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Athene noctua, (Retz : Strix nudipes, Lesson : Str. passerina apud Latham 

 and Temminck ; Athene bactrianus, nobis, /. A. S. XVI, 776)- Two spe- 

 cimens. Algiers. 



*Nyctale Tengmalmi, (Gmelin). Sweden. 



*Syrnium aluco, (L.) Algiers. 



fUpupa epops, L. Female. Algiers. 



* fCoracias garrula, L. Algiers. 



fCeryle rudis, (L.) Greece. (Identical with C. varia, Strickland, of India.) 



*Alcido ispida, L. Algiers. 



*Merops apiaster, L. Morea. 



Picus medius, L. Male and female. France. 



P. pubescens, L. Male. N. America. 



*P. minor, L. Male. France. 



*Picoides tridactylus, (L,) Female. Switzerland. 



Celeus fiavescens, (Gm.). Male. Brazil. 



Dendrobates go'ertan, (Gm.) Male and female. Hab. Senegal. 



Colaptes cayannensis, (Gm.) Male. Oronoco. 



Oxylophus glandarius, (L.) Male and female. Algiers. 



Caprimulgus ruficollis, Tern. Female. Algiers. 



fCypselus melba, (L.) Female. Switzerland. 



fPyrrhocorax alpinus, Vieillot. Male. Pyrenees. 



*Nucifraga caryocatactes, (L.) Male. France. 



fSturnus unicolor, Marmora. Male and female. Sardinia. (These have scarcely 

 a trace of the brilliant-coloured glosses of Capt. Button's Afghanistan 

 specimens.) 



Passer salicaria, ( ) ; Fringilla hispaniolensis, Tern. Male and female, 

 Algiers. (Identical with the Afghanistan race.) 

 Petronia stulta, (Gm.) : Fringilla petronia, L.Male. Italy. (Do.) 



*Acanthis cannabina, (L.) Male. Algiers. 



*Chrysomitris spinus, (L.) Male. France. 



Centrophanes lapponicus, (L.) Male and female. Finnraark. 



*Emberiza miliaria, L. Two specimens. Algiers. 



*E. cirlus, L. Male. Algiers. 



E. melanocephala, Gm. Male. Dalmatia. (Differs from Mr. Jerdon's E. 

 melanocephala of S. India in its much larger size ; having the wing 4 in., 

 the tail 3 in. long, and the rest in proportion.) 



E. ccesia, Cretschmar. Male. Lombardy, 



*E. hortulana, L. Male. Italy. 



E. hyemalis, (L.) Male. Siberia. 



*Melanocorypha calandra, (L.) Two specimens, from Italy and Algiers. 



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