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green colour on the bend of the wing, which is huffish 

 cinnamomeous from the band to the spurious primary and 

 of the same colour as the under wing-coverts, whereas in 

 M. pMlippinus the green border has a breadth of 3 to 3 

 millim. underneath. In Merops ornatus, with its short bill, 

 this border is very narrow, but in other respects this 

 species has nothing whatever to do with the New Britain 

 bird. In case the want of the green wing border in the 

 New Britain bird is due to immaturity, the adult bird will 

 perhaps prove to have such a wing-border as M. ornatus. 



The measurements are the following : — Total circumference 

 220 millim., wing 120, tail 90, middle rectrices 94, bill along 

 culmen 32, from nostril 24. 



I propose, therefore, to call the New Britain bird Merops 

 salvadorii, in honour of the Italian ornithologist who has so 

 kindly drawn my special attention to the subject. 



Yours &c., 



A. B. Meyer. 



Kilmory, Loch-Gilp-Head, N.B,, 

 Jan. 19th, 1891. 



Sir, — It may interest your readers to know that the 



Grey Phalarope {Phalaropus fuUcarius) may now be added to 



the List of Birds found in the Outer Hebrides. My son 



obtained a male bird last autumn, after a heavy gale from the 



westward. It was set up by Mr. MacLeay, Inverness, and 



is now in my collection. A Bewick^s Swan {Cygnus bewickii) 



was lately obtained in Craignish, Argyllshire, by Captain 



MacDougall, of Lunga. Although I did not see it I think the 



identification maybe relied on. It was sent for preservation 



to Small, Edinburgh. This locality was where my specimen 



of the Red -breasted Duck was shot — the first in Scotland, 



if not the only one obtained. Yours &c., 



J. W. P. Campbell Orde. 



Frankfort-on-Main, 

 Jan. 27th, 1891. 

 Sir, — Permit me to say that your remarks on Cypselus 



