398 Mr. G. C. Norman on the Geographical 



1881^ p. 191). Occasional near Naples (Goldlin, J. f. O. 

 1881, p. 190). 



Sicily, — Accidental, especially on the west coast. Speci- 

 mens in the museums of Catania and Syracuse, Messina (Do- 

 derlein, Avif. Sicil. p. 54). 



Malta. — Extremely rare ; only three .«^pecimen9 obtained 

 (Wright, Ibis, 1864, p. 50). 



Gi'eece. — Not mentioned by Lindermayer. One received 

 from Zadkonoa, where apparently it is not rare (Miihle, Orn. 

 Griechenl. p. 29) . Rare in Greece ; a young bird from the 

 market in the Athens Museum (Kriiper, J. f. O. 1875, 

 p. 279). 



Great Britain and Ireland. — Island of Omagh [Omey], 

 Galway, March 1842 (Thompson, B. Ireland, i. p. 364). 

 Near Bellingham, Northumberland, August 5, 1870 (E. Charl- 

 ton, Zool. s.s. p. 2344). 



Germany. — Lausitz (Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. v. p. 245). 

 Woods of the Spree near Liibben (Brehm). Levezow, near 

 Teterow, in Mecklenberg (Schalow, J. f. O. 1876, p. 116). 



Russia. — One of the rarest birds in Southern Russia ; once 

 killed in Bessarabia. Probably less rare on the other side of 

 the Black Sea (Nordmann, in Demid. Voy. Russ. Merid. 

 iii. p. 208). Probably visits the Caucasus (Bogdanoff; Scha- 

 low, J. f. O. 1880, p. 272). Not mentioned in Radde's 

 ^ Ornis Caucasica.' 



Asia Minor. — Common in the interior (Danford, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 7). Smyrna, arriving in the Northern Province of 

 Asia Minor at the end of March (Kriiper, J. f. 0. 1875, 

 p. 279). 



Palestine and Syria. — This Cuckoo returns nearly a month 

 earlier than its congener. For a few days large flocks of 

 them may constantly be seen on their passage northwards, 

 but many remain scattered in the wooded parts of the 

 country (Tristram, Faun. & Flor. Palestine, p. 90). 



Persia. — Sometimes extremely abundant in favourable 

 places in Southern Persia ; in other years, again, I have not 

 noticed one. During the two summers that I had a col- 

 lector, I was unable to procure a single specimen, though I 



