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in the Syracuse Museum, said to have been shot in that 

 neighbourhood ; and Prof. Doderlein has six from Palermo ! 



-I-Utamania torda (Linn.). 



What I have said regarding the probable breeding of the 

 Puffin along our shores may be equally applied to the Razor- 

 bill, of which our collection has five specimens, two of them 

 in full summer garb, the latter having been shot near Genoa 

 on the 16th of May 1880. This species has occurred much 

 further south ; and I noted two specimens in the Syracuse 

 Museum. 



-f-CoLYMBUs glacialis, Liuu. 



Amongst the gems of our ornithological series is a beauti- 

 ful adult female of this species in full nuptial plumage, shot 

 on the 19th of June 1878, at Monterosso, near Spezia. Our 

 collection has besides a male in winter garb, shot at Massa- 

 ciuccoli in November 1875. This is the scarcest Diver 

 with us. 



-f-CoLYMBUS ARCTICUS, LiuU. 



According to my experience, and in opposition to that of 

 my friend Salvadori, this species more frequently occurs in 

 Italy than either of the others. It presents great individual 

 variations in size ; and, were it not for the different shape of 

 the bill, the male of this species might in the uniform winter 

 plumage be easily taken for the larger C. glacialis. Our 

 collection possesses a fine series, and amongst them a splen- 

 did female in full summer garb, shot in May 1877 at Zaule, 

 near Trieste. 



■h COLYMBUS SEPTENTRIONALIS, Liun. 



Our collection also possesses a fine series of this species, 

 shot mostly at Massaciuccoli and Fucecchio, one as far south 

 as Velletri ; one from the first-named locality has nearly 

 donned its summer plumage. 



PODICEPS GRISEIGENA (Bodd.). 



One of the rarest Grebes in Italy, but less so in the 

 northern provinces. Our collection possesses six specimens, 

 one of which was shot at Mirandola (Modena), a male in full 



