436 On two undescribed Species of European Birds. 



Family Epeirid^. 

 Genus EPEiRA, Walck. 



Epeira sericata. 



Epeira sericata, C. Koch, Uebers. des Arachn. Syst. erstes ITeft, p. 2 ; 

 Die Arachn. Band xi. p. 110, tab. 885. figs. 914, 015; Blackw., Spiders 

 of Great Britain and Ireland, part ii. p. .828, pi. 28. fig. 288. 



viryata, Ilahn, Die Arachn. Band ii. p. 26, tab. 46. fig. 113. 



Epeira sericata appears to be a common spider in Montreal. 

 The collection contained numerous specimens, some of which 

 were adult, and the others in various stages of growth. 



Epeira cucurhitina. 



Epeira cucurbitina, Walck., Hist. Nat. des Insect. Apt. t. ii. p. 76 ; Latr., 



Gen. Crust, et Insect, t. i. p. 107; Sund., Vet. Acad. Handl. ia32, p. 245 ; 



Blackw., Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, part ii. p. 342, pi. 25. 



fig. 247. 

 Miranda cucurhitina, C. Koch, Die Arachn. Band v. p. 53, tab. 150. figs. 



371, 872 ; titulus 5, Lister, Hist. Animal. Angl., De Aran. p. 34, tab. 1. 



fig. 5. 



An immature female of this Epeira was included in the 

 collection. 



LIV. — On txoo undescribed Species of European Birds. By 

 K. B. Sharpe, F.L.S., Librarian to the Zoological Society 

 of London, and H. E. Dresser, F.Z.S. &c. 



In the course of our studies on the birds of the Western 

 Palffiarctic Region avc have met with two birds which, as far 

 as we can see, are deserving of specific separation from the 

 species with wdiich they have usually been classed. The first 

 of these we designate 



PicKs Lilfoi-di, n. sp. 



P. similis P. leuconoto, sed pileo coccineo et prtecipuc dorsi postici 

 fasciis nigris conspicuis distinguendus. 



Tliis new species is closely allied to the Picus lei/conofus of 

 Northern Europe, but differs materially in its crimson crown 

 and conspicuously baiTed runi]). In the northern bird the 

 head is vermilion and the rump pure white. 



We have dedicated this species to Lord Lilford, the Presi- 

 dent of the British Ornithologists' Union, who shot the t\-])ical 

 specimen in Epirus. Besides this cxam])le we have no less 

 than eight ]\Lacedonian skins, collected by Dr. Kni]>er, as well 

 as one sent us by Mr. Kobson from Orfakeuy, in Turkey. A 



