394 Mr. H. Saunders on the Ornithology 



Corvus maximus, a title he well deserves. The remaining attrac- 

 tions are two Bears^ two African Elephants, some Rabbits, Phea- 

 sants, Pigeons, and albinisms of Cervus elaphus and C. dama, 

 which looked very ghastly on a wet December afternoon. 



In the market I never found anything worthy of notice ; a 

 few Mallards and Pochards, Skylarks, Thrushes, and Jays are ail 

 I have noted. A single brace of Barbary Partridges {Caccabis 

 petrosa) were held up for sale one day; but it is quite impossible 

 to say whence they came. 



Leaving the kingdom of Italy and entering the States of the 

 Church, small birds became more numerous, as did also birds 

 of prey. Near Orte an Eagle, probably Circaetus gallicus, was 

 observed sweeping over a wooded ravine ; and Kites {Milvus 

 ictinus), Marsh- and Hen-Harriers were not unfrequent. Du- 

 ring a stay of a month in Home I observed all the above species 

 on the Campagna, the first being almost as abundant as the 

 Common Kestrel [Tinnunculus alaudarius). One Circus cinera- 

 ceus of the year, a Peregrine Falcon, two Sparrow-Hawks, and 

 one common Buzzard, also came under my observation, alive or 

 in the market. Nailed to a barn-door I found the dried re- 

 mains of Hypotriorchis eleonorce, which, from the size, was pro- 

 bably a female ; and this, with Ephialtes scops similarly cruci- 

 fied, and Sti'ix flammea, completes my list of Accipitres. I 

 may add that in the frescoes designed by Raphael on the ceiling 

 of the Farnesine Palace, the " Bird of Jove " depicted is easily 

 recognizable as Aquila bonellii in the first yearns plumage. 



Grey Wagtails, Hawfinches, Greenfinches, Linnets, Bull- 

 finches, Cisalpine and Rock-Sparrows^ Buntings, Crested, Sky-, 

 Wood- and Calandra Larks, Blackcaps, Starlings, Thrushes, 

 Blackbirds, and large bunches of Wrynecks make up my unin- 

 teresting list of the smaller birds. 



Although the Blue Rock-Thrush [Petrocinclacyanea) is al- 

 ways to be found about the Coliseum, the Baths of Caracalla, 

 and, indeed, any large ruin, yet I never noticed a specimen in 

 the market, in which respect my experience tallies with that of 

 Mr. Sclater, as expressed in his list of Roman birds, published 

 some years ago (Zoologist, 1854, pp. 41 60-41 64). Black Redstarts 

 and Rock-Doves [Columba livia) are the other inhabitants of 



