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Amongst these I have not included some of the more 

 familiar synonyms. 



Although, from what I have said, there can clearly be no 

 question as to the priority o£ my names, I by no means 

 declare them to be in all cases correct. In several instances 

 the nomenclature requires more consideration : for instance, 

 whether the Scops of Palawan should be called S. fuliginosa 

 or S. everetti (as I have termed it) I will not venture to 

 decide. 



Again, the exact equivalences of Sharpens Pelagopsis leiico- 

 cephala to my P. gouUli, of Sharpens Caprlmulgus macrurus 

 to my C. mamllensis, of Sharpens Siphia lemprieri to my 

 S. ramsayi, of Sharpe's Pitta erythrogastra to my P. pro- 

 jjinqua (which stand as representing each other in our lists), 

 need still further examination. 



Yours, &c., 



WiLH. Blasius. 



Buaapest, 

 May 1, 1888. 



Sirs, — The Hungarian National Museum has just re- 

 ceived an example of Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Pall., $ ad., 

 which was shot in Transylvania on the 27th of April. It 

 is not unlikely that this interesting wanderer will also visit 

 other countries in the present year. 



In the spring of 1863 these rare guests made their ap- 

 pearance here in great numbers, and our Museum got at 

 that time three males and one female. 



I think it therefore opportune to call the attention of 

 ornithologists, through the medium of ' The Ibis,-* to this 



occurrence. 



Yours &c.. 



Dr. Julius v. Madarasz. 



Cliriatiania, 



May 16, 1888. 



Sirs, — I lia.c just received a pair of Syrrhaptes para- 

 doxus killed out of a flock of about thirty on the strand at 



