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Ossifraga gigantea (Gm.). — According to Brehm (Vogelfang, p. 355) it has once occurred on 

 the Rhine, and, according to Prof. Blasius, the specimen in question is, or was, in the museum 

 at Mayence, and was sent there, already prepared, in 1846 or 1847, but the curator informed him 

 that the skin was in a fresh condition when received. 



Mormon comiculata, Naum. — Degland and Gerbe say that it is common in Spitsbergen and 

 Greenland, and not rare in Norway ; but this appears to be an error, as the Horned Puffin has 

 not, to my knowledge, been obtained in any of these countries. 



Podilymbus podiceps (Linn.). — Dr. R. B. Sharpe exhibited at a meeting of the Zoological 

 Society on the 21st June, 1881, a specimen of this Grebe, which inhabits Northern, Central, and 

 Southern America, which was stated to have been killed at Radipole, near Weymouth, in January 

 1881 ; but I can scarcely look on this occurrence without doubt. There is no other record of its 

 having occurred on this side of the Atlantic. 



In conclusion, I may remark that, though not recorded as European, Fringilauda altaica, 

 Eversm., has occurred at least once (as I am assured by both Professor Menzbier and Dr. Bianchi) 

 in the Ural — at Kara Chobda, near Orenburg, on the 23rd June, 1883. It is a Central-Asiatic 

 species, and breeds in Turkestan and the Altai range. 



