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catan, of which a full series had been purchased by the State 

 University of Kansas, were single examples of two new 

 species, which Mr. Lawrence proposes to call Leptoptila fulvi- 

 ventris and Formicarius pallidus. 



100. Lawrence on a new Margarops. 



[Description of a new Species of Bird of the Family Turdidoe from the 

 Island of Dominica, W. I. By G, N. Lawrence. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 

 1881, p. 165.] 



A specimen of a Margarops from Dominica {Ober), pre- 

 viously referred to M. herminieri, is now found to be different 

 from the Guadeloupe form, and is named M. dominicensis. 



101. Lawrence on a new Subspecies o/Loxigilla. 



[Description of a new Subspecies of Loxigilla from the Island of St. 

 Christopher, West Indies. By George N. Lawrence, Proc. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. 1881, p. 204.] 



Nine examples of a Loxigilla obtained by Mr. Ober in St. 

 Christopher in 1880 are referred to a new subspecies, L. por- 

 toricensis, var. grandis. The form differs from the Portorican 

 bird in having no rufous marking on the white under wing- 

 coverts and in rather larger dimensions. 



102. Ramsay on new Birds from the Solomon Islands. 



[Description of two new Birds from the Solomon Islands. By E. P. 

 Ramsay. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi., read 30th Nov. 1881.] 



The species described are Halcyon solomonis (the repre- 

 sentative of H. chloris in the Solomon group) and Rhipidura 

 tenebrosa from St. Christoval. 



103. Ramsay on Pycnoptilus floccosus and Pachycephala 

 olivacea. 



[Note on the Range of Pycnoptilus Jloccosiis, Gould, and Pachycephala 

 olivacea, Vig. & II. By E, P. Ramsay. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. vi.] 



Mr. Ramsay records the occurrence of Pycnoptilus floccosus 

 in the scrubs of the coast-range of New South Wales near 



