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The well-known collector Jose C. Zeledon has kindly sent 

 us a copy of his catalogue of the birds of Costa Rica, printed 

 at San Jose in June 1882. The list embraces no less than 

 701 species, arranged according to Lilljehorg's system as 

 modified by the Smithsonian Institution, Merely the names 

 are given, with an asterisk to indicate such as are repre- 

 sented in the author's collection. 



XXVI. — Letters, Announcements, ^c, ' 



We have received the following letters addressed to the 



Editors of 'The Ibis:' — 



Nortbrepps Hall, Norwich, 

 January 30, 1883. 

 Sirs, — Major Legge, in the article on Gorsachius melano- 

 lojjhus contained in his work on the Birds of Ceylon, says, 

 " it is worthy of note that it has not been met with on the 

 east coast, notwithstanding that it migrates from the east 

 to Ceylon." I therefore transcribe the following from a 

 communication just received from my friend Mr. Samuel 

 Bligh, of Catton, near Lemastotle, Ceylon : — ^' A specimen 

 ( 1^ juv.) of Gorsachius melanolophus was shot not far from 

 here on November 25th, in a small bushy swamp by jungle, 

 at an elevation of over 3500 feet. It was in good plump con- 

 dition, slightly on the moult, and is the first capture of this 

 species on the eastern side of the island." 



Yours &c., 



J. H. GURNEY. 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 

 February 8th, 1883. 



Sirs, — Recognizing fully the courteous consideration be- 

 stowed upon my ' Check List ' by your reviewer (who is not 

 known to me as such), I beg to reply in the same spirit to 

 some of the points raised. 



Is not Myiadectes a purely suppositious emendation of 

 Myadestes, Sw. ? In my judgment, the derivation from fivla, 

 Attic fxva, and ihecrrrj^, is obvious, direct, and unimpeachable. 



