POSITION OF LEGS OF BIRDS DURING FLIGHT. 149 



Alcedinid^;. 



Ceryle rudis (F. Finn). 

 Alcedo ispida (F. Finn). 

 Halcyon smyrnensis (F. Finn). 



Dacelo gigas (F. Finn). 



BlJCEROTIDiE . 



Anthracoceros sp. (F. Finn), 



Legs carried bent forward in 



Falconing. 



Msalon regulus (legs carried for- 

 ward in pursuit, J. L. Bon- 

 hote). 

 MotacillidjE. 



Macronyx capensis. 

 Sturnidje. 

 Spreo tricolor. 



TuRDIDffi. 



Turdus merulus {fide J. L. Bon- 

 hote). 

 Hirundinid-e. 



Ptyonoprogne fuligida. 

 Corvid.&. 



Corvus frugilegus. 



C. splendens. 

 C. beringianus. 

 C. corax. 



C. capensis. 



UpUPIDffi. 



Upupa epops (F. Finn). 

 Cypselin^e. 



Cypselus caffer. 

 Capitonid^e. 



Therieceryx zeylonicus {fide F. 

 Finn). 



PlCIDjE. 



Brachypternus aurantius (F. 

 Finn). 



my guides) to a well-known artist named Kanomotonogo, seemed to me to be 

 remarkably good. The bird is about to alight, and is in the act of extending 

 its legs slightly forward before doing so. 



In the " Bamboo Room " of the Hongali Temple, also at Kyoto, and said 

 to be three hundred years old, the legs of the Japanese Sparrow are por- 

 trayed in flight as bent partially forward. In the "Wild Goose Room" 

 of the same temple some excellent examples of Geese are drawn in various 

 characteristic positions, as with legs trailing when about to alight, or stretch- 

 ing backward, but below the horizontal, when arising from the ground. 

 Evidently the Japanese artists clearly recognized the different carriage in 

 flight of the legs of such totally distinct birds as a Goose and a Sparrow, 

 although in the case of the imaginary Phoenix Bird there might well be 

 room for a variety of opinions. 



