188 Prof. H. H. Giglioli on the 



NiSAETUS PENNATUS (Gm.) . 



I possess two fine specimens of this rare bird — one shot at 

 Vado (Savona) in October 1854, the other near Rome in the 

 autumn of 1872 ; both are males. 



MiLVUS MIGRANS (Bodd.). 



The Florence collection has no less than five specimens of 

 this rare Kite : — a pair, male and female, from Escarene 

 (Nice), December 1877; a male in juvenile plumage, shot 

 near Florence in the autumn of 1856 ; and two magnificent 

 specimens, male and female, from Terracina, April and May 

 1879. 



Cerchneis naumanni (Fleisch.) . 



This Kestrel is a straggler with us on the continent, but 

 appears to be pretty common during summer in Sicily. I 

 have one from Genoa (April 1873) ; and another was shot 

 by myself at Burano in the Maremma in March 1876 : 

 both are adult males. Females are much scarcer in our 

 museums. 



Falco communis (Gm.). 



Our collection has now a fine series of this species, both 

 young and adults, male and female. I have now come to 

 the conclusion that the specimens caught in Italy, and re- 

 ferred to F. minor, are merely the males of this species, in 

 which the two sexes differ greatly in size. 



Falco barbarus, Linn. 



I have an undoubtedly genuine specimen of this species, 

 a nearly adult female, shot by my friend Marquis Nerli at 

 Papillonis, near Oristano (Sardinia), on the 27th of Feb- 

 ruary 1878. 



Falco feldeggi, Schleg. 



While writing these notes I have had the good fortune to 

 receive a magnificent specimen of this rare species. It is an 

 adult male, and was shot on the 28th of November last at 

 Mesa, near Velletri, by Count E. di Mirafiore. It answers 

 very well to the description of the adult male of F. biarmicus 

 in Sharpens 'Cat. Birds Brit. Mus.' i. p. 392. This is the 



