66 Prof. Blasius on the Ornithuloyy of Heligoland. 



specimens with Siberian, the Swallow found in Heligoland 

 evidently corresponds with the Em'opean form of this species 

 {H. rufula), and not with H. daurica, L. {H. alpestris, Pall.). 



7. MusciCAPA PARVA, Bechst. 



8. Lanius ph(enicurus, Pall. New to Europe. 



9. CiNCLUS PALLAsii, Temm. 



10. Merula rosea, Briss. 



11. TURDUS VARIUS, Pall. 



12. TuRDUS RUFICOLLIS, Pall. 



13. Orpheus lividus (Wils.). New to Europe. 



14. ToxosTOMA RUFUM (L.). New to Europe. 



15. Petrocichla saxatilis (L.). 



16. Aedon familiaris (Menetr.). — This bird is said to have 

 been formerly frequently seen in Heligoland. I was told by 

 Gaetke that the only individuals of this species killed in Heligo- 

 land known to him were in the collection of the apothecary Meck- 

 lenburg, at Flensburg. I went there in order to ascertain which 

 of the two species, the Spanish-African,^eV/o7i^G/«cWes(Temm.), 

 or the Greco-Asiatic, Aedon familiaris (Menetr.), migrated into 

 Heligoland. Undoubtedly it was the latter. 



17. Calamoherpe certhiola (Pall.). — The bird is a splendid 

 specimen in fresh plumage, and here found for the first time in 

 Europe. Besides this one, von Middendorff killed two examples 

 of this species near the Sea of Ochotsk. Up to that time, the 

 only original specimen known was that of Pallas in the Museum 

 of Berlin. 



18. Iduna SALiCARiA, Pall. : Sylvia caligata, liicht — Also for 

 the first time observed in Western Europe. 



19. Phyllopneuste proregulus (Pall.) : Phyllobasileus 

 superciliosus (Lath.), Cabanis. 



20. Phyllopneuste javanica (Horsfield), or a species very 

 closely connected with it. — Observing this bird for the first time 

 at Heligoland, I took it, from recollection, for one of the Javan 



