96 Letters, Announcements, &;c. 



2. A Falcon of the size of a female Kestrel, but of the plu- 

 mage of a Banded Saker Falcon. A great beauty ! 



3. A Nettapus Goose, about a third larger than N. coro- 

 mandelicus, coloured a good deal like it, but with a broad 

 collar on the lower neck = N. coromandelicus of ' ' David's 

 list " (seen, but not procured) . 



4. Paradoxornis, with the curiously shaped and compressed 

 bill of this group, but with the hind parts of Parus biarmicus — 

 a gem of a curiosity. 



He had a pair of Erythropus amurensis, shot off a nest, 

 in which there was also another pair of the same species. 



He had, of rare species, jEgialitis hartingi, mihi, in winter 

 plumage, which, he says, is common about Nanking, and 

 Chamarrhornis leucocephalus . 



I wanted him to give me descriptions of his novelties for 

 publication in f The Ibis ; ' but he seemed to fear a superior, 

 who claimed all his discoveries for the glory of his own 

 country and for the special glory of the Jesuit Mission. I 

 hope he may not be forestalled in priority of description. 



Pere David was here for a month some time back. He 

 visited a brother priest up country, and brought back some 

 good things. He had a Ceryle lugubris and an AVgialitis 

 hartingi (summer). He is now away at Peking, whence he 

 is going to travel in Shense Province. 



Yours, &c. 



Robert Swinhoe. 



Ningpo, August 21, 1872. 



Sir, — Besides the seven species mentioned in my letter 

 of 5th December 1871 (' Ibis/ 1872, p. 199) as additional to 

 Mr. Saunders's ' List of the Birds of Southern Spain/ I am 

 able to add the following : — 



8. Circus pallidus, Sykes. Swainson's Harrier. 



I have seen specimens from the vicinity of Seville. It occurs 

 also in Morocco ; there is a specimen thence in the Norwich 

 Museum. 



