28 Dr. G. Hartlaub on a new 



pointed out above, but is clearly distinct. Mr. Zeledou's 

 notes respecting it are as follows : — 



"You will be agreeably surprised to learn that I have 

 made a most unexpected discovery in the shape of a new 

 Carpodectes. The bird is snowy white, except on the back 

 and top of the head, where a faint wash of grey is to be seen, 

 all the back of the neck being pure white, like the rest of 

 the body. No traces of the grey tinge are present on any 

 other part of the plumage. The bill is somewhat smaller, 

 less swollen, and more curved than in C. n'lticlus, and of a 

 yellow colour, with a black line along the culmen to the 

 very tip ; the feet are black, not plumbeous, as in the latter 

 species ; the dimensions are pretty much the same, excepting 

 that the tail is rather shorter than in C. nitidus. 



"There is but one specimen in my possession, which was 

 obtained by my brother Juan at Pirris, on the south-western 

 side of Costa Rica. It is a fine adult male, and was pro- 

 cured in May last. 



" C nitidus has been obtained only on the eastern side 

 of the country ; I am inclined therefore to believe that the 

 present species is the western representative of the genus. 



"I have named this charming bird Carpodectes antonice, 

 after a dear sister whose death I mourn." 



III. — Oti a new Species of Wryneck, discovered in Eastern 

 Equatorial Africa by Dr. Emin Bey. By Dr. G. Hartlaub. 



(Plate III.) 



I HAVE the pleasure of introducing to my brother ornitho- 

 logists a new species of the restricted genus hjnx, lately 

 discovered by my excellent correspondent Dr. Emin Bey, 

 which I propose to call 



Iynx pulchricollis, sp. nov. (Plate III.) 



Supra in fundo griseo-rufescente maculis rarioribiis, minutis, 



plus minusve triangularibus, postice cano margin atis, in 



collo postico fasciara longitudinalem irregularemque 



formantibus nigris ornata; pileo eodem modo fasciatim 



