468 Letters, Announcements, S^c. 



Wyatt, Claude W. 



Notes on some of the Birds of the United States of Columbia. 

 Ibis, 1871, pp. 113-131, 319-335, 373-384, plate v. 



In the first portion of this paper the author^s route is de- 

 scribed and is also set out on an accompanying map (plate v.). 

 The varieties of altitude, climate, and vegetation of that por- 

 tion of the eastern slope of the valley of the Magdalena 

 visited by Mr, Wyatt is also fully entered into. In the list of 

 birds, mention is made of 210 species, specimens of all of which 

 were obtained, and their names determined by Messrs. Sclater 

 and Salvin. Though several species of considerable interest 

 came under Mr. Wyatt's observation, the chief importance of 

 the list consists in the accurate localities given to all the species 

 mentioned. Amongst the notes are the following corrections of 

 synonymy : — Turdus fulviventris, Scl.,= T. eurrjzonus, Du Bus ; 

 Saltator flavidicollis, Sc\., = S. olivascens, Cab.; Cassicus vitel- 

 linus, Lawr., = C. flavicrissus, Scl. ; Trogon eximius, Lawr.jsT. 

 chionurus, Scl. and Salv. 



XLV. — Letters, Announcements, ^c. 



We have received the following letters addressed to "The 



Editor of 'The Ibis ' '^— 



24tli June, 1872. 



Sir, — Amongst the more interesting additions that I made 

 durmg a recent trip to Scinde, to our Indian avifauna, are the 

 following : — Anas marmorata (very common), Columba livia 

 (rare), "^ Larus dominicanus (common), L. hemprichi (common), 

 Pyrrhula githaginea (common), Podiceps nigricollis (rare), Fte- 

 rocles lichtensteini (rare), P. guttatus (very common), P. coro- 

 natus (rare), ? Sylvia cetti (common), Thalasseus cantiaca (com- 

 mon), ? Tringa crassirostris (common). Those with a note of 

 interrogation prefixed may be doubtful — but if not what I have 

 designated them, are new to science. 



Then I got numerous specimens of Certhilauda desertorum, 

 Halia'etus albicilla, Laticilla burnesi, Limosa rufa, Pratincola 

 leucura, Pious scindeanus, Brachypterus dilutus, Pelecanus 

 crispus. Phaeton cethereus, Saxicola kingi (nobis), Phylloscopus 



