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2 mare vix minor: capitc toto quam dorsum paulo ob- 

 scuriore^ nucha rubra : abdominis plumis (recenter acquisitis) 

 viridescentioribus : long. tot. circ. 6 7, alse 4*3, caudse 2 6, 

 rostri a rictu 0*95^ tarsi 7. 



Hab. Chiriqui et Costa Rica in prov. Talamanca. 



Obs. C. calloptero, Lawr.^ afl&nis sed stria flava infra oculos 

 absente^ et gula oleaginea nee pallide viridescenti-fulva facile 

 distinguendus. 



Syrnium lineatum, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N.Y.vii.p.462 (1862). 



The species known as Ciccaba virgata (Cass.) varies greatly 

 in the markings of its plumage; but the tail^ being banded with 

 white^ always exhibits a character by which the species may 

 be distinguished from its more southern allies. Syrnium 

 lineatum shows perhaps extremes of body-coloration, but is 

 not^ I think, to be separated specifically from C. virgata, 



American Museum of Natural History, Central Park, 

 New York. 



Such of the contents of this rapidly growing museum as I 

 wished to examine, were kindly shown me by Mr. Albert J. 

 Bickmore. 



At present the, to me, most interesting portion of the birds 

 is the late Prince Maximilian of Neuwied^s collection, which 

 was purchased some years ago, and is now exhibited in a tem- 

 porary building in the Central Park. A new museum is in 

 course of construction, which promises to be capable of hold- 

 ing and worthily exhibiting this and many more interesting 

 collections. 



CHAMiEPETES GOUDOTI (LcSSOn) . 



A typical specimen of Tschudi^s Penelope rufiventris is in- 

 cluded in Prince Max.'s series, a species about which many 

 doubts have hung. It belongs most certainly to Lesson^s 

 Ortalida goudoti, described from specimens obtained by Gou- 

 dot in the Quindiu Mountains of New Granada, whence we 

 have recently received examples from Mr. T. K. Salmon. 

 The bird also occurs in Ecuador, where Fraser obtained it, 

 and whence we have also an example. Specimens from Bogota 



