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Hypolais pallida (Elir.). 



This ispecies is pretty abundant in Dalmatia, according to 

 Prof. Kolonibatovic. I have a male from Salona near Spalato, 

 shot on the 30th of May 1880. 



ACROCEPHALUS PALUSTRIS (Bechst.) 



Appears to be nearly restricted to the upper valley of the 

 Po; the specimens I have all come from the neighbourhood 

 of Turin. 



LusciNiopsis LusciNioiDEs (Savi) . 



Our collection now possesses a splendid series of this fine 

 specieSj which is very local, but especially abundant in the 

 reed-marshes of Massaciuccoli (Luca). 



I have mentioned L. fluviatilis amongst the species to be ex- 

 cluded from the Italian ornis, because I know of no authentic 

 instance of its capture on this side of the Alps ; I must, how- 

 ever, add that Count Ninni recently assured me that speci- 

 mens had been lately captured in Piedmont ; but he had 

 not seen them. 



Aedon familiaris (Menetr.). 



I have received three specimens of this species from Nice : 

 — two males, captured, the first on the 5th of January 1878, the 

 second on the 3rd of December 1879 ; and a female, shot on 

 the 10th of March 1880. All belong undoubtedly to this 

 form. I do not know any instance of the occurrence of the 

 2iW\e(\. A. galactodes in Italy; and the specimen mentioned by 

 Mr. C. A. Wright under that name (Ibis, 1874, p. 236) as cap- 

 tured alive in Malta on the 23rd of May 1873, may possibly 

 have been A. familiaris. The same may be said of the specimen 

 captured by Prof. Doderlein in the south of Sicily, and which 

 I have not seen. It is, however, no doubt quite possible that 

 the former species may also occur in Italy. 



Motacilla lugubris, Temm. 



There are two specimens of this eminently English Wag- 

 tail in the Italian collection, both in spring plumage ; one 

 was shot near Genoa in 1843, the other near Verona in 1855. 

 There are two specimens of this species in the museum at Sy- 

 racuse, said to have been caught in the neighbourhood. 



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