1 68 MEDITERRANEAN NOTES 



Crex forzana. Larus leucophsus. 



Glareola pratituola. Upupa epops. 



^Egialitis fluviatilis. CEdicnemus crepitans. 



Himantopus candidus. Tri/igu temmincki. 



Totanns glottis. Scolopax major. 



T. glareola. Ardeola minor. 



T. hypokucus. Ardea purpurea. 



Fuffinus kuhli. Phcenicopterus rosetis. 



Tringa subarquata. Fuffinus anglorum. 

 Muscicapa collaris. 



Palermo 



'■'■May 13//?. In the Universita is a fair collection 

 of Sicilian birds, with a few mammals and several bats 

 which were too high up to examine closely ; but I made 

 out Dysopes rueppellii, V. ma-rinus, V. auritus, Barbastellus, 

 and there are a good many other species. Professor 

 Doderlein tells me that the fallow deer (C damn) is still 

 found wild in some of the forests of Sicily, also the 

 roebuck (C. capreolus), but the latter is rare. Wolves 

 (of which there are specimens in the collection) are still 

 found in the island. 1 noticed the dormouse ( Myoxus glis) 

 and M. nitela, pine marten, polecat, and weasel {not the 

 stoat), fox, badger, and porcupine. Amongst the birds 

 the great rarities are three very fine specimens of 

 Audouin's gull {Larus audouini), apparently fine adult 

 birds, two slender-billed gulls {Larus tenuirostris), two 

 cream-coloured coursers {Cursorius gallicus), and four 

 common francolins {Francolinus vulgaris), about which 

 Doderlein gives full particulars in his book. He tells 



