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the Moselle, Naumann once from Anhalt ; and Gloger says that it is not rare in Eastern Silesia. 

 According to Collin it has on several occasions been met with in Denmark. Teilmann saw it on 

 Fano in September 1826. It has been killed at Frederiksstad ; one was shot near Neuhausen, 

 and one at Seedorff Lake, near Segeberg, in October 1825. 



It is a very rare and accidental straggler to Holland, Belgium, and the north of France ; but 

 it is frequently numerous in the south of France, and, according to Baron J. W. von Miiller, a 

 few breed in the Camargue. Professor Barboza du Bocage, in his list of the birds of Portugal, 

 says that it is not rare in Alemtejo ; and in Spain it is numerous in many localities, and breeds 

 in the marismas near Seville. I met with it near Barcelona and Valencia ; and Colonel Irby 

 observed it near Gibraltar in April and May, and says that it breeds in the Soto Torezo, near 

 Vejer, and in the marismas of the Guadalquivir. Lord Lilford, in a letter to me respecting this 

 bird, says : — " It is by no means uncommon in the marismas of the Guadalquivir in April and 

 May. We were assured that it breeds in that district, but did not meet with a nest, nor have I 

 ever received the eggs of this species from Spain." 



Mr. Alexander von Homeyer met with the Glossy Ibis in flocks on the Balearic Isles from 

 the 15th to the 25th of May, and adds that a Frenchman saw them as early as the middle of 

 April. 



In Italy it occurs regularly on passage, remaining about a month in the spring; and, 

 according to Mr. A. B. Brooke, it is met with in Sardinia not uncommonly during the winter. 

 Mr. C. A. Wright remarks that it is a pretty regular visitor to Malta in spring and autumn in 

 small flocks, and sometimes a solitary one is seen accompanying a flock of Lesser Egrets. 



In Southern Germany it is not uncommon in many localities, becoming quite common 

 towards the south-east. Dr. Fritsch says (J. f. O 1871, p. 390) that it has several times been 

 killed in Bohemia ; the late Mr. E. Seidensacher informed me that it has occurred near Cilli, 

 in Styria; and Messrs. Danford and Harvie-Brown write (Ibis, 1875, p. 426), in Transylvania 

 " solitary birds are not uncommonly met with during the spring migration. We saw one which 

 had been killed last year at Gorgeny ; and another was sent to us from Hatzeg. It also occurs 

 on the Strell and Alt rivers." In Hungary and on the Lower Danube it breeds commonly, and 

 is numerous in Turkey in the summer, as also in Southern Russia. 



In Greece it is a migrant, arriving late in March and early in April, and after remaining a 

 few weeks goes further north ; and Lord Lilford informs me that it occurs frequently in Corfu 

 and Epirus. I find but meagre details respecting its occurrence in Asia Minor; and Canon 

 Tristram says that it is very rare in Palestine. According to Captain Shelley (B. of Egypt, 

 p. 262), " the Glossy Ibis ranges throughout Egypt and Nubia, where it remains during the 

 year, but is not very abundant. I only met with it on one occasion, near El Kab, in April, 

 where I saw three feeding together in a small pool, and procured two of them." Biippell also 

 says that it is a resident in North-east Africa ; and Von Heuglin writes (Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 1134) 

 that he met with them in pairs and flocks in spring, and also in the autumn and winter from 

 August on passage, in Egypt, Nubia, Kordofan, Sennaar, and Abyssinia. He believes that those 

 which occur in the summer are not breeding birds. It does not appear to be common in North- 

 western Africa. Canon Tristram met with it at Tuggurt, and Mr. Salvin at Zana ; and it occurs, 

 Favier says, near Tangier on passage, passing further south to winter, some few remaining to 



