78 RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST. 
4th. Faune de la Moselle, Fournel, 1836. 
sth. Zoologie, dans la Statistique du department de la 
Moselle, Malherbe, 1854. 
6th. Espéces d’oiseaux observées récemment. Malherbe. 
1855. “Bulletin de la Société d'histoire naturelle de la 
Moselle.” 
7th. Zoologie de la Moselle. Malherbe. 
8th. Zoologie de la Lorraine. Godron. 1863. 
It will be seen from the above list, which I believe may 
be depended upon, though I have not seen all the works, 
that Lorraine is a “ Norfolk” among the provinces, and that 
of patrons there have been plenty for our favourite study. 
The fine collection of indigenous birds, formed by M. 
Hollandre, should have found its proper resting-place in the 
town Museum; but they are already so much cramped there, 
that there was no room for them, and they are at the Hotel 
de Ville at present. 
I obtained of M. Buchillot a most beautiful variety of the 
Grey-headed Wagtail, without a speck upon it. It is white, 
pervaded with the most delicate tint of canary yellow. He 
was so good as to get down all the rarest birds in his shop 
to show me. One which I would particularise was a Great 
crested Grebe, with all the underparts of a deep rufous 
colour, especially about the lower neck, which was almost 
chesnut.* Another was a Crossbill with the upper mandible 
greatly prolonged, the lower not being prolonged at all, 
similar to a malformation mentioned by Mr. Stevenson in 
the “Birds of Norfolk,” vol. I, p. 239. A third was an old 
cock Merlin, which he said was rare in the adult state. A 
fourth a Grey Plover in breeding plumage. And a fifth, a 
cock Blue-throated Warbler without any pectoral spot— 
Cyanecula Wolfi (Brehm)—(Dresser B. of E., pl. 228). He 
told me it was not the only spotless one he had seen. The 
© The colour did not extend beyond the tips of the feathers, 
