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brown. The bill was dark blue, with a black point, and 
festooned, the cere greenish-yellow, and the eyes orange ; 
chin nearly white, with longitudinal lines of dark brown ; 
breast and belly light reddish or brownish white, with lon- 
gitudinal blotches of dark brown, becoming lines of dark 
brown on the thighs ; under wing coverts light reddish- 
brown, with long-shaped blotches of dark brown; inside 
of primaries greyish- white, wath transverse bars of brown. 
Legs — tibia 4 inches long ; tarsus (yellow), 3 inches ; middle 
toe and claw nearly 2f inches in length ; claws dark blue 
or black ; the tarsus is feathered at the top, and below is 
covered with transverse scutellse in front and behind, 
with small angular scales between ; the middle toe is slightly 
longer than the lateral toes, which are nearly equal in length ; 
the claws of the first and second toes are the largest. 
The following birds exhibited, showed accidental pecu- 
liarities in their plumage : — 
Passer domesticus (Common Sparrow), nearly pure white, 
shot near Peebles in the beginning of October. 
Varieties of the Perdix cinerea (Common Partridge) — 
one spotted all over with white feathers, shot near Dudding- 
ston on the 20th of October ; another, with nearly pure 
white primaries of the wings, shot at Mellerstain, Berwick- 
shire, by Lord Binning, in October ; and also one showing 
the horse-shoe mark on the breast, of a pure white colour, 
shot by the same gentleman in the beginning of December. 
A peculiarly light-coloured variety of the partridge w^as also 
examined, shot by A. Burn Murdoch, Esq., at Gartincaber, 
in October. 
A very dark red variety of the Lagopus scoticus (Eed 
Grouse), showing various pure white feathers about the 
head and the abdomen, the property, of Cluny Macpher- 
son, was shot in Inverness-shire, in the beginning of De- 
cember. Dr Smith was indebted to Mr Sanderson, bird- 
stuffer, George Street, for exhibiting the Goshawk, and to Mr 
Small, bird-stuffer, George Street, for various specimens 
exhibited. 
