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Among the Bi)ds \vere tvvo specimensof the Phytotoma Bloxhavn, 

 Child., which having been submitted to Mr. Children, that gentle- 

 man reported that one of the specimens was apparently a female 

 or a young malė of the species. It dittered from the adult malė in 

 being devoid of the ferruginous colour on the crovvh ; and in the 

 totai absence of the šame colour on the breast and uhdomen, which 

 were of a dirty yellovvish white streaked with fuscous. The co- 

 lours of the upper part of the body vvere also less deep than in the 

 adult malė. Mr. Children stated that the malė specimen accorded 

 accurately with that which he originally described in Jardine and 

 Selby's ' Ulustrations of Ornithology.' Ke added, that more re- 

 cently, in 1830, both sexes of the bird had been described and 

 figured in the ' Memoires presentės a l'Academie Imperiale des 

 Sciences de St. Petersbourg,' by M. Kittlitz, who, not being aware 

 that it had been previously published, had given to it the name of 

 Phyt. silens. As M. Kittlitz's description was subseąuent to that 

 of Mr. Children, so also was his discovery to that of Mr. Bloxham, 

 whose name is commemorated by Mr. Children in that of the bird, 

 which was shot by him at Valparaiso certainly not later than De- 

 cember 1825, while M. Kittlitz did not observe the species in 

 Chili until March or April 1827. Mr. Children added, that the 

 *' tvvo serrated tomice or ridges" in the margin of the upper mandible, 

 mentioned b}' him in his description of Phyt. Bloxhami, are very 

 distinct in both the specimens submitted to his inspection. 



The following species from the šame locality were apparently 

 new to science, and were characterized by Mr. Vigors as follows : 

 Cai'Ito aurifrons. Cap. occipite, genis, colio superiori, nuchd, 

 dorsoqiie atris albido-Jlavo striatis ; ahdomine albido-Jlavo, atro- 

 Jiisco striato ; jugulo tectricibusgue alarum aurantiacis, illius 

 plumis subgraciliter, hujus latiiis in medio nigro striatis ; Jronte 

 verticeque aureis, hoc subfuscescenti ; remigibus rectricibusgue 

 Juscis. 

 Longitudo 7|- unc. 

 Xanthornus chrysocarpus. Mas. Xanth. ater, plumis obscure 



Jerrugineo marginatis ; regione carpali-aureo-Jlavd. 

 Fcem. colore superno minus saturato, dorso ima subcinerascenti ; 

 corpore vtfra albo maculatim notato ; strigd utringne a rietu per 

 oculos ad niicham extendente latu, alterdque in medio verticis 

 gracili albis ; regione carpali Jlavescenti. 

 Longitudo maris 8 unc. fcem. 7i. 



Aglaia Chilensis. Agi. sericeo-aier ; capite genisque Jlavo- 

 viridibus, colore genarum in latera colli angulariter extendente; 

 pectore abdomineque berylUnis ; dorso medio imogue Jlammeo- 

 coccineis. 

 Statura Tanagrce Tatao, Linn. 



This bird differs from the well known Paradise Tanager only in 

 the uniform flame-colour of the middle and lovver parts of the back, 

 and in the light green feathers of the cheeks extending more angu- 

 larly into the black on each side than in the common species. The 



