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white, or cream-colour of the lower part of the throat extends in a 

 narrow line across the back of the neck. 



Trochilus flavicaudatus. T. rostro qudm caput duplb longiore 

 et arcuato ; caudd mediocri : capitis vertice obscure fusco ; corpore 

 suprd aureo-viridi, corpore subtils ochreo ; gulce plurnis punctis 

 aureis et cupreis ; pectoris lateribus maculis aureo-viridibus, or- 

 natis ; crisso pallide ochreo ; rectricibus caudce duabus intermediis 

 aureo-viridibus, reliquis ochreis, apicibus viridibus ; remigibus 

 alarum obscuris, purpureo relucentibus ; rostro nigro ; pedibus su- 

 pra nigrescentibus , subtils pallidis. 



Long. tot. 4 J unc. ; rostri, \^ ; alee, 2 J ; caudce, 1 J. 



Trochilus melanogenys. T. rostro qudm caput vix longiore; 

 caudd sub-brevi, rectricibus mediocriter latis, et acutis : capite et 

 corpore suprd aureo-viridibus ; corpore subtils ex-ochreo-albo ; 

 abdominis lateribus rufo lavatis ; genis nigris ; lined flavescenti- 

 albd pone oculos ; plurnis gulce singulis notd ad apicem nigrd, 

 notis lineas longitudinales efficientibus ; abdomine, obscure, aureo- 

 viridi guttato ; caudd suprd, nigrescente, ceneo tinctd, apicem ver- 

 sus nigrd purpureo relucente, et rectricibus flavescenti-albo, dua- 

 bus intermediis exceptis, terminatis ; alis obscuris, violaceo relu- 

 centibus ; mandibulce inferioris basi, pedibusque fiavis. 



Long. tot. 3| unc; rostri, j; alee, 3j ; caudce, 1|. 



Trochilus tyrianthinus, Loddiges' MSS. T. rostro acuto, caput 

 longitudine cequante ; caudd mediocri, vix furcatd ; rectricibus la- 

 tissimis : capite, corporeque supra, aureo-viridibus ; sic et corpore 

 subtils, at ochreo variegato ; guld nitente, et intense viridi ; rec- 

 tricibus caudce suprd ceneo -viridibus, ex-aureo, et cupreo relucen- 

 tibus, subtils, cupreis, aureo nitentibus ; alis obscuris ; rostro pe- 

 dibusque nigris. 



Fcem : guld e castaneo flavd -, abdomine albo, ochreo lavato ; singulis 

 plurnis notd aureo-viridi. 



Long. tot. 4 unc. ; rostri, \ ; alee, 2J ; caudce, 1§. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



NOTICE OF A SPECIES OF WARBLER NEW TO BRITAIN. 



Amongst the new specimens of British birds which have been 

 lately presented to the British jMuseum by Mr. J. Baker, was one 

 that was considered a Reed Wren {Sylvia arundinacea) , but on com- 

 paring it with other specimens it was at once suspected to be a di- 

 stinct bird ; and further, it agreed with none of those at present re- 

 corded as being found in this country. On investigation it proved 

 to be a rare species even in the south of Europe, and one that was 

 first noticed by Savi in the ' Nuovo Giornale de Letterai,' Num. XIV. 

 1824 ; and again in his ' Ornitologia Toscana,' torn. i. p. 270, under 

 the name of " Sylvia luscinioides." It is figured by Savigny in the 

 ' Description de l'Egypte,' pi. 13. f. 3, and by Gould in his ' Birds of 

 Europe.' The specimen was obtained, with a second, by the above- 



