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tactes^ L. The same was the case with birds from Scaudiuavia, 

 the Alps, and tlie Hungarian mountains. All these birds 

 were resident throughout tlie year and did not wander, while 

 the thin-billed form, N. macrorhynchus , C. L. Brehm, which 

 alone inhabited Siberia, frequently wandered in a south- 

 westerly direction, and sometimes occurred all over Germany 

 in great numbers. The difterences of the beaks alone were 

 sufficient to separate the two forms, but there were some 

 other differences between them.'' 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent the following descrip- 

 tion of a new Rhamphocoelus, which he proposed to call 



-/ EhAMPHOCCELUS IXEXPECTATUS, sp. UOV. 



Chin, sides of neck, head, hind neck, interscapuliura, 

 wings, with upper and under coverts, tail, centre of abdo- 

 men, and thighs black ; rest of plumage bright yellow. 

 This yellow is much darker than that of the rump in Rh. 

 icteronotus, Bp., but not orange as in Rh. chrysopterus, Bouc. 

 On the occiput are a number of scattered feathers bordered 

 with yellow ; this may or may not be the remains of imma- 

 ture plumage. Total length 155 mm., wing 82, tail 70, 

 culmen 16, tarsus 20. 



Hab. Panama. 



Mr. ScLATER made some remarks on the specimens of 

 bones of Genyornis newtoni exhibited to the Zoological 

 Society by Prof. Stirling at their last meeting. 



Mr. A. Trevor-Battye made some remarks on the 

 Bernacle Goose {Branta leucopsis), Briinnich's Guillemot 

 {Uria bruennichi), and other species of birds observed by 

 him in Spitsbergen. 



XXI. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 

 [Continued from p. 137.] 

 28. 'Aquila' for 1896. 



[Aquila. A Magyar Ornithologog-iai Kozpoiit Folyoirata. Kedact. 

 Herman Otto. Jahrg. III. 1896. Budapest, 1896.] 



The volume of 'Aquila' for 1896, printed in parallel 



