( Ki-' ) 



9. Glottis nebularius ((Jinm.)- 

 1 ? April. 



Kt. Gallinago solitaria hyemalis (Evcrsm.)- 



1 d aJ. April. 



11. Athene noctua bactriana BIytli. 



2 d6 ad. Marcli. 



These specimeDS agree with others collected in Turkestan by Zariidny, They 

 are very near to Athene nortaa (/lanx i'rom North Africa, but tliey ajijicar to be 

 larger and paler. Three birds before mc from Palestine seem again to difter from 

 either of these forms in being .somewhat more uniform on the back and sliglitly 

 more sandy rufous in colour. 



12. Surnia ulula doliata (Pall.). 



(? ad. February. 



I quote this under the subspecific name of doliata (Pall.), lately revived by 

 Dr. Sharpe in the new edition of the Iland-list of Birds, but I must say that I 

 have failed to find any dilFerence between this and S. idiila ulula. 



13. Buteo plumipes (Hodgs.). 

 6 January. 

 This bird agrees with a specimen collected in Turkestan by Mr. Ztirudny. 



14. Accipiter nisus pallens .Stejn. 



SS April, May, ? May. 



These sjiecimens are quite as jjale on the back, if not ])aler, than Japanese 

 specimens, and 1 feel therefore quite justified in using the above name for these 

 birds. 



lii. Picoides tridactylus alpinus (\ L. Brelim. 



? ? February (one marked '' t? " in error). 



Mr. Hartert and I have gone over the series of three-toed \\'oodpeekers in 

 Tring, and we take this oi)portunity to offer some notes on the various subspecies 

 of Ficoidcs tridacti/lus (L.), of which we can recognise the following : — 



A. Picoides tridact>/lus tr/difcti/liis (L.) (IT.jS). 

 Scandinavia (type) (and probably N. Russia to the Ural mountains). 



B. Ficoidcs tridacti/lt(S ulpiiius (1 L. Brelim (ls31). 

 European Alps (type), through the Carpathian Mountains to the Altai, and 

 possibly the plains of the Amur. 



C. Picoides tridactijlus crissoleucm Rchb. (1854, ex Bonaparte nom niid.). 

 Transbaikalia and the mountains of the Amur region. 



D. Picoides tridactijlus albidior >Steju. (1885). 

 Kamtscbatka. 



