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and bolder than in the European species), the general dusky ap- 

 pearance of the breast, and the dark slate-blue head removing 

 all question upon the subject. The bird was a mature female, 

 and weighed 3 lb. 7 oz. ; the ovary was somewhat enlarged, and 

 the stomach contained the remains of a rabbit. 



I am, &c., 



Victor Brooke. 



Turin, Sept. 1870. 

 Sir, — In Dr. Hartlaub's last " Bericht " on the progress of 

 ornithology in 1868, he says (p. 125) that a specimen of Hyjjo- 

 colius ampelinus in this museum was brought from the Nyam- 

 nyam country by Sig. Piaggia. I cannot understand how that 

 statement has been made; for Dr. Hartlaub wrote to me long 

 ago about this specimen, and I told him that we had it from 

 Sig. Botta — the same gentleman who (T believe) gave two other 

 specimens to the Leyden Museum, so that most probably they 

 were all from the same locality. I think it may be interesting 

 to science to correct this mistake, as I believe that the exact 

 locality where this bird was found has never been determined 

 with certainty. I remain, &c., 



TOMMASO SaLVADORI. 



*** ^6 D^^y ^tld that Dr. Hartlaub is also in error when, in 

 the same place, he states that this species was figured in the 

 'Journal fiir Oruithologie.^ The " gute Abbildung '^ appeared 

 in the 'The Ibis' for 1868.— Ed. 



Our friend Herr Robert Collett, writing from Christiania in 

 July last, informs us that he had learnt from Herr H. Friele, of 

 Bergen, that in the summer of 1868 an example of Upupa epops 

 was taken in Spitsbergen, and brought thence to Hammerfest 

 by a ship-captain. We believe that the species had not before 

 been met with at a higher latitude than 62°, so that this fact 

 gives a considerable extension to its accidental range. 



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