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suspect it may ultimately prove identical with G. chiriquensis, 

 though there are discrepancies in the descriptions. Stilly when 

 such delicate bronze-colours have to be spoken of, it is hardly 

 likely that two writers should call the same tint by the same 

 name. The Chiriqui bird is somewhat larger (wings 5 '9 inches 

 instead of 5*5 inches) ; but not having specimens of either 

 before us, we cannot decide the point. 



In the ' Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History' 

 (vol. ix. pp. 368j 369), our friend Dr. Bryant describes, under 

 the name of littoralis, a new variety of Parus hudsonicus from 

 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and has some " Remarks on the genus 

 Galeoscoptes of Cabanis,'' from which he proposes to remove 

 Turdus rubripes of Temminck and Turdus plumheus of Linngeus, 

 raising, for the benefit of the former, Mr. Sclater's subgenus 

 Mimocichla into a genus, and relegating the latter to a new 

 genus, which he calls " Mimokitta," or, as we should prefer to 

 write it, Mimocitta. Dr. Bryant gives a very detailed account 

 of the peculiarities of these genera, as well as a description of 

 the Mimocitta plumbea, which, except by Catesby, he says has 

 never before been accurately done. 



X. — Letters, Announcements, ^c. 



The following letters, addressed " To the Editor of ' The 



Ibis,' " have been received : — 



Takow, Formosa, 1 July, 1865. 



Sir, — My report for last mouth need not be a long one. 

 Early in June a photographer from Amoy, Mr. Edwards, re- 

 turned from a visit to the neighbouring mountains with some 

 photographs of the Kalee savages, which I have forwarded to 

 the Geographical Society. He also brought a skin of Urocissa 

 ccErulea. This, which he informed me was a common species, 

 is identical with the bird of the Tamsuy vicinity. * * * 

 At the commencement of the month both Dicrurus macrocercus 

 and Zosterops simplex had young ones flying about. Most 

 birds here breed twice in the year, some few three times ; Kites, 

 however, only once ; but more of this hereafter. 



