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Mr. OsBERT Salvin communicated the following descrip- 

 tion of an apparently new species of American Partridge : — 



'"tDendrortyx hypospodius, sp. n. 



D. leucophryi similis, sed corpore subtus minime rufo 

 guttato, pectoris et liypochondriarum plumis saturate 

 griseis, stria rhachidali nigra; fronte, superciliis et gutture 

 sordide albidis; scapularibus et secundariis extus fere 

 unicoloribus indistincte vermiculatis, maculis majoribus 

 cervinis nullis ; pedibus, ut videtur, obscurioribus, tarsis 

 postice fere nigricantibus. Long, tota circa 12"0 poll., 

 alse 5-9^ caudse 5*0, tarsi 2"0; dig. med. cum ungue 2*05. 

 Hab. Azalias de Cartago, Costa Rica, 8th May, 1896 

 (C. F. Underwood). 



Mr. Underwood has recently sent to us a single male 

 specimen of this Dendrortyx, which diflFers in several points 

 from D. leucophrys of Guatemala, its nearest ally. The 

 species has been before noticed in Costa Rica, and appears 

 in Mr. Boucard's list (P. Z. S. 1878, p. 42) as D. leucophrys. 

 His specimen was also obtained in the volcano of Cartago, in 

 the moutli of May. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent the following descrip- 

 tion of a new Parrot from New Guinea : — 



PSITTACELLA PICTA, Sp. H. 



^ . Top of the head chestnut-rufous ; sides of the head 

 greyish brown ; an orange-yellow collar on the hind neck ; 

 sides of neck with a chestnut-rufous spot. Above green ; 

 lower rump and upper tail-coverts deep red ; back and rump 

 with black cross-bars ; wings blackish, outer webs of quills 

 green, the primaries with yellow edges tovvards the tip; 

 throat brown, with a bluish wash ; under tail-coverts red ; 

 rest of underparts green ; upper breast dark blue, a blue 

 tinge along the middle of the abdomen ; under wing-coverts 

 green, bend of wing bluish. Bill bluish, tip whitish. 

 Wing 112 mm., tail 70, culmen 15. 



? . Throat and sides of the head greenish blue, no orange- 

 yellow collar ; cross-bars above more numerous ; breast yel- 



