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in Venice. Pheasants, Grouse, Partridges (Caccabis petrosa and 

 Perdix perdiz perdix) , Ducks, Woodcock, and Snipe especially were 

 more abundant than in Venice, probably because Florence is a 

 wealthier city; and Skylarks, Thrushes and Redbreasts were 

 found in very large quantities. Corn Crake {Crex crex), Thickknee 

 (CEdicnemus oedicncnms), Green Sandpiper {Hclodromas ochropus), 

 Dotterel (Fyudromias morinellus) Golden Plover (Charadrius 

 apricarius), Magpie {Pica pica pica), Corn Bunting {Eynheriza 

 calandra calandra), Migratory Quail (Coturnix coturnix), Green and 

 Spotted Woodpeckers (Gccinus viridis pronus and Dri/obatrs major 

 pinetorum), Wood Larks {Lullula arborea), Gray Wagtails (Mota- 

 cilla hoarula boarula), Brown Creeper (Ccrthia familiaris macro- 

 dactyla), Nuthatch (Sifta europoea cassia), Hedge Sparrow (Prunella 

 modularis modularis), Black-cap, Black-headed and Fantail 

 Warblers {Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla, Sylvia melanocephala mcl- 

 anoccphala and Cisticola cisticola cisticola), Missel Thrush {Turdus 

 viscivorus viscivorus), Ring Ouzel {Turdus torquatus alpc.siris) and 

 Rock Sparrow {Petronia petronia petronia), were species that I had 

 not noticed in Venice. Here too we saw often, bunches and 

 baskets of small birds, chiefly Redbreasts, hawked through the 

 streets, and I saw in the little town of Fiesole on Nov. 27 a bunch 

 of Fieldfares, Redwings and Blackbirds hanging outside a store. 



Every Sunday that we went into the country we met numbers 

 of Italians out shooting, and their bags seemed to consist wholly 

 of small birds. 



At Genoa, San Remo, Monte Carlo and Nice, between Dec. 13 

 and 29, I did not visit the central markets, if such exist, but saw 

 frequently bunches of small birds hanging outside stores. The 

 only new species noted was a Blue Rock Thrush {Monticola 

 solitaria solitaria) at Monte Carlo on Dec. 22. 



A gentleman who spent the fall in an automobile trip through 

 the west of France from Brittany to the Pyrennees tells me he 

 noticed these bunches of small birds for sale in e^'ery town he 

 visited. 



In Algiers I visited the markets on several occasions, but saw 

 no birds smaller than Thrushes for sale; but there were plenty of 

 Song Thrushes on Jan. 6, 7, 9 and 11; a Frenchman shooting 

 Thrushes I saw near Algiers on Jan. 2, and two natives with a bag 



