BRITISH BIRDS. 
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tagu acknowledges his obligations also to Mr Vaughan, 
for another specimen from Senegal, exactly the same 
as the drawing sent to him by Lord Stanley. The 
stuffed specimen from which our figure and description 
were taken, was lent to this work by Mr John Win- 
gate, jun. of the Westgate, Newcastle. The length is 
about ten inches ; bill black and short; the upper man- 
dible convex or hooked; the under one red at the base; 
the gape is wide ; the irides are said to be reddish : 
the colour of the plumage on the upper parts is brown, 
but the crown of the head and neck are somewhat 
tinged with rufous ; the primary quills dark brown, 
the secondaries paler and tipped with white ; the throat 
is brownish buff: a black line begins in front of the 
eye, and passing underneath it before the auriculars, 
falls down and encircles the throat; below this to 
the breast, the feathers are of a rufous pale brown, 
fading into a buff on the lower part. The belly, sides 
of the rump, and upper and under coverts of the tail, 
are white ; the feathers at the base of the tail are also 
white on both the outer and inner webs ; the rest of 
the feathers are deep brown ; the tail is much forked, 
and the two outside feathers are about an inch and a 
quarter longer than the rest : the wings, as well as the 
tail are long, and both are formed like those of the 
Swallow : the edge of the wing from the alula spuria 
to the greater coverts, is whitish ; the under coverts of 
the wing are partly brown and partly bright ferrugi- 
nous ; the legs are long, and bare above the knee ; 
toes brown, the claws slightly bent. These birds are 
said to inhabit Germany, particularly on the borders 
