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yet seen no traces. E.fuscatus o£ Pelzcln (Orn. Bras. p. 115), 

 I may remark, is Emjndonax bimaculatus. 



0£ Mr. Bidgway's third species of Enipidochanes {E. 

 oJiva [?] of Lawrence), for which the alternative name 

 " vireohinus" is suggested, seven specimens belonging to the 

 two collections above mentioned are before me, from Colombia, 

 Amazonia, Venezuela, and Tobago. One of these is the type 

 of Ochthoeca arenacea, Scl. et Salv. (P. Z. S. 1877, p. 20). 

 I fear, therefore, that Mr. Bidgway's suggested term for this 

 bird will also have to give way, and that the species must be 

 called Enipidochanes arenaceus. It must be confessed, how- 

 ever, that Mr. Bidgway could not have been expected to 

 look for a name for an Empidochanes in the genus Ochthceca, 

 and T feel that J almost owe him an apology for pointing out 

 this identification ! 



IV. — Observations in the Eastern Pyrenees. By James 

 Backhouse, Junr., M.B.O.U. 



During the month of January, 1886, 1 made a short stay in 

 the Department of the Pyrenees-Orientales in order to see a 

 little of the ornithology of the district in the winter season ; 

 and although, owing to the unusual severity of the weather 

 (during the greater part of my visit) and to the shortness of 

 time at my disposal, the results were not specially good, yet, 

 considering that this Department has never been thoroughly 

 worked, I feel that I cannot do better than simply record 

 what observations I was able to make on this occasion — 

 the more so, as the season of my visit was the one of all 

 others during which the avifauna of the district is least 

 observed. 



On January 4th I arrived at Perpignan, the chief town of 

 the Department. Here the necessary " pertnis de chasse " 

 was obtained, which, by the way, occupied most of the 

 morning. Here also I found time to examine the market, 

 which is a very rich one, and is always worth a visit, from 



