APPENDIX 



TO THE 



GENUS BIBLIS. 



BIBLIS RUPESTRIS [antea, p. 99, s. n. Cotile rupestris]. 



Add:— 



Cotile rupestris, Lilford, Ibis, 1887, p. 266 ; St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 155 ; Guillem. 

 Ibis, 1889, pp. 215, 217 ; Lilford, t. c. p. 329 ; Sharpe & Wyatt, Monogr. Himnd. 

 pt. XV. (1892) ; Pleske, Mel. Biol. xiii. p. 293 (1892). 



Lord Lilford noticed tliis species at Acona, on the Isle of Elba, during his yachting 

 cruise in the Mediterranean. An adult bird from Chun-fy-tschiu, in the Tetung Mountains, 

 is recorded by Dr. Pleske. 



For the geographical distribution of this species, vide infra, Plate 31 [Map]. 



BIBLIS OBSOLETA [antea, p. Ill, s. n. Cotile obsoleta]. 



Add:— 



Cotile obsoleta, Sharpe & Wyatt, Monogr. Hirimd. pt. iv. (1886) ; Gigl. Avif. Ital. 



p. 190 (1886) ; id. op. cit. T Resoc. p. 321 (1889). 

 JPtyonop'ogne obsoleta. Gates, ed. Hume's Nests & Eggs Ind. B. ii. p. 183, note 



(1890) ; id. Eaun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 276 (1890). 

 Biblis obsoleta, Salvad. Elenc. Ucc. Ital. p. 81 (1887). 

 Cotyle obsoleta, Giglioli & Manzella, Iconogr. Avif. Ital. pt. xlii. (^ISSS) ; Barnes, 



Ibis, 1893, p. 69. 



Dr. Giglioli has included this species among the birds of Italy. lie iouud two speci- 

 mens in the Florence Museum bearing the indication that they were procured in Tuscany 

 in the spring of 1831, and, having traced their history in the records of llie ^Museum, 

 he believes it possible that they were really Tuscan s])ccinioiis. especially as ilicy 

 were registered as C. riq:)cslris, and not recognized as being anyihing iicculi.u-. Counl 

 Salvadori has stated his Ijelicf that the occurrcnc*! (if C. obsoli-la. in Italy is ailiuitted on 

 insufficient "rounds; but the facts are very fairly set forth bv Dr. (iiuiioli. who docs not 



