t& the' dpmtoh of the infide- of tlte firoirracli^s feing haify^^^ iUu 

 fmobth caterpillars were all leemingly uilhutt> tfaough quite 



The young birds differ very confiderably fiotn the adultSji 

 Iteing air "over mottled with brown and 'tVrtuginoUs ; they do 

 not attain tHeir full plumage till after the fecond moult' ; the 

 eggs are of a dufky white, fpotted with various tints of affi- 

 qolour and olive green, the' fpots are moft nutliferous'aftlve 

 larger end. The females do not arrive till' f6me time after 

 the males, nor do they quit till a week or t^b'lkfer ; their 

 note is a loud hoarfe fcream or chatter. 



Since the above went to prefs, we have'fe'eii'tWo' birds, one 

 on the twenty-fixth and the other on the twenty-ferenth of 

 the prefent month (Auguft) the former one was a male, and 

 was uttering its well known cry of Cuckow, this it did very 

 hoarfely ; the fex of the latter one we did 'not difcover. 



