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-/-PuFFiNus ANGLORUM (Temm.). 



This species is not rare on some parts of our coasts, but 

 never as abundant as P. kuhli. It varies much in size ; and our 

 collection has a very diminutive specimen obtained in exchange 

 from the Genoa University Museum, where it stood as P. 

 obscurus ; it is a female, and was shot near Genoa in August 

 1845. I quite agree with Mr, Dresser and others in uniting 

 P. yelkouan with P. anglorum. 



-f Procellaria pelagica, Linn. 



Usually this species is met with abundantly about ten or 

 fifteen miles oflF the Mediterranean coasts, very rarely nearer 

 shore. Our collection has a fine series, mostly from Genoa. 

 I found the egg on Lisca Nera, one of the smaller Lipari 

 islands. 



, Sylochelidon caspia (Pall.). 



Quite accidental within our subregion. Our collection 

 possesses a single specimen, shot in March 1862 at Cagliari. 

 I have seen two specimens in the University Museum at 

 Padua, said to have been caught in the neighbouring " valli." 

 I doubt considerably whether the two males in the Pavia 

 Civic Museum were really captured in Tuscany, as is recorded 

 on their labels. 



*r Thalasseus cantiacus (Gm.). 



Our collection possesses specimens of this species from Nice, 

 Genoa, Portoferraio (Elba), Lesina (Gargano), and Comac- 

 chio ; it is less rare than is generally believed. During the 

 breeding-season the silky white underparts are tinged with 

 a lovely salmon-colour. 



Sterna hirundo, Linn. 



Italian authors have usually applied this name to our 

 commonest Tern, viz. S. fiuviatilis The northern bird is 

 exceedingly rare with us; and I know only of the single 

 specimen now in the Florence Museum, which was in that of 

 Genoa, and is the specimen mentioned by Durazzo and 

 Salvadori. 



