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olive spots ; they are deposited in a slight hollow." The Courier is 

 abundant on the plains of the Deccan, frequenting sandy bare spots 

 in flocks ; they have a peculiar habit of running for a distance at 

 great speed, then suddenly stopping and erecting the body, then 

 starting oif as before. 



Subgenus Glareola. 



Glareola ortentalis (Leach). 



I came across this pretty little Pratincole when shooting on a 

 stony bank in the river Bheema. There were numbers of them 

 flying about like swallows, and as they mobbed me, I concluded 

 that they had nests, but though I made most diligent search could 

 not find any. I procured a pair of birds : the eggs in the ovaries 

 of the female were large : the crop of the female was filled to a great 

 size with a species of small black beetle. This occurred in the month 

 of March. 



May 22, 1855.-— Dr. Gray, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



/ Descriptions of four new or little-known Tanagers. 

 By Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A. 



1. Arremon erythrorhynchus, Sclater. 



A. olivaceus : capite nigra ; vitta mediali verticisy nucha cervi- 



cisque laterihus cinereis ; superciliis et corpore subtus alhis : 



torque gutturali angusta nigra : laterihus cinerascentibus : 



campterio Jlavo : pedihus alhis : rostro elongatiorey incurvo, 



■'■'■ rubro. 



' Long, tota 5*8, alse 3'0, caudse 2*7. 

 «' Hah. in Nova Grenada, Bogota. 



3' I have to thank Mr. Gould for allowing me to describe this new 

 ^Arremon, which is from his collection. It is closely alUed to my 

 Arremon spectabilis (P. Z. S. 1854, p. 114. pi. ^7) from Quixos, 

 but may be disthiguished by its more lengthened incurved and briUiant 

 orange red-bill, and the yellow bend of the wing. 



2. Tachyphonus xanthopygius, Sclater. 



Tachyphonus xanthopygius, Sclater, P.Z.S. 1 854, p. 1 58.pl. 69 ( ? ). 

 > Lanio auritus, DuBus, Bull. Ac. Brux. Feb. 1855 ((J et $ ). 



3 niger : tergo Jlavo : fascicula post-superciliari coccinea : carpo 

 summo dilute Jlavo : tectricibus subalaribus alhis. 



Long, tota 6*1, alse 3*5, caudae 2*5. 



? nigro-cinereus, subtus dilutior ; axillis et tectricibus subalaribus 

 alhis: tergo Jlavo. 



Hah. in Nova Grenada, Bogota. 



I described the female of this fine Tanager at the meeting of this 

 Society on the 25th of July last year. M. Parzudaki of Paris has 

 lately received several examples of both sexes from Bogota. A pair 

 of these passed into the hands of the Vicomte DuBus, by whom 

 thev were characterized as new in the Bulletins de T Acade'mie Roy ale 



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