12 Mr. C. G. Danford on the 



respectively, fir-seed wings, fine white wood fibres, and goat's 

 hair, while the last, evidently belonging to a bird with great 

 ideas of comfort, was thickly wadded with hare's fur, and 

 ornamented with one long fluffy Snow-Partridge's feather. 

 The general food of this species consists of insects and fir- 

 cone seeds, 



67. TiCHODROMA MURARIA (L.). 



Not uncommon about the the rocks near Zebil, where it 

 is resident throughout the year. 



68. CeRTHIA FAMILIARIS, L. 



Evidently rare ; for although the character of the country 

 about Gozna and Giaour keui seemed just suited to its habits, 

 only five were observed. Specimens obtained correspond with 

 the ordinary European form. 



69. Troglodyfes parvulus (Koch). 

 Generally common. 



70. CiNCLus AQUATicus, Bcchst. 



Common on the upper waters of the Cydnus, near Zebil, 

 where a series of twelve specimens was obtained, which all 

 agree closely. Compared with British specimens, the Taurus 

 birds are paler on the head and back, being about the same 

 colour as examples from Eastern Europe. The white- of the 

 breast is also equal in extent ; but the ferruginous colour of 

 the underparts is very much fainter. The feathers about the 

 abdomen are more distinctly tipped with Avhite, especially in 

 females, which may be separated from the males by this cha- 

 racteristic. The lighter colour of the upper parts therefore 

 agrees with C. albicollis, while the absence of the rich rust- 

 colour on the under portions of the body brings it closer to 

 C. melanog aster. The intermediate position of the Taurus 

 bird seems therefore to detract from the claims of the two 

 above-mentioned forms to specific distinction*. 



In Mr. Dresser's article on C. albicollis-\ evidence is ad- 

 duced to show that the Dippers of the south of Europe and 



* [ In my paper on the genus Citiclus (Ibis, 1867, p. 109 et seq.) I re- 

 ferred Trebizond and Erzeroum specimens to C. melanogaster. — O. S.] 

 t Birds of Europe, Parts xxiii., xxiv. 



