestwick Car, May, 1830. sen. Newcastle. 



Fifty-nine Birds' Skins, viz. : — P. J. Selby, Esq. 



Eider Duck (Anas mollissima), 3 specfmens. Twisel House. 



Redbreasted Merganser (Mergus Serrator), female. 



Bubo africana, male. 



Falco Jackal, female, old. 



F. musicus, male. 



F. melanopterus, male. 



Corvus dauricus. 



Pterocles Tachypetes, male and female. 



Alauda magnirostris, male. 



Ptilonorynchus Smithii (New Holland). 



Lamprotornis. 



Rallus capensis, female. 



Pluvianus coronatus. 



Merops apiaster. 



Lamprotornis splendens (South Africa). 



Saxicola. 



Columba. 



Brachypus capensis, 2 specimens. 



Lamprotornis Nileus. 



Colius leuconotus. 



Merops. 



Picus. 



Frjngilla Astrilda. 



Crex niger, female. 



Saxicola montium. 



Columba capensis, male. 



Mimeta viridis (New Holland). 



Turdus superciliaris, female. 



Parus africanus. 



Anthus capensis. 



Eurystomus orientalis. 



