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brownish-black, their outer web greyish-brown; the fore- 

 neck bluish-grey ; the breast buff ; the sides barred with 

 black, white, and chestnut; the rest of the lower parts 

 reddish-yellow. Length 13 inches. 



It inhabits Turkey, Greece, Calabria, Spain, and France, 

 and is also extensively distributed in Africa. 



12. Hemipodius Andalusicus. Andalusian Hemipode. 

 The genus Hemipodius is composed of small birds of the 

 family of the Perdicinse, few of them so large as the Common 

 Quail, and is more particularly characterized by being desti- 

 tute of hind toe, and by having the wings of moderate 

 length, very broad, the primary quills much incurved, the 

 outer three longest, and the tail very short, its feathers 

 decurved, not stronger than the coverts which conceal them. 



The Andalusian Hemipode has the upper parts brown, 

 barred with brownish-black and yellowish-white ; the head 

 with a longitudinal light red band ; the wing-coverts yel- 

 lowish-brown, toward the end paler, with a dusky spot ; 

 quills and tail-feathers greyish-brown ; throat white ; fore- 

 neck pale chestnut ; lower parts yellowish-white ; sides 

 barred with semi-lunar brown spots. Length about 6 inches. 



An individual was shot, in November 1844, by the game- 

 keeper on the Cornwell estate, in Oxfordshire, about three 

 miles from Chipping Norton, as indicated by Mr. Thomas 

 Goatley in the Annals of Natural History, Vol. XIV. It 

 was figured and described by Mr. Yarrell in his Supplement. 

 Mr. Goatley also states that another had since been killed 

 near the same spot by the same person, but was not pre- 

 served. 



Several other species are stated to have occurred, espe- 

 cially — 



Acanthylis caudata. Australian Spring-tailed Swallow. 



Sylvia luscinioides. Savi's Warbler. 



Sylvia turdoides. Great Sedge Warbler. 



Sylvia Hippolais, Temm. Melodious Willow- Wren. 



JRegulus modestus. Dalmatian Kinglet. Mr. Gould, in 

 his Birds of Europe, has introduced a new species of 

 Regulus, of which he had seen only a single specimen, a 

 male, shot in Dalmatia. Mr. J. Hancock, Newcastle, met 



