COLOUR IN BIRDS AND QUADRUPEDS. 239 



No. 1 1 . Fringilla cyanea, male ; May 3d. Moulting extensively. 

 The young feathers coming forward nearly in bright colours. 



No. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Sylvia eoronata; obtained from the 6th 

 of March to the 10th of April. Every individual I obtained at the 

 latter date, both male and female, was undergoing the change. 



No. 18. Sylvia coronata; May 1st. Summer colours nearly re- 

 stored. The moult has been general. 



No. 19. Fringilla palustris ', April. All the specimens procured at 

 this season were in extensive moult. 



No. 20. Emheriza oryzivora, Rice Bird ; May 6th. Moulting on 

 the breast. The young feathers coming forward nearly black. 



No. 21. JLrilea ccerulea, Blue Heron; female. This bird was ob- 

 tained from the nest in June 1835; it became very gentle. On the 

 following March it commenced moulting irregularly ; all the new fea- 

 thers were tinged, more or less, with blue. In July 1836, when a lit- 

 tle more than a year old, it was accidentally killed. 



VI. — 3 K 



