of Sibthorp' s ' Fauna Graca.' 225 



or in the other adjoining islands of the Levant, Sibthorp 

 and his artist stayed five weeks in 1787. As a rule, I may 

 say that all the species figured by Sibthorp are well-known 

 inhabitants of South-eastern Europe, but I will offer a few 

 remarks on some of them. 



Drawing 27 is named " Lan'tus nubicus Licht. = 2y. persona- 

 tus Temm. PI. Col. 256, tig. 2/' and the remark is added, 

 "Native of Egypt and Nubia, hitherto unrecorded in Europe." 

 The plate undoubtedly represents Lan'tus nubicus, which is a 

 very well-marked species ; but, whatever may have been the 

 case when the remark was written, this Shrike is now well 

 known to be a regular summer visitor to Greece (cf. Dresser, 

 B. Eur. iii. p. 416), and Dr. Guillemard found it nesting in 

 Cyprus (Lilford, 'Ibis/ 1888, p. 312). It was probably in 

 Cyprus that Sibthorp met with it. 



Drawing 29 is labelled "Ring Ouzel — Merula torquata," 

 and represents that well-known bird. It is, perhaps, surprising 

 that Sibthorp should have got hold of an example of this 

 Thrush, but both Lindermayer and Von der Miihle state 

 that it occurs in Greece, though very rarely, and, according 

 to Shelley, it even goes to Egypt in winter. Tardus lorquatus 

 is also well known to cross the western Mediterranean and 

 to visit Algeria in winter. 



Drawing 38 is marked "Olive-tree Warbler, Salicaria olire- 

 torum" and was probably so labelled by Strickland, avIio gave 

 it its name in 1837 from specimens obtained by himself in the 

 island of Zante. Now we become aware that this tine Warbler 

 was known to Sibthorp as long ago as 1787, and was figured 

 by Bauer. We do not know exactly wdiere Sibthorp obtained 

 his specimens, but Hypolais olivetornm, as it is now usually 

 called, is common in Corfu and on many parts of the main- 

 land of Greece during the summer. 



The Snow-Finch {Montijriuyilla nivalis) is, again, a species 

 which one would not have expected to find figured in the 

 present work, but it is undoubtedly represented in drawing 65. 

 It is found, however, according to Canon Tristram, on the 

 mountains of the Lebanon and also on the higher ranges of 

 the Balkans (Reiser) ; it is quite likely, therefore, that it 



