116 Letters , Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, fyc. 
will, I hope, be the means of eliciting further information on 
this interesting subject. 
I am, I confess, unwilling to give up as extinct in Europe a 
species described by Stephens in 1819 as occupying all the warm 
parts of Europe, from Spain to the Levant. 
C. R. Bree, M.D. 
Since the above letter was received, Mr. Bree has forwarded 
to us the following translation of a letter from Prof. Schlegel:— 
“ Leyden, Nov. 20, 1862. 
“ Sir, — I can assure you, in the most conscientious manner, 
that Francolinus vulgaris is found in Europe. 
u Our former traveller, M. Cantraine, now Professor in the 
University of Gard, killed many specimens of this bird in Sicily, 
of which we have many in the galleries of our Museum. You 
will find, beside, in the ‘ Eaune Sicile' by M. Malherbe, many 
remarks about the habits of this bird, and upon modes by which 
it is taken in Sicily. This savant also states that it does not 
inhabit any other part of the world, except Sicily and the island 
of Cyprus. I do not find it mentioned either in the Fauna of 
Portugal or that of Greece. “ Yours, &c., 
“ H. Schlegel.” 
Mr. J. H. Gurney sends us the following note on Hirundo 
monteiri, figured in our last Number (vol. iv. pi. 11):— 
“ The figure given of this Swallow in ‘ The Ibis/ vol. iv. p.340, 
would appear not to be the first representation of this species 
which has been published, as the f Hirondelle a ventre roux, 
du Senegal/ figured by Buffon in the c Planches Enluminees/ 
pi. 310, is a bird without the rufous nuchal collar, and therefore 
probably identical with that to which the designation of ‘ Hirundo 
monteiri ’ has now been given. 
“ It is also worthy of remark, that in the short description given 
by Linnaeus of his Hirundo senegalensis no allusion is made to 
the rufous collar. 
“ Brisson, on the contrary, describes the Hirundo senegalensis 
as having f le col roux/ in which he is followed by more recent 
naturalists. 
