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high as not to be distinguishable. There are some very 

 well stuffed groups — viz., a fine wild boar with a lance- 

 head in his shoulder and two dogs, a party of rose 

 starlings {Pastor roseus) and golden orioles {Oriolus galbula) 

 on a cherry tree, and penduline titmice {Sgithalus 

 pendulinus) with nests. I then went to bookseller's to 

 try and find Salvadori's Italian Ornithology^ which was not 

 to be had. I saw the first number of Giglioli's book on 

 Italian Birds, something in the style of Bettoni. I bought 

 a good copy of Aldrovardi's Birds for 7 francs 50 cents." 



Elba 



" April I gth. We went into Porto Longone, at the 

 eastern end of Elba, but it looked anything but aviferous, 

 so we went round Capes Fina and Calamita. We, how- 

 ever, found that the wind, which had been apparently 

 dying away in the Piombino channel, was coming down 

 hke steam off the high hills, and though parts of the 

 coast looked very good for pigeons, boat work would 

 have been unpleasant to say the least of it. On the east 

 side the island is well cultivated, and full of iron mines ; 

 the outline of the hills is very picturesque ; on the south 

 side there is a good deal of cliff and some fine bays, in 

 one of which we anchored. A gentleman's house and 

 some scattered cottages are placed at the head of this 

 bay, with a sandy beach and vines ; high land all around. 

 The name of the place is Acona on the charts. Some 

 natives, two of them exceedingly handsome young fellows. 



