204 Prof. H. H. Giglioli on the 



from Domoclossolaj Como, Mezzolorabardo (Tyrol)^ and Bar- 

 bcrino (Tuscany). The one from Ossola^ a female^ was taken 

 off the nest (which I also have) on the 18th of July 1877, by 

 my friend Dr. Pertusi. The nest was in a shrub on the slope 

 of the Veglio Alps, about 2000 metres above the sea-level. 



Pyrrhula europ^a, Vieill. 



At first I was inclined to separate the two races of this 

 species, which are yet considered specifically distinct by some 

 authors under the names of P. eui'opcea and P. major-, but 

 on examining carefully a large series I found that interme- 

 diate foims are not rare ; and as size alone constitutes the 

 difference between the extremes, I have come to the conclusion 

 that there is only one species of European Bullfinch. Northern 

 specimens are always larger; and even in Italy I have noticed 

 that those shot on the Alps are bigger and have a stouter 

 bill than those found in the plains of Central Italy during 

 the winter. 



Carpodacus erythrtnus (Pall.). 



Our collection possesses two specimens of this northern 

 species. The first is that which was presented by Signor 

 Bruscoli to the Science Congress held at Florence in 1841, as 

 Fringilla incerta ; it is a female and was netted near Florence 

 in August 1840. Our second specimen, also a female, was 

 caught in November 1872 at Palaia, near Empoli. 



PiNICOLA ENUCLEATOR (Limi.). 



"We have one specimen of this species, which is of quite 

 accidental occurrence ; it is a female, and was caught in the 

 winter of 1876 near Trento (Tyrol). I got it in exchange 

 from Signor De Betta. 



LOXIA PITYOPSITTACUS, Bcchst. 



Our collection possesses a fine male, shot near Verona in 

 December 1869 ; it is quite accidental with us. 



LoxiA BiFAsciATA (C. L. Brchm) . 



Even scarcer thau the preceding ; our collection has a 

 male shot in November 1851 near Bolzano in the Tyrol, and 



