378 Letters, I'Ia tracts from Corrcspoiuli'iicc, Notices, \c. 



C/iri/sods, Ara, I'riofc-liis, (lcotri/(/oii, I loi/rostoiniis, nmX others, 

 Nvhicli aif nil tiuitc l\)r(M_i;ii ti> llir Nciuclic avilauiia, while Coitus 

 is aliiu>st. the only notict'uhlf i'onn i-oiimioii (o (he Aiitilh-s ami 

 Uiiitcil States which docs not. i'\tciul into 8t)nth Anu'rica. 



The specie's of hirils pccnliar it) Cuba are consiiK'retl by Dr. 

 (Jnndlach to be ID in imniber. Ijookinj;- through his list we 

 shonid make them oiit to be to, un cxtraoidinarily lari;-e i)ri>|)Oi'- 

 tion ont t>l" a total oi' '257 species. No less than //Vc !;-(M\i>rii are 

 restricted to the islanil, nuiuely 'Icrctislis, ]\Jclo/)i/rr/ia, Xip/titHo- 

 picus, Priott'/iis, and i^tiinio'iKis. All these, e\eei)t the tirst, ure 

 inonotypie,7Vv<7/.s7ii.s' idonecousisting" of two re})rescntutive species, 

 one inhabitinj;- the western imd the other the eastern districts of 

 (he island. The most noticeable Antillean forms, i. c. common 

 (o Cnbu and the o(her Antilles, bnt not found elsewhere, are 

 (ii/mno(/f(ni.r, M'nnocichla, S/iim/it/ls, Saiirot/icni, and Totlus, 

 bcsid(>s many sections of widely dillnseil pnera, sneh as the 

 i>;ronp of I'arrots allied to (Vtri/sotis Icucoccpliala, and the Ictcri 

 akin to 7'. In/pomclos. 



We may ri'i^ard (he ori\ithoK)ii-y of (^uba as now pretty fairly 

 worked out, althoui;h there are doid)tless still discoveries to be 

 made anioni;' the 'J't/roiniiiltc and more (»bsenre i;ronps. There 

 is, however, a great lack of specimens of Cubjm birds in Kuro- 

 pean collections generally, the l>erlin Museum alone containing 

 anything like a complete set; and we trust that Dr. (lUiullach 

 will set about distributing series of his new species in various 

 quarters, ami emU-avour to make his interesting (liscovcries more 

 widely known. 



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\\ K have reci'ivedthe lollowing U-tters addn-sseil " To the l"Alitt)r 

 t>f the 'The Ibis'":— 



I'lpsiMU, Aiiilvl.'iiul, New /t-aliiiul, 

 1 Ith .Iniman. \f^(u. 

 Sir, — 1 have bctMi away, making a geological excursion in the 

 Waikati), ami have just returned, or 1 should have written be- 

 fore I'lu- .tptcri/.r is not lare here in the tliiekly-W(U>ded 



primary-slate ma>ses, but is seKloni luanl, autl ni\er seen except 



