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reached Teheran by the route of Constantinople, Poto, Tiflis, 

 Erivan, and Djulfa. From Teheran an excursion was made to the 

 mountain-range of Demavend. At the end of August, Pro- 

 fessors Filippi and Lessona returned home by Ghilan, the Cas- 

 pian, and Russia, leaving the Marchese Doria to continue his 

 investigations in Southern Persia. 



The birds obtained by Dr. Filippi during this journey, and 

 described as new or little-known in the present paper, are seven 

 in number, namely, Irania filoti (new gen, and sp. of Saxicolines 

 from Demavend), Dromolaa chrysopygia from Demavend, OtO' 

 corys larvata from Demavend, Alauda pispoletta, Pallas, from 

 Russian Armenia, Emberiza cernutii (allied to E. hortulana) from 

 Russian Armenia and Persia, Erythrospiza obscura (Licbt.) from 

 Teheran, and Pious khan, a new species of Woodpecker belonging 

 to the group containing P^CMS syriacus, P. himalayensis, and others. 



We trust that this paper is only the precursor of a more ex- 

 tended account of the ornithology of Persia, as regards which 

 we are at present in a lamentable state of ignorance. 



The well-known Italian ornithologist, the Marchese Orazio 

 Antinori, has lately published a catalogue of the collection of 

 birds* which he made during his recent two years' expedition 

 in Eastern Africa, and which have been purchased for the Zoolo- 

 gical Museum of Turin by the Italian Government. The head- 

 quarters of this enterpi'ising explorer, whilst engaged in making 

 this collection, were Chartum, whence excursions were made in 

 different directions along the White and Blue Niles, and in the 

 country between these two rivers. The species are systematically 

 arranged according to the classification of Bonaparte, beginning 

 with the Parrots. To each is attached a notice, more or less 

 extended, of its range and habits; and in doubtful cases, and 

 where the species are new, descriptions are given. The novelties 

 are not very numerous; Cypsehis dubius, Nectarinia gonzen- 

 bachii, Eremomelai^.) canescens, Drymoica{?) troglodytes, Elmi- 

 nia teresita, Lanius pallidus, Textor castaneo-auratus, Habropyga 



* Catalogo (lescrittivo di una CoUezione di Uccelli fatta da Orazio Anti- 

 nori nell' interno dell' Africa Centrale dal Maggie 1859 al Luglio 1861. 

 Milano, 18(5-^, 1 vol. Svo, 118 i)p. 



