190 Prof. H. H. Giglioli on the 



Picus LiLFORDi, Sharpc & Dresser. 



The Italian collection has fOur specimens of this Wood- 

 pecker : — a pair from Genoa^ both females, one shot on the 

 12tli of January 1874 at Livellato, the other on the 15th of 

 January 1880 at Rivarolo ; a male from Ancona, December 

 1870 ; and a second male from Dalmatia, shot on the 10th 

 of November 1880. I did not observe this species in 

 Corsica ; but Prof. Kolombatovic, of Spalato, assured me that 

 it is not rare in Dalmatia, All these have the white of the 

 back crossed by thick black bars. 



Picus leuconotus, Beclist. 



Our collection possesses a male, caught near Genoa in the 

 autumn of 1855, and received in exchange from Signor De 

 Betta, of Verona, which, on account of its white back faintly 

 streaked with black, must be referred to this species. A 

 second specimen, a female, caught in the neighbourhood, is in 

 the Genoa Civic Museum, if I remember rightly. No other 

 distinction exists between these two Woodpeckers ; and I 

 would fain ask my brethren of the B. O. U. whether, under 

 the circumstances, I ought to regard P. lilfordi and P. leu- 

 conotus as really distinct species, both occurring in Italy, or 

 whether I should not rather follow the older authors, and con- 

 sider both as one species under the old name of P. leuconotus ? 



Picus MEUius, Linn. 



Not common. I have one adult male and two adult females 

 from Spoleto and a female from Prato. It is a bird not often 

 seen in Italian collections. 



PicoiDEs TRiDACTYLUS (Linn.). 



Very rare, and, as far as I know, only found in the Tyrol 

 and Venetian Alps. I have a male, shot in the autumn of 

 1862 in the Alps near Trento. 



Dryocopus MARTI us (Linn.). 



Not rare in our Alpine forests ; and I have received speci- 

 mens from Valdieri, Ossola, and Cadore. I can hardly be- 

 lieve that this species is found in Sicily ; but I may state that 

 in the University Museum at Naples is a specimen said to 



