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is, of course^ much to be said on Prof. Blasius's side of both 

 these questions, and we do not quarrel with him for following 

 his own system in these matters. We merely refuse to follow 

 his lead ourselves, and we attempt to dissuade others from so 

 doing. 



It would not be difficult, of course, to fill several pages with 

 criticisms on such a fertile subject as a 'List of European Birds,' 

 but we shall content ourselves on the present occasion with a 

 very few remarks. 



Falco dichrous of Ehrhardt now appears to be certainly nothing 

 more than Falco eleonorce, — Dr. Kriiper having obtained from 

 the Cyclades specimens of this bird from the very locality (if 

 we understand aright) where Ehrhardt had procured it (cf. Journ, 

 f. Orn. 1862, pp. 437-439). 



Aquila ncevioides must, we think, be promoted into the first 

 rank of species "breeding in, or regularly visiting, Europe," 

 Dr. Brehm's Spanish Aquila adalberti being certainly neither 

 more nor less than this bird. 



Micronisus badius. We do not know upon whose authority 

 this Indian species is inserted in the European list. The ex- 

 amples of Micronisus from Syria which we have examined do 

 not seem referable here (see Ibis, 1859, p. 390), and it is, we 

 believe, this same form which is occasionally met with within 

 the confines of South-eastern Europe. 



Telephunus tschagra. We doubt the occurrence of this bird 

 even as a straggler in Europe. The localities given in Tem- 

 minck's Manuel are utterly unreliable, and modern testimony is 

 against the presence of this bird in Spain. It should be placed 

 in the category of " doubtfuls." 



Turdus fuscatus, Pallas, is rightly inserted among the strag- 

 glers that visit Europe; but Turdus rtflMmanm (figured 'Ibis,' 1862, 

 pi. X. p. 319) is omitted. We are only acquainted with this bird 

 as an inhabitant of Eastern Asia ; but, according to the latest 

 supplement to Naumann's Birds of Europe, it is of not unfrc- 

 quent occurrence in Hungary. 



The twenty-third volume of the ' Journal of the Royal Agri- 

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