n(i MR. SHARPE ON BIRDS IN THE HUME COLLECTION. [Feb. 2, 



acutely pointed muzzle, and the prominent nostrils, which open 

 sublaterally, as also by the small upper premolar, the form of the 

 ear, the tragus with a distinct lobe at the base of outer margin, and 

 by its small feet. 



The wing-membrane does not extend so far outwards along the 

 foot, and its colour is darker. 



This new species has also many characters common with V. afri- 

 canus, Dobson, V. dohsoni {inurinoides), and V. chiiiensis. 



17. Vespertilio emarginatus, Geoffr. 



In the Museum of Florence there are many specimens of this 

 species found in different localities of South Italy, but I have not 

 succeeded in procuring other specimens. 



18. Vesperugo nattereri, Kuhl. 



This species does not seem to be very common. I know of only 

 two specimens from the South. 



The following Italian species of Chiroptera I have not yet found 

 in the South : — 



1. Rhinolophus blasii. Bias. 



2. Vesperugo nathusii. 



3. Vesperugo discolor. 



4. Vesperugo leucippe. 



5. Vespertilio daubentoni. 



6. Vespertilio mystucinus. 



7. Vespertilio bechsteinii. 



Naples, Nov. 1885. 



3. Notes on Specimeus iu the Hume Collection of Birds. 

 By R. BowDLER Sharpe, F.L.S. &c. 



No. 1. On the Hawfinch from Attock. 



[Eeceived January 14, 1886.] 



Three specimens of a Hawfinch were collected at Attock in the 

 Punjab, in March 1869, and in February 18/0, by Colonel Delme- 

 Radcliffe. They are mentioned by Mr. Hume in ' The Ibis' for 1 869, 

 p. 456, and again in ' Stray Feathers' for 1877, vol. vii. pp. 413, 462, 

 and are there referred to C. vidgaris, i. e. C. coccothraustes (Linn.). 

 In the Hume Collection there were no specimens of true C. cocco- 

 thraustes from Europe ; and the comparison of these specimens was 

 therefore doubtless made with plates of the European bird ; but on 

 comparing the three birds with a series of true C. coccothraustes, 

 it seems to me certain that they are distinct from the European Haw- 

 finch. 



The female differs from the corresponding sex of 0. coccothraustes 

 in being ochreous browu above, pale ashy ocbreous on the lower 



