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that a mistake may easily have occurred, and I do not think it advisable to include it. Both this 

 and the preceding species inhabit North America. 



Accipiter granti, Sharpe. — Dr. Sharpe describes the Madeiran Sparrow-Hawk as distinct 

 (Ann. & Mag. N. H. ser. 6. v. p. 485) from a single specimen brought from there by Mr. Ogilvie 

 Grant ; but I am by means certain that there is any good ground for this course, and prefer not 

 to accept the same until I can see a series and convince myself that a distinct insular form 

 inhabits that island. 



Melierax gabar (Daucl.) is said to have occurred in Greece, and is also stated (Naumannia, 

 1856, p. 267) to have been found breeding in Portugal; but this appears to be an error, and I 

 cannot find that a specimen obtained in Europe is in any collection. 



Elanoides furcatus (Linn.). — There are several records of the occurrence of this species 

 in Great Britain, none of which are trustworthy, except that of one taken alive near Hawes 

 in Yorkshire, September 6th, 1805, which afterwards escaped. It seems very doubtful if this 

 Kite, which inhabits South America and the Southern States of North America, has ever crossed 

 the Atlantic unassisted. In any case I do not admit it, as it does not belong to a Palsearctic 

 genus. 



Falco concolor, Temm., is stated by Temminck to have occurred in Dalmatia and the Greek 

 islands, but this appears to have been based on error. 



Biibulcus coromandus (Bodd.). — Professor Giglioli (Avif. Italica, p. 281) includes this species 

 on the strength of a specimen, a male in full nuptial plumage, shot on the 27th May, 1862, at 

 Villastellone (Turin) ; and Malherbe records a specimen which he was told had come from 

 Sicily. 



Ardeola sturmi (Wagl.). — Degland and Gerbe state that this bird has been observed several 

 times in the Pyrenees, but this statement lacks confirmation. 



Butorides virescens (Linn.). — Sir Charles Sawle exhibited at the meeting of the Linnean 

 Society on the 17th April, 1890, a specimen of the North-American Little Heron, which had 

 been shot by his keeper, W. Abbott, on the 27th October, 1889, on his estate Penrice, St. Austell, 

 Cornwall, this being the only record of its occurrence in Europe. 



Plectropterus gambensis (Linn.). — Four instances of its occurrence in Great Britain are on 

 record, but they were, doubtless, all birds escaped from confinement. 



Chenalopex azgyptiacus (Linn.). — Specimens, doubtless escaped birds, have been obtained in 

 Great Britain, France, Belgium, and Germany. This species breeds commonly in a semi- 

 domesticated state. 



Anser cygnoides (Linn.) is included in the ' Ibis ' List of British Birds, but it is unlikely that 

 any but an escaped bird has been obtained; and the same may be said of Bernicla canadensis 

 (Linn.), the common North-American Canada Goose, which is largely kept in confinement. 



Anser indicus (Lath.). — One is stated (Zool. 1858, p. 5988) to have been obtained on the 

 Dee below Chester; but it has not been recorded from elsewhere in Europe, and it is very 



