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S. brasiliano plumis auricularibus longis, liaruiii pogoniis 

 internis pallidis facile distingviendus. Long. tot. 10"3 

 poll., alse 7*8. 

 Hab. Southern Brazil. 



-)- Scops RORAiMyE, n. sp. 



S. similis S. guatemalce, sed minor, et ab hac specie et a 

 S. brasiliano macnlis quadratis albis primariorum dis- 

 tiiigueudus. Long. tot. 8*0 poll., alee 5*9. 

 Hab. Roraima, British Guiana. 



Mr. Salvin also proposed to describe a new species of 

 Selasphorus from Costa Bica as 

 -^Selasphorus underwoodi, n, sp. 



S. ardenti similis, rectricibus raediis fere ad apicem utrinque 

 rufo marginatis, area mediana angustiore purpureo- 

 nigricaute et ad apicem viridi leviter lavata ; rostro 

 multo breviore. Long, tota circa 2*9 poll., alse 1'45, 

 caudse 1*05, rostri a rictu 0'55. 

 Hab. Irazu, Costa Rica (C. F. Underwood). 

 Obs. Mr. Underwood has sent us a single male specimen of 

 this Selasphorus, which he shot on the Volcano of Irazu on 

 the 20th Nov., 1896. At first I thought it a fully adult 

 specimen of Selasphorus ardens, but its short bill (0-55 

 instead of 0*65) and slightly differently coloured tail have 

 convinced me that it is a local form of that bird which may 

 well be separated. The colouring of the throat is slightly 

 tarnished, that of the type of S. ardens being very bright, 

 some of the feathers not being fully grown ; they are, how- 

 ever, rather longer in the present bird, due, no doubt, to 

 their being fully grown. The types of S. ardens, which, I 

 believe, are still the only examples known, came from Castillo, 

 in the State of Panama. 



On behalf of Mr. G. H. Caton Haigh, Mr. Saunders 

 exhibited a specimen of the Water-Pipit (Anthus spipoletta), 

 shot near the mouth, and on the Carnarvonshire side, of the 

 Glaslyn, North Wales, on the 5th of this month by Mr. Haigh. 

 This was its first recorded occurrence for the west side of 

 Great Britain. Mr. Saunders called attention to the fact 



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