GO Prof. E. Arrij^oiii dcgli Oddi on tlie Occurrence 



30. Hl.MANTOPUS CAXDIDUS (BoiUl.). 



La Touclie obtained specimens liere in 1885-86 (Ibis, 1892, 

 p. 497). We have not procured any since then till last year, 

 "vvhen two males were shot in October close to Foochow and a 

 female in the following April a few miles higher up the river. 

 The native " shooting-man " who brought me the first 

 described it as a bird with ^' very large hands '^ (! !), meaning, 

 of course, long legs. 



31. Axous STOLinus (Linn.). 



A male in adnlt plumage was shot on the river near 

 Foochow (about 30 miles from the sea) on 3rd October: a 

 typhoon that we had a couple of days before being, no doubt, 

 the cause of its appearance. The stomach was quite empty. 



This bird measured in the flesh : — Length 10'4< inches, 

 wing 10*8, tail 7'0, tarsus 9, culmen 1*5. 



Foochow, 



25th August, 1899. 



IV. — On the Occurrence of Nordmann''s Pratincole (Glareola 

 melanoptera) in Italy. By Prof, E. Arrigoni degli Onor. 



It will be very interesting for your readers to know that 

 Glareola melanoptera'^ has occurred in our country, and 

 that I have been fortunate enough to obtain for my collec- 

 tion a rare and perfectly well-preserved specimen. A few 

 days ago I received from Mr. Marco Gianese, of Lonigo 

 (Vicenza), a large parcel of stuffed birds, this gentleman 

 having decided to sell his collection, composed of birds 

 obtained in the district of Lonigo, which is beautifully 

 situated on the Berici Hills, in the province of Vicenza 

 (Venetian territory). Last year, on two occasions, I bought 

 some other rare birds of Mr. Gianese, among them, I am 

 pleased to mention, many abnormally-coloured specimens, and 

 besides these examples of Circus c'lneraceus , Sylvia nubalpina, 

 Potamodus luscinioides, Locustella navia, Anthus cervinus, 

 A.richardi {three) ,Emberiza leucocephala [ivio),Plectrophanes 

 lapponicus, Totanus stagnatilis, Anser cinereus, Meryus 



* Cf, Sharpe, Cat. B. xxiv. p. 57. 



