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me that the hemipode (Turnix sylvatica)* is very common 

 in certain parts of the south coast of Sicily. He showed 

 me a falcon about which he was doubtful, which I consider 

 undoubtedly a specimen of the true lanner (F. lanarius, 

 Schlegel).t It very much resembles some of those which I 

 obtained the year before last from Mogador; it was killed 

 near Palermo. He gave me some interesting particulars 

 of the ornithology of Ustica and Pantellaria, from the 

 latter of which he has just returned. Marmora's warbler 

 (Sylvia sarda] is very common there, and in Ustica a falcon 

 breeds, which must I expect be F. eleonor^e. The lammer- 

 geier (Gypaetus barbatus} and griffon vulture (Gyps fufous} 

 are not uncommon in Sicily. Caccabh gr^eca is the only 

 partridge, and the red-rumped swallow (Hirundo rufula] is 

 by no means rare. I had no time to go into the subject 

 of bats and reptiles, and must, if possible, go again." 



"May i^.th. Saw many bee-eaters and some woodchats 

 at the Favorita." 



" May i6th. Several swallows came about us in the 

 gale, and a poor turtle-dove got knocked into the sea 

 by our mainsail." 



" M ay ijth. During the day we had a wood shrike 

 (Lantus rufus\ a swift (Cypselus apus\ some dozen of 



* One of a group of quails known as ' bustard-quails.' The hind 

 toe is absent in this group. (See Presidential Address, p. 39.) 

 t The Saker. (Genmza sacer or lanarius.) 



