78 RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST. 



4th. Faune de la Moselle, Fournel, 1836. 



5th. Zoologie, dans la Statistique du department de la 

 Moselle, Malherbe, 1854. 



6th. Especes d'oiseaux observees recemment. Malherbe. 

 1855. "Bulletin de la Societe d'histoire naturelle de la 

 Moselle." 



7th. Zoologie de la Moselle. Malherbe. 



8th. Zoologie de la Lorraine. Godron. 1863. 



It will be seen from the above list, which I believe may 

 be depended upon, though I have not seen all the works, 

 that Lorraine is a " Norfolk " among the provinces, and that 

 of patrons there have been plenty for our favourite study. 



The fine collection of indigenous birds, formed by M. 

 Hollandre, should have found its proper resting-place in the 

 town Museum ; but they are already so much cramped there, 

 that there was no room for them, and they are at the Hotel 

 de Ville at present. 



I obtained of M. Buchillot a most beautiful variety of the 

 Grey-headed Wagtail, without a speck upon it. It is white, 

 pervaded with the most delicate tint of canary yellow. He 

 was so good as to get down all the rarest birds in his shop 

 to show me. One which I would particularise was a Great 

 crested Grebe, with all the underparts of a deep rufous 

 colour, especially about the lower neck, which was almost 

 chesnut* Another was a Crossbill with the upper mandible 

 greatly prolonged, the lower not being prolonged at all, 

 similar to a malformation mentioned by Mr. Stevenson in 

 the "Birds of Norfolk," vol. I., p. 239. A third was an old 

 cock Merlin, which he said was rare in the adult state. A 

 fourth a Grey Plover in breeding plumage. And a fifth, a 

 cock Blue- throated Warbler without any pectoral spot — 

 Cyanecida Wolfi (Brehm) — (Dresser B. of E., pi, 228). He 

 told me it was not the only spotless one he had seen. The 



' The colour did not extend beyond the tips of the feathers. 



