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Mr. C. G. Danford on the 
respectively, fir-seed wings, fine wliite wood fibres, and goat^s 
hair, while the last, evidently belonging to a bird with great 
ideas of comfort, was thickly wadded with harems fur, and 
ornamented with one long fiuffy Snow-Partridge^s feather. 
The general food of this species consists of insects and fir¬ 
cone seeds. 
67. Tichodroma muraria (L.) . 
Not uncommon about the the rocks near Zebil, where it 
is resident throughout the year. 
68. Certhia familiaris, L. 
Evidently rare; for although the character of the country 
about Gozna and Giaour keui seemed just suited to its habits, 
only five were observed. Specimens obtained correspond with 
the ordinary European form. * . 
69. Troglodyfes parvulus (Koch). 
Generally common. 
70. CiNCLUS AQUATICTJS, Bcchst. 
Common on the upper waters of the Cydnus, near Zebil, 
where a series of twelve specimens was obtained, which all 
agree closely. Compared with British specimens, the Taurus 
birds are paler on the head and back, being about the same 
colour as examples from Eastern Europe. The white of the 
breast is also equal in extent; but the ferruginous colour of 
the underparts is very much fainter. The feathers about the 
abdomen are more distinctly tipped with white, especially in 
females, which may be separated from the males by this cha¬ 
racteristic. The lighter colour of the upper parts therefore 
agrees with C. albicolliSj while the absence of the rich rust- 
colour on the under portions of the body brings it closer to 
C. melanogaster. The intermediate position of the Taurus 
bird seems therefore to detract from the claims of the two 
above-mentioned forms to specific distinction *. 
In Mr. DressePs article on C, albicollis-\ evidence is ad¬ 
duced to show that the Dippers of the south of Europe and 
* [ In my paper on the genus Cinclus (Ibis, 1867, p. 109 et seq.) 1 re¬ 
ferred Trebizond and Erzeroum specimens to C. melanogaster. —0. S.] 
t Birds of Europe, Parts xxiii., xxiv. 
