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in Sardinia, different from the ordinary one by lesser dimensions and 

 much, brighter colouring. Gerbe, in his recent ^Ornithologie Euro- 

 peenne/ vol. ii, page 333, has expressed the opinion that specimens 

 attributed by me to P. erytlircBus do not really belong to this species, 



but are smaller specimens of P. roseus I confess I am much 



impressed with the difference between the individuals of Sardinia and 

 those of Africa; the more so as according to Verreaux, (E.ev. Zool., 

 1855, p. 221,) P. erythrceus is also found in Algeria, and it is not 

 impossible that it should appear in Sardinia with P. antiquorum. 



"Another question arises, are the species distinct? Professor 

 Schlegel, who received from Verreaux one of his tyj)e specimens, 

 replies negatively; and in this opinion Drs. Hartlaub and Finsch appear 

 to agree, while G. R. Gray admits Verreaux' species to be distinct, 

 (see 'Ibis,' 1869, p. 438.) With this diversity of opinion it may be 

 better to wait for further observations, noticing in the meanwhile the 

 existence in Sardinia of Flamingos much smaller and more brightly 

 coloured than the ordinary bird." 



The Sacred Ibis. — Ihis religiosa was admitted with doubt in my 

 former edition, but as no instance of its capture in Eurojoe has 

 since occurred, I think it better to erase its name from the list of 

 European species. 



