Excerpta Zoologica : — Vegetation upon Living Animals. 427 



Platalea leucorodia (B.). Only one seen, which was shot 10th June 

 and proved to be a female, so that they probably breed on the 

 island. 



Ibis falcinellus (B,). Two or three seen the latter part of April. 



Numenius arquatus (B.). Two or three seen the latter part of April. 



Tringa minuta (B.). Very common the latter part of April; none 

 seen after the 15th May. 



Machetes pugnax (B.). 



Totanus calidris (B,). 



Very common the latter part of April ; 



OchrOPUs(B) \ "^^J wwmmun tiic latLci pai t ui 



hypoLcos (B.). I ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^' ^^^ 1^^^ ^^y- 

 glottis (B.). J 



Scolopax major (B.). / ^ ^^.f ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^"^ *^^ ^^^^^' P^^^ 



1- gallinago (BX i ,°^ ^P'^^' ^^^^ '^^ couple were shot one 



^ ^ ^ y \^ clay ; none seen alter wards. 



Gallinula porzana (B.). Common: breeds. 



pvsilla (B.). Common end of April ; none seen afterwards. 



chloropus (B.). One or two only seen. 



Sterna hirundo (B.). One only, 18th June. 



nigra (B.). Common : breeds. 



Larus argentatus (B.). Very common : breeds. 



. melanocephalus. One only, 28th April. 



Puffinus cinereus. A few seen on the coast, middle of June. 



anglorum (B.). Common : breeds. 



Thalassidroma pelagica (B.), Several were seen off the island on 



19th June. 

 Anas querquedula (B.). A few seen in pairs as late as middle of June. 



nyroca (B.). A few seen in pairs as late as middle of May. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus. One seen beginning of May ; probably com 



mon in winter. 

 Carbo cormoranus (B.). Common: breeds. 



Summary. ^ 



^ Species 



Common to Crete and Britain. ... 84 



Doubtful if same as British species 2 



European but not British 19 



105 

 All the birds in this list have been noticed also in the Ionian 

 Islands, except the four following : — Accentor alpinus, Anthus ri- 

 chardi, Fringilla cisalpina, and Platalea leucorodia. — H. E. S. 



LIII. — Excerpta Zoologica, or abridged Extracts from Foreign 

 Journals. By Dr. Felix von BiERENSPRUNG. 



Vegetation upon Living Animals, 

 Within the last few years several observations have been 

 made on certain of the lower classes of vegetable productions, 

 the parasitical occurrence of which on living animals gives 



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