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H. olivetorum (Strickl.)^; Locustella laiiceolata (Temm.) ; 

 Motacllla citreola, Pall. ; Calandrella bcetica, Dresser ; Am- 

 momanes deserti (Liclit.) ; Otocorys penicillata (Gould) ; O. 

 bilopha (Riipp.) ; Certhilauda duponti (Vieill.) ; C. deser- 

 torum (Stanley); Ember iza cinerea, Strickl. ; Passerculus 

 chrysophrys (Pall.) ; Garrulus krynicki, Kalenicz ; Turtur 

 senegalensis (Liun.) ; T. risorius (Linn.) ; Phasianus col- 

 chicus, Linn. ; Glareola melanoptera, Nordm. ; Trijngites ru- 

 fescens (Vieill.) ; Ardea melanocephala, Childr. & Vig.; Cygnus 

 immutabiUs, Yarrell ; Chen hyperboreus (Pall.) ; Anser ery- 

 thropus, Linn.; A. brachyrhynchus, Baill. ; Querquedula for- 

 mosa (Georgi) ; (Edemia perspicillata (Linn.); Cosmonetia 

 histrionica (Linn.) ; Microcarbo africanus (Gm.) ; Procel- 

 laria leucorrlioa (Vieill.); Chroicocephalus ichthyaetus (Pall.); 

 Alca troile (Linn.) . 



The following species, represented in the collection of 

 Italian Vertebrates^ call for special remarks : — 



Aquila maculata (Gm.). 



This species is not common in Italy ; but Genoa is the 

 locality where^ to my knowledge^ it can be more easily ob- 

 tained than elsewhere. Specimens, however, exist in most of 

 our museums ; and although those I have examined vary in 

 size, I have been unable to find amongst them examples of 

 the two forms distinguished by most modern ornithologists, 

 viz. A. pomarina and A. clunya. The four specimens in the 

 Florence Museum appear to belong to the smaller race. I 

 must, however, confess that I am very loath to admit true 

 specific distinction between the two, as I consider the practice 

 of founding such distinctions merely on difference of size 

 very hazardous in ornithology. 



NiSAETUS FASCIATUS (ViciU.) . 



It may be of interest to know that this Eagle, so common 

 in Sardinia, is not unfrequently caught in the woods of 

 Rossore, near Pisa. 



* Prof. T. Prada, iu his ' Avifauna di Pavia,' p. 79, footnote, mentions 

 a specimen of this species from Nice ! ?, as existing in the Pavia Civic 

 Museum. I much doubt if such be really the case, not having exammed 

 the specimen ; it may be one of //. pallida. 



