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in the preserves, and roe deer in all the large woods. 

 Hares are pretty numerous, rabbits less so. The grey 

 partridge is common in the plains, and in the hills Caccabis 

 saxatilis is found ; this last appears to be the only species 

 of its genus in this part of Italy ; the Barbary partridge 

 is sent to the market from Sardinia. Wild boars are 

 very abundant, and foxes, martens and porcupine more 

 or less common in the country. 



" I shot two good specimens of the Adriatic black- 

 headed gull (Larus melaKocephalus), one common gull (Z,. 

 canus) immature, and one brown-headed gull (L. ridi- 

 bundus) * from deck of yacht in the harbour." 



Other Birds seen about Naples 



" Accipiter nisus, Fringilla carduelis, F. serinus, F. Moris, Passer 

 italics, Motacilla alba, M. boarula, Phyllcpneuste rufa, Eriihacus 

 rubecula, Sylvia melanocephala, S. atricapilla. Troglodytes europaus. 

 Anas crecca, A. boscas, Fulica atra, Podiceps minor." 



Birds seen in tlie Market at Naples 



" Garrulus glandarius, Fringilla cxlebs, F. chloris, F. serinus, F. 

 carduelis, Alauda arvensis, Columba torquata, Saxicola rubicola, Perdix 

 cinerea, Caccabis saxatilis, C. petrosa, Crex porzana, Scolopax rusticola, 

 S. galliiiago, S. gallinula, Machetes pi/gnax, Liinosa melanura, Vanellus 

 cristatus, Charadrius pluvialis, Anas boscas, A. sirepera, A. clypeata, 

 A. crecca, Mareca penelope, Fuligida ferina, Mergus albellus." 



* The Brown-headed Gull {Larus ridibundus), sometimes called the 

 Black-headed Gull — though its hood is chocolate-coloured — belongs to 

 the group of hooded gulls, which include the Adriatic Gull (Z. melano- 

 cephalus). The gulls which annually visit London belong to this 

 species ; they nest on inland pieces of fresh water. 



