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is more strictly confined to the southern Sahara than A. Deserti. It 

 distinguished from the latter by being smaller, and having a distinct 

 dark band at the end of the tail. 



Otocorys hilopha, Riippell, Algerian Shore Lark. — This bird has 

 been figured by Dresser, B. of E., No. 23. It is the desert form of 

 our Shore Lark, and is an inhabitant of North Africa and Arabia. It is 

 said sometimes to have occurred in Spain, for Lord Lilford is quoted 

 by Degland and Gerbe as the author of this statement. Lord Lilford 

 -writes to Mr. Dresser that he never saw the bird in Spain, but that 

 he saw several specimens in 1864 in the Museum at Valencia, 

 "which I was assured by Senor Oisternas were killed there, and I 

 have no doubt as to the accuracy of the statement." 



Ardea melanocephala, Wagler, Black-necked Heron, is figured by 

 Dresser, vol. i., upon the authority of Degland and Gerbe, in whose 

 work two specimens are said to have been captured in Europe. 



In concluding the work I have to express my sincere thanks to 

 Mr. Harting for having very kindly looked over the proofs of the 

 group of waders for me, and for several most useful additions, which 

 are of great value as coming from that naturalist's special subject of 

 study. I have also to tender my best thanks to Mr. Swinhoe for 

 the loan of Thrushes, and to Mr. Gould for several other skins. To 

 Mr. Dresser, the distinguished author of the "Birds of Europe," now 

 in course of publication, I also offer my best thanks and acknow- 

 ledgements. 



I beg to wish a happy new year to everybody, and I trust that 

 my second edition may meet with the same amount of support as was 

 accorded to the first, and that my effort to produce a cheap and yet 

 exhaustive work upon the fragment of the European fauna which is 

 contained in these volumes may prove successful and useful. In con- 

 clusion I have again to thank my publisher, Mr. Fawcett, for the 

 superior manner in which the work has been got up, for the excellent 

 printing and paper, and for the great amount of care which has 

 been bestowed upon the plates. 



Colchester, 

 December Sls^., 1875, 



