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it may be, may account for the size of the people (6 ft. is 

 about the average for the men both white and black, while 

 6 ft, 8 in. or more is not unknown) and of at least one of 

 the birds, Dendroeca vitellina, when compared with its 

 possible progenitor. 



Perhaps it may be found in the exceedingly healthy 

 climate of Cayman. The human death-rate there is from 

 seven to eight, probably as lew as it is anywhere in the 

 world, and life is easy for men and birds alike. 

 Yours faithfully, 

 The Hayes, T. M. Savage-English. 



Chandler's Ford, Hants. 

 March 4, 1916. 



(October 1915, 



p. 789), I found a notice on my paper, "Description d'un 

 nouveau genre et d^une nouvelle espece de Pic, provenant 

 du N.W. de la Rep. Argentine," where, without giving 

 any explanation, is said : " It does not appear that Seiior 

 Dabbene has had an opportunity of examining the type or 

 other examples of Cabanis's species, and we venture to 

 suggest that it is unlikely that two distinct species of so 

 large and well-characterised a form would inhabit the same 

 locality." 



I must remark that evidently the criticiser has not read 

 entirely my article, where, on p. 81, I give the average 

 of the dimensions of eight specimens of Phlcooiomiis schulzi, 

 one of them shot by myself in Cordoba, the same locality 

 where the type of Cabanis was obtained. 



With this letter I send you a photograph of several 

 specimens of Ph. schulzi which are preserved in the col- 

 lection of the National Museum of Buenos Aires and one 

 of the new species described, N. shiptoni. The other speci- 

 mens of the last species that I have observed belong to the 

 collection of Mr. Lillo of Tucuman, who has kindly lent 

 them to me for examination. 



With regard to the differences between N. schulzi and 

 N. shiptoni that I have given in my paper, I believe tliey 

 are of sufficient value to separate one from the other. 



