60 Prof. E. Arrigoni degli Oddi on the Occurrence 
- 30. Himantopus candidus (Bonn.). 
La Touche obtained specimens here in 1885-86 (Ibis, 1892, 
p. 497). We have not procured any since then till last year, 
when two males were shot in October close to Eoochow and a 
female in the following April a few miles higher up the river. 
The native “ shooting-man ” who brought me the first 
described it as a bird with “ very large hands ” (!!), meaning, 
of course, long legs. 
^31. Anous stolidus (Linn.). 
A male in adult plumage was shot on the river near 
Foochow (about 30 miles from the sea) on 3rd October: a 
typhoon that we had a couple of days before being, no doubt, 
the cause of its appearance. The stomach was quite empty. 
This bird measured in the flesh :—Length 16’4 inches, 
wing 108, tail 7*0, tarsus 0 9, culmen 1*5. 
Foochow, 
25th August, 1899. 
IV.— On the Occurrence of Nordmann’s Pratincole (Glareola 
melanoptera) in Italy . By Prof. E. Arrigoni degli Oddi. 
It will be very interesting for your readers to know that 
Glareola melanoptera * has occurred in our country, and 
that I have been fortunate enough to obtain for my collec¬ 
tion a rare and perfectly well-preserved specimen. A few 
days ago I received from Mr. Marco Gianese, of Lonigo 
(Vicenza), a large parcel of stuffed birds, this gentleman 
having decided to sell his collection, composed of birds 
obtained in the district of Lonigo, which is beautifully 
situated on the Berici Hills, in the province of Vicenza 
(Venetian territory). Last year, on two occasions, I bought 
some other rare birds of Mr. Gianese, among them, I am 
pleased to mention, many abnormally-coloured specimens, and 
besides these examples of Circus cineraceus , Sylvia subalpina , 
Potamodus luscinioides, Locustella ncevia, Anthus cervinus, 
A.richardi (three), Emberiza leucocephala (two ),Plectrophanes 
lapponicus , Totanus stagnatilis , Anser cinereus, Mergus 
* Cf. Sharpe, Oat. B. xxiv. p. 57. 
