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One specimen. Probably the female of a new species^ the male 

 being yet unknown. 



5. Myiolestes vitiensis. 

 Supra obscure rufo-fuscus, subtus sordide grisescens, lateribus 

 dorsi colore adumbratis ; subalaribus grisescentibus, sub- 

 caudalibus subrufescentibus ; rectricibus nigro-fuscis, binis 

 lateralibus macula apicali conspicuc alba pogonio interno 

 notatis ; rostro plumbeo, tomiis et mandibulse basi albidis ; 

 pedibus plumbeis. Long. tot. 6^', rostri 2^", alse 3" 1'", 

 caudse 2" 5'", tarsi 8|"'. 

 Hab. Ovalau. 



One specimen. Typical of the genus. A nearly allied 

 African form is Alethe. 



All these birds were collected by Dr. Graffe, the able collector 

 of Mr. Caesar Godeffroy at Hamburg, in whose private museum 

 they are now to be seen*. 



XVIL — Notes on the Ornithology of Spain. 

 By Lord Lilford, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



Having revisited Spain last spring, as I before stated was my 

 intention (Ibis, 1865, pp. 166-177), I am inclined to think 

 that some further observations on the birds of that country may 

 not be altogether devoid of interest to some of the readers of 

 ' The Ibis.' I was unfortunately prevented by illness from car- 

 rying out my schemes of exploring the lower valley of the 

 Guadalquivir and the wilds of the province of Estremadura, 

 which, I believe, ai'e the richest districts of Spain, from an orni- 

 thological point of view, both as regards number and compara- 

 tive rarity of species ; but, taking into consideration that my 

 researches were confined entirely to the Castiles, I think that 

 I am justified in saying that I met with fair success; and al- 

 though I did not discover any new species, I made myself 

 intimately acquainted with the habits of several birds of which 

 very little has, as far as I know, been hitherto recorded. 



I was very fortunate in securing, through the kindness of 

 MM. Verreaux in Paris, the services of a first-rate preserver, M. 



* [Cf. Ibis, 1864, p. 232.— Ed.] 



