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that this bird is the Anthusgustavi of Swinhoe (P. Z. S. 1863, 
p. 90). Mr. Swinhoe has kindly furnished me with three skins 
of his bird, obtained on the 31st of May, 1873, in North China 
(see Ibis, 1874, p. 442), suggesting that I should compare them 
with my Petchora skin. They agree in the rich and varied 
colouriug of the upper parts, in the large stout bill, in the 
arrangement of the primaries, in the elongated hind claw, 
and in the lighter portion of the rectrices being dark smoky 
buff. This Pipit apparently breeds in the arctic regions of 
the Petchora, the Ob, and probably as far east as the Zena, ^ 
as Swinhoe mentions (Ibis, loc. cit.) an example from Lake 
Baical. It passes through North and South China on mi¬ 
gration, and should be looked for in winter in the Philippine 
Islands and the Malay archipelago. 
Yours truly, 
Henry Seebohm. 
Sheffield, 24th Dec. 1876. 
P.S. I may add that Mr. "Dresser has compared one of the 
Amoy skins with his specimen of the Petchora bird, and agrees 
with me in the identity of the two species. 
The Ornithological Museum of Signor E. Turati. —The col¬ 
lection of birds belonging to Count Ercole Turati of Milan 
is now one of the largest and best-arranged private collections 
in Europe. It contains upwards of 14,600 specimens, be¬ 
longing to about 6300 species, all excellently mounted and 
in good order. These are arranged in several rooms in the 
Casa Turati, in the Yia Maraviglie, at Milan. Amongst the 
collections now merged in the Turatian Museum may be men¬ 
tioned the "Woodpeckers of Malherbe, the Paradise-birds of 
Elliot, the Humming-birds of Yerreaux, and the Eggsof Des 
Murs. There are many rare and typical specimens, amongst 
which we may mention, as observed during a recent visit, 
Nestor pro ductus, Trichoglossus wilhelmince and T. josephince, 
Iridornis jelskii, Pipra heterocerca, Meropogon breweri , Ser- 
resius galeatus, and Crossoptilon drouyni. The unique spe¬ 
cimen of Syncecus lodoisice, Yerreaux, of which phenomenon 
ser. iv.—VOL. i. 
K. 
