210 Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, fyc. 
A printed sheet of four pages (forwarded to us by post) gives a 
list of the birds observed round Quebec, by J. Le Moine, Esq., 
drawn up “ after the system of the Smithsonian Institution.” 
XXII.— Letters, Extracts from Correspondence, Notices, fyc. 
We have received the following letters :— 
To the Editor of ‘ The Ibis.’ 
26 Pembridge Gardens, Bayswater, 
1st February, 1861. 
Sir, —During a stay in Egypt in the latter part of 1857, I 
shot near Kafr Dowar, a village on the Mahmoudieh Canal near 
Alexandria, a specimen of Budytes cinereocapillus. This was the 
only one that came under my notice. Heuglin, who is, I believe, 
the latest authority, does not include this species in his ‘ Syst. 
Ueb. d. Vog. N. 0. Afrika’s/ so I send you the above notice of 
its occurrence for publication in c The Ibis/ if you think it of 
sufficient interest. M. Loche gives it as an inhabitant of Algiers 
(Cat. Mamm. et Ois. de l’Algerie, p. 80), while B. rayi is the 
only species found in Western Africa (Hartlaub, System d. Orn. 
W. Afrika’s, p. 72). I may add that I was fortunate enough to 
obtain a Chettusia leucura, which I saw exposed for sale in the 
market at Alexandria. It had been shot in the vicinity by an 
Arab gunner, but does not generally occur below the Cataracts. 
Yours, &c., John Cavafy. 
To the Editor of ‘ The Ibis / 
/8i$ £/■$/ Fordingbridge, February 12th, 1861. 
Sir, —In your periodical for October last, I ventured to direct 
attention to the non-existence of a reliable list of British birds, 
and to express a hope that this want might soon be supplied by 
some of your able contributors. 
On referring to your interesting review of Herr Badeker’s and 
Dr. Brewer’s oological works in f The Ibis ’ for October 1859, I 
have more than ever felt the difficulty under which I labour from 
not knowing what birds really ought to be considered British. 
I am quite prepared to accept your list of thirty-five British 
desiderata as perfectly authentic, although Mr. Hewitson figured 
