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hands in the course of thirty years. One of these was killed at 

 Butrinto, and the other in the island of Corfu. 



202. Glossy Ibis. [Falcinellus igneus.) 



Occurs tolerably abundantly in Corfu and Epirus in March, 

 April and May. The only locality in which I have myself seen 

 this species is the often-mentioned race- course, where a pair 

 were generally to be found in the months above-named, keeping 

 aloof from the other Waders, and stalking about after the manner 

 of the Herons. 



203. Crane. [Grus cinerea.) 



Often to be heard and seen, passing over Corfu at a great 

 elevation, in the months of ]\Iarch and October. The only spot 

 in these parts in which I have seen this species on the ground 

 was on the Greek frontier, opposite Prevesa, where I fell in with 

 a troop of several hundreds in March 1857. I saw a freshly- 

 killed specimen in a ditch near Corfu on the 2nd of April, 1857. 



204. White Spoonbill. [Platalea leucorodia.) 



Occurs sparingly in Epirus in severe winters. I saw a few at 

 Livitazza in January 1858. More common in Greece about 

 Petala and the Gulf of Lepanto. I could not hear of the occur- 

 rence of this species in the island of Corfu. 



205. Flamingo. {Phcenicopterus antiquorum.) (?) 



I place a mark of interrogation after the name of this bird, as 

 I have never seen it myself in these parts ; but the Corfu bird- 

 stuffer described to me a bird which had been killed out of a 

 small flock on the race-course, some years previous to my arrival 

 in Corfu, which must have been a Flamingo. It struck me as 

 curious that tbis species should be so rare in these parts, as 

 it is abundant in Tunis and Sardinia, and not uncommon in 

 the south of Spain, in all which localities I have myself seen it. 

 I have been assured that the Flamingo occurs in great numbers 

 in winter in the island of Cyprus. 



206. Common Coot. [Fidica atra.) 

 Common, and resident in Epirus. 



