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THE FAUNISTIC POSITION OF SPECIES. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1). 



N. America. 

 Snowy Owl {2 or 3). 



Circumpolar Regions. 

 Hawk-Owl (1). 



Northern Regions. 

 Little Owl (o). 



S. and 0. Europe, Asia Minor. 

 Greenland Falcon (:2 or 3). 



N.E. America and Greenland. 

 Red-footed Falcon (2 or 3 ?). 



S.E. Europe and W. Asia. 

 I'urple Heron ((3). 



Temp, and Trop. parts of E. Hemi- 

 sphere. 

 Little Egret (4 or -5). 



S. Europe, Asia, and Africa. 

 Buft-backed Heron (1 or 2 ?). 



S. Europe, W. Asia, and Africa. 

 Squacco Heron (o). 



S. Europe and Africa. 

 American Bittern (2). 



N. America. 

 Black Stork (2 ?). 



Palrearctic Regions, India and 

 Africa. 

 Glossy Ibis (8 or ?). 



Southern Europe, &c. 

 Red-breasted Goose (2). 



N.W. Siberia. 

 American Green-winged Teal (1). 



N. America. 

 Red-crested Pochard (1). 



Piilpearctic Regions. 

 White-eyed Duck (2). 



S. Pakearctic Region. 



Surf-Scoter (3). 



Nearctic Region. 

 Pallas's Sand-Gi-ouse (18). 



Central Asia. 

 Cream-coloured Courser (3). 



N. Africa and W. Asia. 

 Black-winged Stilt (2 or 3). 



S. Europe and Africa. 

 Pectoral Sandpiper (4). 



N. America. 

 Bonaparte's Sandpiper (4). 



N. America. 

 American Stint (1). 



N. America. 

 Buff-breasted Sandpiper (1 or 2 ?). 



N. America. 

 Red-breasted Snipe (4). 



N. America. 

 Caspian Tern (2 or 3). 



Paloearctic and Nearctic Regions. 

 Gull-billed Tern (1 or 2). 



C. and S. Palajarctic Regions. 

 Whiskered Tern (1). 



Southern Regions. 

 ^Miite-winged Black Tern (3). 



S. and C. Palsearctic Regions. 

 Ivory Gull (1). 



Arctic Regions. 

 Great Black-headed Gull (1). 



Asia. 

 Sabine's Gull (7). 



Arctic Regions. 

 Wilson's Petrel (2). 



Atlantic Ocean. 



Two or three Red-spotted Blue-throats have been recorded from 

 Devonshire, but we consider two of these occurrences hardly satis- 

 factorily proved. Two out of the three Rufous Warblers which have 

 been obtained inEugland occurred inSoutliDevon, A Black-headed 

 "Warbler seen by us at Exraouth in April 1890 happened to perch 

 close to a male Blackcap, enabling us to compare the two species ; 

 and the description in Dresser's ' Birds of Europe ' so exactly 



