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South Africa by the celebrated Swedish traveller Wahlberg; 

 and as these are not included by Mr. Layard in his woi*k on 

 the ornithology of that country, nor mentioned by Mr. Gur- 

 ney in his remarks thereon, published in ' The Ibis/ perhaps 

 a notice of them will not be out of place in the pages of your 

 Journal. 



1. Anthus arboreus. One specimen killed on the Limpopo in 

 Caffreland, between lat. 35° and 26° S., by Wahlberg (Sunde- 

 vall, o]). cit. p. 41). 



2. Budytes flavus. A male obtained at Port Natal, lat. 30°, 

 by Wahlberg {ut supra, p. 46). 



3. Sylvia hortensis. A pair procured in Caffreland by Wahl- 

 berg, between the 19th and 28th of November [ut supra, ip. 64 j 

 Meves, (Efvers. k. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1860, p. 199). 



4. Ficedula hypolais. Caffreland, 17th of March (Sundevall, 

 ut supra, p. 68 j Meves, he. cit. p. 202). Perhaps identical 

 with Sylvia obscura, Smith (Layard, B. S. Afr. p. 102). 



5. Caprimulgus europceus. Port Natal, 2nd of February 1840), 

 J. Wahlberg (Sundevall, ut supra, p. 154). Not to be con- 

 founded with C. smithi. 



All the specimens above mentioned are to be found in the 

 National Museum at Stockholm. 



I take this opportunity of informing you that, during the late 

 expedition to Spitsbergen, I found a pair of Strepsilas inte?yres 

 on Amsterdam Island {c/. Ibis, 1865, pp. 207, 505), one of 

 which was shot on the following morning by our Conservator 

 Svensson. Bernicla leucopsis [cf. Ibis, 1865, pp. 499, 512, 513) 

 is certainly an inhabitant of Spitsbergen. Many were seen in 

 Advent Bay, and Dr. Smith killed one in the beginning of 

 August. On Bear Island I found a flock of Loxia curvirostra, 

 two of which I shot. 



I remain. Sir, &c., 



A. J. Malmgren. 



Sir,— In ' The Ibis' for October 1868 (pp. 495, 496) I find 

 a supposed new Flamingo described by Captain Feilden as 

 Phoenicopterus rubidus. I have recently seen in the Delhi Mu- 



