182 Prof. H. H. Giglioli on the 



I have also commenced forming a collection of unfledged 

 young, most of which, for obvious reasons, are preserved in 

 alcohol. It is on this portion of the Italian faunistic collec- 

 tion that I have taken a few notes which will, I hope, interest 

 the readers of '^The Ibis.^ I may add that the ornithological 

 series may be considered nearly complete ; only a few species 

 of accidental occurrence are not represented as yet. Amongst 

 these I cite the following, undoubtedly authentic Italian 

 specimens of which are in existence : — 



AqUILA WAHLBERGI, SundcV. 



Pisa Museum; shot near Florence, March 6th, 1843. 



BUTEO FEROX (S. G. Gui.). 



Genoa Civic Museum; shot near Genoa, April 8th, 1869. 



HiEROFALCO SAKER (Gm.). 



Cagliari Museum {fide Salvadori). 



CoCCYZUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS (Wils.). 



Pisa University Museum ; shot near Lucca in 1858. 



Caprimulgus ruficollis, Temm. 



In the collection of C. A. Wright, Esq.; shot in Malta at 

 the end of May 1860. A second specimen was shot in that 

 island on the 12th of May 1865. 



Cypselus PALLTDUs, Sliellcy. 



In the collections of Capt. Feilden and C. A. Wright, Esq.; 

 both females ; shot in Malta in May 1874. 



TURDUS OBSCURUS, Gm. 



Turin University Museum, shot in the neighbourhood in 

 November 1827 ; Pisa Museum, shot near Turin in No- 

 vember 1828 : the types of T. wemer'i, Gene. A third spe- 

 cimen, caught near Siena in the autumn of 1878, is in the 

 collection of Prof. Magni-Griffi at Siena. 



TuRDUs ATRiGULARis, Tcmm. 



Turin University Museum ; shot in the neighbourhood in 

 January 1826. A second specimen is in the Pavia Museum, 

 captured near Casteggio in the winter of 1849. A third, an 

 adult male, is in the collection of Signor Apelle Dei, at Siena ; 



