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character of the comb and wattles in this specimen, though 

 by no means so fully developed as they were in the large 

 Chilian male purchased by the Society in June 1870, seem 

 nevertheless to approach more nearly to those of the large- 

 combed than of the small-combed race; but the general di- 

 mensions of the bird agree (so far I could judge by the eye) 

 with the latter. 



Dr. Sclater has been so good as to inform me that Lieut. 

 Clive Strachey, who presented this specimen to the Zoolo- 

 gical Society, wrote from Tome, on the coast of Chile, to say 

 that the bird came '' from the Cordilleras/^ 



I am &c., 



J. H. GURNEY. 



Sib, — Among a number of very interesting species of birds 

 recently collected in Munipur, and intrusted to my charge by 

 Major Godwin-Austen, is a specimen of Palceornis melano- 

 rhynchus, Wagler, in luteous plumage. With the exception 

 of the breast, which is tinted with the rosy plum-colour found 

 in the normal plumage, the whole bird is bright canary- 

 yellow. The rosy breast-feathers, however, are normally co- 

 loured only at their termination ; far underneath they too are 

 bright yellow, an indication of that colour being only obser- 

 vable in the breast-plumage of the normal dress. 



Yours, 



Walden. 



Chisleliurst, March 1875. 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C, 

 March 13th, 1875. 



Sir, — The history of Gymnocitta cyanocephala, given by me 

 not long since in this Journal*, contained no account of the 

 nest and eggs, these being at that time undiscovered. The 

 account may now be completed, the required information 

 having been satisfactorily contributed by Mr. C.E. Aikeu, of 

 Colorado Territory, U. S., a portion of whose article upon the 

 subject, in the 'American Sportsman^ (newspaper) of this 



* Ibis, 1872, p. 152. 



