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of the common species. It is decidedly new, and I have de- 

 scribed it as Casuarius uno-appendiculatus — rather a long nara^, 

 but descriptive of its most strongly-marked peculiarity. The 

 casque is much the same at this age as in Casuarius galeatus, 

 but the colouring of the bare parts is altogether different, and 

 the plumage much paler in colouring." 



Ml'. Edward Newton's last letters from IMauritius are dated 

 May 4th. He has been unable to send home any further col- 

 lection of birds ; indeed his time has been so fully occupied by 

 other duties, as to prevent him from employing himself to any 

 great purpose in those researches to which he is as much as ever 

 attached. We may remark, that the species mentioned in our 

 last Number (' Ibis,' 1860, p. 201), though with an indication 

 of uncertainty, as " Turdus ourovang," proves to be Lcocincla 

 olivacea, Blyth; Hijpsipetes olivacea of Bonaparte (Consp. Av. i. 

 .261). It is not distinguishable generically from the Hijpsipet(s 

 of Continental India. 



To the Editor of ' Tiie Ibis.' 



Sir, — At the conclusion of the " Observations on the Birds of 

 St. Croix," contributed to the 'Ibis' for 1859, by my brother 

 Edward and myself, we subjoined some remarks on the species 

 found in the neighbouring islands. I am now able to communi- 

 cate a few more facts illustrative of the ornithology of the 

 Virgin group. Mr. Riise has lately arrived in Europe, bringing 

 with him a small but interesting collection, made chiefly in the 

 Danish islands of St. Thomas and St. John. From the latter 

 locality are several examples of Gijmnoglaux nudipes, one of which 

 is remarkable for the bright hue of its plumage, exhibiting in 

 this respect a perfect analogy to the rufescent stage observable 

 in many of the Strigida, and especially in the well-known cases 

 of Scops asio and Sgrnium aluco. From St. Thomas, Mr. Riise's 

 collection includes specimens of Scops porto-ricensis (with two 

 eggs), Eluineu riisii, Sclatcr* (the first examples of which were 

 obtained by Mr. 0. Salvin in May 1859), jEgialites vociferus, 



* Allied to Elainea par/ana — described at a recent meeting of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society (June 12th, 18G0}.— Ed. 



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