298 RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST. 
into the juicy bivalves, which closed upon them with a fatal 
tenacity ; others, which had inadvertently stepped into the 
trap, were caught by the toe, and in like manner perished. 
THE FIRST EDITION OF YARRELL. 
THE late Mr. VYarrell adhered to the laudable practice of 
devoting a paragraph under each species to its geographical 
distribution. With reference to Egypt, he has been sin- 
gularly unfortunate in the sources whence he drew his 
information. I find that country accredited with possessing 
a number of species which are unknown to it, or. only 
very rare stragglers; and on the other hand, no mention is 
made of a still larger number which do inhabit it. 
HYBRIDS. 
IN June, 1870, I saw at the Bayonne Museum a hybrid 
between a male Peacock and a hen Pheasant. In June, 
1875, I saw what appeared to be another hybrid Peacock 
alive in the Bois-de-Bologne at Paris. I have also seen a 
Peahen which had in a gréat measure assumed cock’s 
plumage, strutting about in a yard in Norfolk. 
MISPRINT, 
ORNITHOLOGISTS suffer much from misprints. The 
worst I ever saw was cyruscrayers for Sarus Cranes. In 
bringing my book to a close,* let me express a hope that 
my readers will find nothing so bad as that in the preceding 
pages. 2 re 
_ ® THE SacRED IBis.—Since the preceding pages-went to press, I 
have learnt from Mons. Filliponi that he has lately obtained a Sacred 
Ibis near Damietta, and seen three others. His description of the bird 
leaves no doubt on my mind that he has correctly named it, and there 
is nothing remarkable in its occasionally occurring in Lower Egypt as 
a straggler. 
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