612 Letters, Notes, and Extracts. 



Authorities in Iceland, not only the Great Skua but every 



other rare bird which now breeds on that island will become 



practically extinct. 



I am, Sirs, 



Yours &c, 



28 Queensborough Terrace, H. E. Dresser. 



London, W. 

 19th April, 1906. 



Note on Emberiza citriniventris. — I am sorry to find that, 

 as has been pointed out to me by Mr. Witherby, the Bunting 

 which I described and figured in the last number of this 

 Journal (above, p. 313, PL XV.) as Emberiza citriniventris 

 had been previously named by Mr. N. Sarudny in the 

 ' Ornithologisches Jahrbuch ' for 1904. There can be no 

 doubt, I think, that Mr. Sarudny's Emberiza (Hypocentor) 

 semenowi {op. cit. xv. p. 217), which was based on three 

 specimens obtained by him in the Persian province of Arabi- 

 stan in February and March 1904, is the same as my 

 E. citriniventris. 



The name given to this .Bunting by Mr. Sarudny has 

 undoubted priority, and I can only express my regret that I 

 had unfortunately overlooked his clear description. — P. L. S. 



The Wild Swan of Seistan. — In reply to enquiries about 

 the specimen of the Wild Swan of Seistan sent to the Indian 

 Museum by Sir Henry McMahon (see above, p. 398), the 

 following letter has been received from Dr. Annandale : — 



Sirs, — The specimen about which you enquire was pre- 

 sented to the Indian Museum some months ago. On receiving 

 your letter I examined the skin, and compared it with that 

 of a European Cygnus musicus. It appears to me to be a 

 perfectly normal specimen of that species, the yellow on the 

 bill extending well below the nostril. The size closely 

 follows that of the European specimen with which I have 

 compared it. Nelson Annandale. 



Indian Museum, Calcutta. 

 20th March, 1906. 



