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18. Ficedula polyglotta. In numbers. 



19. „ elaica. In numbers. 



20. „ cisticola. In numbers. 



21. „ cettii. Wherever there is water. 



22. Aedon galactodes. Dry ground. 



23. Calamoherpe turdoides. River-banks. 



5. Anthus obscurus. 



Occurs in winter on the mud and salinas of Pahiiones, near 

 Algeciraz ; leaves early in March. 



6. Anthus cervinus. 



Seen on passage about the 10th of March. 



7. Passer cisalpinus. 



Obtained in Seville market in April 1871, but is rare. 



Anthus aquaticus (spinoletta), Saunders, no. 135. 



Is found in the breeding-season on the high bare ground of 

 the Sierra del Nino, between Algeciraz and Tarifa, at an eleva- 

 tion of about 2500 feet. 



I am, Sir, &c., 



L. Howard Irby. 



Colonial Museum, Wellington, N. Z., 

 23rd December, 1871. 



Sir, — In a catalogue of the birds of New Zealand which I 



published a short time ago I described what I then thought to 



be a new species under the name of CoUuricincla concinna. I 



now find that I have made a mistake, and that the bird is only 



Graucalus melanops. 



Yours truly, 



F. W. Hutton. 



Glasgow, 5th January, 1872. 

 Sir, — A specimen of the Balearic Crane {Grus pavonina) was 

 shot near Dairy, in Ayrshire, on the 17th of September last, and 

 forwarded to me for identification by a friend who happened to 

 hear of the circumstance. The bird had made its appearance in 

 the neighbourhood a few days previously, and was repeatedly seen 



