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mentioned in Garbini's works, but this author has applied him- 

 self only to water-animals (aquatic animals). Lastly, Dal Nero, 

 in an article contributed to the ' Bollettino Agrario Veronese ' of 

 1892, mentions the appearance of A. migrans in the Province of 

 Verona ; he says that it is rare and appears casually, that it is 

 seen in very irregular numbers, and that it breeds at Grezzano. 

 All these authors therefore agree in admitting the appearance 

 and breeding of this Kite at Grezzano as an exceptional circum- 

 stance. Kolombatovich, Schiavuzzi, and Bonomi call the Black 

 Kite a rare species in Dalmatia and in the Tyrol. 



Emilia. — Bonizzi, Doderlein, Carruccio, and Picaglia say 

 that the Black Kite is rare in this region. 



Marche. — It is not mentioned either by Paolucci, Carpegna, 

 or Gasparini. On the contrary, Professor Paolucci, of Ancona, 

 a well-known and eminent ornithologist, has recently favoured 

 me with the following information : — " I have never seen (in the 

 Marche) Milvus migrans, which is, of course, unrepresented in 

 our collections ; nor have I ever heard of this species being 

 caught in our district, though, from the obvious character of its 

 forked tail, it might have been reported by sportsmen. So far 

 as my information goes, it is quite unknown in the Marche 

 (in lit. June 21st, 1897). 



Tuscany. — Dei does not mention the Black Kite in 1862, in 

 treating of the Province of Siena; but at a later date* he had a 

 specimen. It is noted by Griffoli for the Val di Chiana; by 

 Savi for the Province of Pisa ; by Professor Giglioli for the 

 Florentine region ; by the Marchese Paolucci for the Province of 

 Siena ; by Bianchi as a bird of passage in the Isola del Giglio. 



Liguria. — Durazzo says that it breeds, but that it is rarer 

 than Milvus ictinus. Savi and Carazzi say that it is rare at 

 Spezia ; a straggler at Nice. Milvus migrans is said to con- 

 stantly inhabit the mountains of the Kiviera di Levante, and 

 Giglioli had one from Nice in December. I have spent many 

 months in winter in the Riviera, but I do not remember ever 

 having seen the Black Kite flying among the mountains, and I 

 have little faith in its being a stationary species in that country. 



Romagna; PtOMAN Provinces. — Prince Bonaparte states that 

 the Black Kite breeds in the mountains, which does not seem 

 * Giglioli, Avif. Ital. i. p. 401 (1889). 



