236 Additions and Corrections to the [Ibis^ 



flava Linn.) or one of its forms. The oldest name for the 

 Grey Wagtail seems, therefore, to be TunstalFs M, cinerea^ 

 founded on the "Grey Water Wagtail" of Pennant's 

 'British Zoology/ folio ed., 1766, p. 105 (cf. Brit. Birds, ix. 

 1915, p. 3). 



p. 59. Insert : — 



Parus cristatus mitratus, 



Parus mitratus Brehm, Handb. Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. 

 1831, p. 467: Germany. 



Parus cristatus mitratus Witherby, British Birds, v. 1911, 

 p. 110. 



The Crested Tit killed at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, 

 previous to 1840 (Kelsall & Munn, B. of Hants, p. 40) 

 is stated by Mr. Witherby, who has examined the specimen, 

 to be identical with this subspecies, which breeds in Central 

 Europe south to the Pyrenees and Alps. 



p. 65. Add:— 



Sylvia rueppelli. Riippeirs Warbler. 



Sylvia ruppeli Temminck, PI. Col. iii. pi. 245, fig. 1, 

 1 823 : Kandia (but more probably from the Red Sea or 

 Egypt, cf. Cretzschmar, Atlas, p. 29). 



Found breeding in Greece and Asia Minor, and wintering 

 in north-east Africa. Two examples of this species are 

 stated to have been obtained at Baldslow, near Hastings, 

 Sussex, 5 May, 1914 (Ford-Lindsay, Brit. Birds, viii. 1914, 

 p. 93). 



p. 74. For Acrocephalus streperus read 



Acrocephalus scirpaceus. 



Turdus scirpaceus Hermann, Observ. Zool. 1804, p. 202 : 

 Alsace. 



The necessity for this change was pointed out by Dr. Hartert 

 (Brit. Birds, xi. 1917, p. 2), as Hermann's name is un- 

 doubtedly valid and has thirteen years' priority over that of 



