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This bird agrees pretty well with the description of Tutare ? 

 vlridis, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 150, 432; but it has nothing 

 to do with the genus Tatare, as it certainly belongs to the 

 genus Leptornis, and should stand as Leptornis viridis. I 

 have compared it with a specimen of Leptornis samo'ensis 

 (Hombr. & Jacq.) in our Museum. It seems that Mr. Lay- 

 ard had some doubts about its proper position, as he has 

 put a query after the generic name Tatare. The tongue 

 brushed at the tip, mentioned by Mr. Layard, shows most 

 evidently that the so-called Tatare viridis belongs to the 

 MeliphagidcC. 



There is also a Leptornis aubryanus, Verr. & Des Murs, 

 from New Caledonia ; so that L. viridis makes the third species 

 known of the genus Leptornis. 



I remain, 



Yours very truly. 



T. Salvadori. 

 Turin, Sept. 18th, 1876. 

 Zooloofical Museum, 



P>S Cariyle Square, S.W. 



28th September, 187G. 



Sir, — You lately handed me a letter from Dr. Severtzoff, 

 containing some remarks on the Porzana exquisita lately de- 

 scribed and figured in ' The Ibis ' as a novelty from Chefoo 

 (North China) ; and you asked me to make what remarks I 

 thought necessary in reply. The better to make these intel- 

 ligible, I will quote what Dr. Severtzoff says in his letter about 

 my bird. 



" My name of Porzana undulata, Prjev. et Severtz., has 

 priority over P. exquisita, Swinh., Ibis, 1875, p. 135. The 

 bird and eggs are described in the Journ. f. Orn. 1873, p. 107, 

 by Taczanowski under the erroneous name of P. erythro- 

 thorax ; this I corrected, after examination, to Porzana un- 

 dulata (Journ. f. Orn. 1874, p. 333) * -^ ^ * I altered the 

 name after having seen Taczanowski's type. Prjevalski's 

 bird was distinguished by myself in 1870 as new ; but my 

 manuscript description, intended for his Mork, was delayed 



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