Miscellaneous, 487 



nervous system. Another vessel, or something supposed to be such, 

 described by Delle Chiaje and Grube, is merely, according to the 

 authors, a ciliated furrow running along the intestinal canal. — Got- 

 tinger Nachrichten, Nov. 13, 1860; Bibl. Univ. April 20, 1861, 

 Bull. Scient. p. 387. 



On Two new Species o/" Heteropelma. By P. L. Sclater, Esq. 

 Heteropelma amazonum. 



Saturate olivaceo-brunneum, suhtiis dilutius, ventre pi'cBcipue 

 cinerascentiore, alarum remigibiis extus rufescente limhatis : 

 rostra nigro, basi mandibulce inferioris albida : pedibus fuscis. 

 Long, tota 6"75, alse 3*4, caudse 2'6. 



Hab. In ripis fl. Huallaga, loco Chamicuros dicto (Hauxwell). 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



Obs. Assimilis H. twdince sed statura minore, et vix major quam 

 H, virescens. 



This Heteropelma, of which I possess a single example, collected 

 by Mr. Hauxwell on the Huallaga, is closely allied to H. turdinum ; 

 but is of a much brighter tinge above, and in size scarcely exceeds 

 H. virescens. Its structure is strictly typical. 



Heteropelma flavicapillum. 



Ginerascenti-olivaceum, pilei medii semicristati plumis, nisi in api- 

 cibus,Jlavis : alis caudaque fuscis olivaceo limbatis : subtus pal- 

 lide cinereum, gula et ventre medio albicantioribus : tectricibus 

 alarum inferioribus pallide sidphureis : rostro et pedibus nigris. 



Long, tota 6*0, alee 3*1, caudse 2*5, tarsi 06, rostri a rictu 0*65. 



Hab. In Brasilia mer.-or. Mus. P. L. S. 



I have long had Brazilian specimens of this bird in my collection, 

 but have never been able to find a name for it. Though small in 

 size, and somewhat abnormal in coloration, it appears to agree in 

 every essential particular of structure with the typical Heteropelmata; 

 the outer toe being united to the middle toe up to the commencement 

 of the third phalange, the scales of the tarsi being similar, and the 

 bill of the same formation. In colour this species very nearly re- 

 sembles the Muscicapa aurifrons of P. Max. (M. luteocephala, Lafr.) 

 — a bird referred by Cabanis to Elainea and by Burmeister to Eu- 

 scarthmus ; but which, I think, from the structure of the feet, ought 

 rather to be placed near to, if not in the genus Heteropelma. — Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Dec. 11, 1860. 



On a new Species o/Kerivoula. By R. F. Tomes, Esq. 

 Kerivotjla argentata. 

 In the 'Annals' for December 1858 I described at some length 

 the peculiarities of the present group of Bats, giving my reasons 

 for regarding these peculiarities as generic. All that was stated 

 respecting the several species then enumerated may with equal exact- 

 ness be said of the present one ; and I may add that I have since 

 that time again examined the fine collection of Bats in the Leyden 

 Museum, and that, with the exception of identifying my specimens 



