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exact locality of this fine species. The type-specimen of this 

 species was from the collection formed by Msgr. Chauveau 

 on the hills above Ta-tsien-leou, which border the eastern boun- 

 dary of the Chinese province of Sechnen, and was transmitted 

 by him to M. Dabry, the French Consul at Hankow. This 

 collection, which I had the pleasure of examining shortly after 

 its arrival in Paris, likewise contained the new Lophophorus 

 Ihuysi and the new Ithayinis geoffroyi, also described by M. 

 Verreaux, besides some other remarkable novelties. Some ac- 

 count of it is given in the Bulletin de la Societe d^Acclima- 

 tation for 1867 (pp. 706-711). 



Lord Walden remarks that u^thopyga dahrii was likewise 

 obtained by Dr. Anderson in Yunan. As a parallel instance of 

 distribution it may be remarked that in Yunan Dr. 'Anderson also 

 entered upon the range of Thaumalea amherstia, which, accord- 

 ing to Msgr. Chauveau, is very abundant* in the mountains 

 above Ta-tsien-leou. 



I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 



P. L. SCLATER. 



Dunipace, Falkirk, March 15, 1870. 

 Sir, — In the admirable paper on the Birds of Turkey, con- 

 tributed by my friend Capt. Elwes and Mr. T. E. Buckley to 

 the last number of ' The Ibis,' I observe a statement {anted, 

 p. 74) respecting the sites of Peregrine Falcons' nests in Scot- 

 land with which I cannot concur. I am personally acquainted 

 with a considerable number of such nests, and have been led to 

 a conclusion, as to their position, almost the opposite of the 

 statement in question. In one district alone, irrespective of 

 others, I know of eight nests of Falco peregrinus, only two of 

 which are in close proximity to "either the sea or an inland 

 loch ; " and of the others the nearest is not less than half a mile 

 removed. I think that the remark of Messrs. Elwes and Buckley 

 must be held as applicable only to certain districts in Scotland, 

 and not to that country as a whole. 



I am, &c., 



John Harvie Broavn. 

 * Cf. P. Z. S. 10th March, 1870. 



