226 SPECIES NOT SEEN BY THE AUTHOR. 
and was common in Oudh, having the gregarious habits of the 
Golden Plover [Charadrius pluvialis) , with a very short hind 
toe as in the Peewit ( Vanellus cristatus) . 
Total length about 12 inches. 
22. Ardea alba, Linn. The Great White Heron. 
Mentioned as once seen in the raarismas near Cadiz. 
Vide anted,, p. 184. 
23. CicoNiA abdimi, Licht. White-bellied Stork. 
Recorded on the authority of Lopez Seoane as having been 
taken near Granada in June 1858. 
This small Stork is mentioned by Mr. Gurney (Ibis, 1868, 
257) in his notes on Mr. Layard's Birds of South Africa; and 
he gives a very interesting account of it. It is a very pecu- 
liarly marked species, described as having the knee-joints 
marked with a red or crimson band, and is figured in Riippeirs 
Atlas, torn. viii. 
24. Pelecanus crispus, Brueh. Tlie Dalmatian Pelican. 
Mr. Saunders says this bird has been obtained at Valencia 
and in the Balearic Islands. 
One other species remains for me to notice and call atten- 
tion to, viz. the Red-backed Shrike {Lanius collurio), which 
Mr. Drake included in his list of Moorish birds ; but I had 
reasons for omitting it. However, I have since heard that it 
has occurred near Seville ; yet till further evidence is received, 
I cannot place it with certainty in the List of Birds of the 
' Straits.* 
In elucidation of the geographical distribution of European 
birds, I append a resume of the birds frequenting the Straits 
of Gibraltar. The letters indicate the precise locality of the 
species, as follows : — G. means the British territory of Gib- 
raltar j M., Morocco only ; S., the Spanish side of the Straits 
