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Mr. W. Llewellyn, of Penllegare, writes that he shot a 

 specimen of Aedon galactodes (the Rufous Sedge Warbler of 

 YarrelPs Second Supplement) at Start Point, in Devonshire, in 

 the month of September last. A very strong south wind had 

 prevailed for nearly a week previously. The bird was not ob- 

 served until it was shot, at which moment it was flying over a 

 stone wall, within a hundred yards of the sea. It was exces- 

 sively thin, and had lost its tail. The specimen was sent to the 

 British Museum, where it is now preserved. 



We find that the occurrence of this example has already been 

 noticed in the 'Annals and Magazine of Natural History' for 

 November last (ser. 3, vol. iv. p. 399). 



To the Editor of ' The Ibis.' 



Jardine Hall, Dec. 13, 1859. 

 My DEA.R Sir, — Having noticed your observations ('Ibis,' i. 

 p. 322) upon the Eujihonia ctjanodorsalis of Dubois, I have ex- 

 amined the specimen, alluded to as in my collection, procured 

 by Mr. Skinner. It agrees exactly v/ith your description of E. 

 occipitalis ? (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1856, p. 270), and also with the 

 figure in DuBus's Esquisses Ornithologiques. On comparing 

 my specimen \\ith the figure of E. cyanodorsalis in the ' Rev. 

 Zoologique,' the position of the blue spot upon the head 

 answers to the term ' occipitalis,' the front of the spot being in 

 a hne with the posterior angle of the eye. In Dubois' figure 

 the spot is placed on the centre of the crown. Skinner's bird 

 appears to be correct as you have named it ; and its range will 

 extend from Guatemala to Mexico, as Dubois mentions having 

 also received specimens of it from that country. 



Believe me sincerely yours, 



Wm. Jardine. 



In reply to a question about the specific validity of Ictinia 

 mississippiensis — a bird wanting in the very full series of Accipi- 

 tres belonging to the Norwich Museum — Mr. John Cassin, of 

 Philadelphia, writes as follows : — " Ictinia mississippiensis is cer- 

 tainly different from 1. plunibeu, though like that species. It is 



