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XLVI. — Notes on Birds from British Guiana. Part III,* 

 By OsBERT Salvin and F. DijCane Godman, FF.R.S. 



(Plates XIII., XIV.) 



In tlie last number of 'The Ibis^ a letter from Mr. Henry 

 Whitely was printed, dated " Roraima, Oct. 15, 1883/^ in 

 which the writer gave a short account of his doings up to 

 that date in the remote part of British Guiana he was then 

 investigating. Towards the end of June last Mr. Whitely 

 returned home, bringing with him his collection, which, as 

 on previous occasions, he kindly submitted to us for ex- 

 amination. It contains specimens of upwards of 240 species, 

 and includes all the birds discovered by Schomburgk in the 

 higher districts investigated by him during his well-known 

 expedition, the types of which have hitherto remained almost 

 unique in the Berlin Museum. Now, owing to Mr. Whitely^s 

 enterprise, we have before us a good series of Diglossa major, 

 Setojihaga castaneicapilla, Buarremon personatus, Campy- 

 lopterus hyperythrus , &c., besides a number of other birds not 

 included in Schomburgk's lists. Of these latter we now 

 describe eighteen species, all of which appear to us to be 

 new, some of them being remarkable for their beauty and 

 distinctness. 



In a recent number of the 'Proceedings of the Royal 

 Geographical Society ' (vi. p. 552), Mr. Whitely has given a 

 short account of his journey to Roraima, illustrated with 

 some sketches of the wonderful mountains under which he 

 was encamped for several months. In this paper will be 

 found an account of the physical features of this district,, 

 which it is Mr. Whitely's intention of again visiting. 



The collections formed by Mr. Whitely in British Guiana 

 now include skins of between 400 and 500 species ; and we 

 hope shortly to draw up a list of the Avhole, and for this 

 purpose we have retained in our collection representatives 

 of all of them. 



TURDUS RORAIMiE. 



Sordide olivaceus, capite undique, alls et cauda nigris, ab- 



* For Part I. see Ibis, 1882, pp. 76-84; Part II. Ibis, 1883, pp. 203-212, 



