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acuticauda. As a new species, Gould has added P. personata, from the 

 North coast of New Holland. 



From Siberia, Brandt has received a new species of 

 Bunting, termed by him Emberiza cioides. (Bullet, de 

 Petersb. i, p. 363 ; Instit. p. 349.) 



" Habitus et colorum distributio fere ut in E. Cia, cui siniillima. Rostrum 

 brevius quam E. Cice. Erous, capitis latera cum superciliis, mentum, gula et 

 geuse albse. Macula parotica latior quam in E. Cia. Vertex castaueus, 

 cinerascente vel albicaute subimbutus. Pectus torque plus minusve laete 

 castanca. Abdomen medio albidum, lateribus pallide ferrugineum. Reliqua 

 ut iu E. Cia." Brandt also remarks (in the Annals Nat. Hist, xi, p. 114), 

 that liis E. brunlccps differs from E. rutil/i. 



Landbeck has given a more particular notice of his Alauda anthi- 

 rostris (Isis, p, 599) : "It differs from the very similar Woodlark, 

 (A. arbo-rea), principally iu its elongated, somewhat curved beak, which 

 much resembles that of the Waterpiper (Wasserpieper), and which, in its 

 generic allies, is conical, short, and straight pointed, the more elevated 

 crown, and longer spur." It inhabits only the most elevated plateaus of 

 the Swabiau Alps. Laudbeck considers, that should this Lark not constitute 

 an independent species, it must still at least be regarded as a permanent 

 variety. 



Alauda Dttpoiiti, Vieill., is said to have been shot in Sicily, though 

 Malherbe met with no instance of it. It would be desk-able that ornithologists, 

 who may have the opportunity, should pay attention to the note in Keys 

 and Blasius (Europ. Wirbelth. s. xxxvi), according to winch A. Ditponti is 

 probably only a monstrous variety of A. aneasis. Brandt has remarked, 

 that A. monrjolica, Pall., is a very distinct species, appertaining, as well as 

 A. tatarica, leucoptera, and bimaculata, to the subgenus Melanocorypha, Boie. 

 (Ann. Nat. Hist, xi, p. 114.) 



In the 19th Part of the 'Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa,' 

 A. Smith has described and figured as new species, Alauda Ccelea, and 

 Lar/epa, Mirafra africana, africanoides (sic !), Sabota, and cheniana, CertJd- 

 laifda africana, Vieill., and subcoronafa. 



STURNID^E. As stated by Malherbe, Slurnus unicolor 

 abounds in Sicily, where it never forsakes its birthplace, 

 whilst the common Starling commences its migration towards 



that island in March. 



Count v. Muhlc and Lindermayer have never observed St. unicolor in 

 Greece, which, on the other hand, is as abundant in Algiers as St. vulgaris, 

 with which it is associated in numerous flocks. In Corfu, Drummoud reports 

 that St. vulgaris is common in winter, but is never seen in the summer. 



