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their gayest tints of red and yellow: one of these last, which was 

 killed on the 10th of December, shortly before their departure, had, 

 however, assumed another dress ; a wide dark stripe passed from the 

 bill on each side of the eye, and extended for some distance down 

 the neck ; there were also a few irregular dusky marks on the back, 

 and the red ground-colour was of a very different shade. 



Rose-coloured Pastor (Pastor roseus). A fine specimen of this 

 beautiful bird was shot near Oxford in the spring of 1837, and pre- 

 served in the collection of Mr. Kirtland. Another was also killed in 

 the same neighbourhood in the month of February, in the following 

 year. — K. 



Raven (Corvus Corax). The raven is now seldom seen in this 

 county. A few years ago five passed over this place in company, and 

 single specimens are still occasionally met with. In 1834 four young 

 birds were taken from a nest near Oxford. 



Hooded Crow (Corvus Comix). Very seldom visits this part of 

 the kingdom. 



Hoopoe (Upupa Epops). A specimen of this beautiful bird was 

 shot near Ensham, in this county, in 1840, and is now in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Kirtland. In the spring of 1790 four hoopoes were 

 killed between Wallingford and Reading, in Berkshire. — Dr. T. 



Rock Dove (Columba livia). Sometimes seen in this neighbour- 

 hood during the autumn, but it is a very uncertain visitor. Also found 

 in Berkshire. — Dr. T. 



Black Grouse (Tetrao Tetrix). In October, 1836, a gray hen was 

 shot near Forest-hill, in this county. This is the only instance which 

 has come to our knowledge of the black grouse having been found in 

 Oxfordshire, and it is not improbable that the bird in question might 

 have escaped from some aviary, although its plumage presented no 

 appearance which would lead to such a conclusion. 



Red-legged Partridge (Perdix rubra). In 1835, a pair of red-legged 

 partridges were killed on the Chiltern Hills, near Stokenchurch, in 

 this county ; and on the 21st of September, ]848, a covey of six were 

 found in the same locality by Mr. Willoughby Beauchamp. It has 

 also been met with in Berkshire. — Dr. T. 



Andalusian Hemipode (Turnix Andalusica). We have adopted the 

 name of Turnix Andalusica, in preference to Hemipodius tachydro- 

 mus, usually given to this species, on the advice of a distinguished 

 ornithologist, whose opinion we will take the liberty of quoting in 

 his own words. — " The generic name of Turnix must be used instead 

 of Hemipodius, the former dating from Bonnaterre, in the ' Encyclo- 



