ORNITHOLOGY IN 1850. 
Baleniceps it must be beyond the line of the base of the bill, as it 
had been cut away. ‘The legs are not long in proportion to the 
size, but the toes are lengthened and are completely destitute of 
ay connecting web or membrane; the hind toe is articulated on 
the same plane as the others, and rather upon the inside or inclin- 
ing inwards, which Mr. Gould considers as indicating the pelicanoid 
form of a grallatorial foot. 
Entire length of specimen . —. ‘ 2 52. 
Of wing to longest quill .  . ¢ oe 
Bill to extremity of gape . F . 9.8. 
»» to base or division from bare facial skin 9.3. 
» to eye, centre of F ' j ; 10. 
Depth of upper mandible at base j : 3.5. 
Depth of bill at base of ramus of under maxilla 5. 
Breadth of bill above at widest part ¥ 4.3. 
Entire length of leg from knee to plane of toes 25.5. 
‘Bare part of tibia, outside ’ J : 5. 
sd ” inside . > . . 6. 
Length of tarsus : : ; F : 155. 
Of toes, outer. : ; \ j : 6.3. 
» centre . ; : j ; - 8. 
» inner . j i . : 3 To. 
\ “ehmdy )s : ‘ 4 ; ; 5. 
Tn our own country, to judge from the pages of the Zoologist, 
Mee Tare visitants have occurred. Among these, it seems ascer- 
ined, pp. 2650 and 2734, that the American Gray Shrike has 
ven killed in Warwickshire and one or two other places. The 
ae Smith, Monquhitter, mentions a specimen of the Pied Fly- 
vs er killed near Brackly Castle, Aberdeenshire, and of the Wood- 
; i oS the Plantations of Duff House in Banfishire— this being 
reaig ze Roticed occurrence in Scotland. Another curious subject 
which ed im the same yolume, is the unusual number of Waxwings 
Ssh *ppeared in 1849-50. The direction of the flights was from 
trictg nae and the principal localities the eastern or coast dis- 
Suffolk z urham and Yorkshire on the north, and of Norfolk, 
ae ssex and Kent on the south. They were observed from 
z er, 1849, to March, 1850, January haying been the prin- 
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