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4. On a Collection of Birds transmitted by Mr. h W 



formaHon r^ ' T"*'^' ^? ""'' ^*"' ^^^^out any detailed in- 

 in^ ^«"C7"'"g thegeneralcharacter of its ornithology. Those 

 ntowhose hands collection« from new localities come, arein generai 



stead of what is much more important in a scientific point of view, 

 ^vmg an accurately determined catalogue of the whot of the spe- 

 iZ nur^ TT^Tr^^^T^' useful-in the first place increas- 

 efondlv ^ "^ ^ ^' of the facts of geographical distribution, and, 

 studvin^' flV''?- ^''? assistance to future investigators who are 

 studying collections from the šame ouarter. The snecies frans- 

 o:tl\^i- T^ ''■' the following^ They are^LSl^ftUTga 



the Pv?.M IV ^■"^"'' *^' ^'■°"^^''' '^''^"^ °f Pe™ and Brazil, bSt 

 M ^°<=^hty is m every case affixed. 



tion!'^" '^' ^' ^"'^'^^^ ^^^ determined the Accipitres in this collec- 



1. MORPHNUS URUBITINGA (Gm.). 



Rio Javarri. 



Mu^. Be^ror'"''' schistaceus (Sund.).-i^. ardesiacus, Licht. in 

 Rio Javarri. 



3. BUTEO Pi-NNSYLVANICUS (Wils.). 



Rio Javarri. 



4. ASTURINA MAGNIROSTRIS (Gm.). 



Ega. 



Nouv. Dict. X. p. 323 ; Puch. R. Z. 1«50. p!^ 91 .-M. conc^^ 

 Rio Javarri. 



6. Harpagus diodon (Temm.). 

 Rio Javarri. 



7. Scops ? 



Ega. 



8. Trogon melanurus, Sw. 

 Ega and Rio Javarri, <? et ? . 



9. Bucco MACRODACTYLus (Spix) ; Sclater, Syn. Buce. p. 14. 

 Rio Javarri. 



