264 Bulletin of the British Ornitholoyists' Club. 



Agl^actis ALiCTi^, sp. nov. 

 Supra fusco-iiigra, dorso postico nitide araethystino ; tectrici- 

 bus supracaudalibus nitide viridescentibus^ duabus 

 loiigissimis ametbystinis : alis et cauda saturate cupreis, 

 harura remigis externi pogonio exteruo et rhachide albis, 

 hujus triente basali alba^ rbachidibus in dimidio basali 

 albis : loris, mento, pectore medio, plumis elongatis 

 pectoralibus et tectricibus subcaudalibus albis; gutture 

 medio, pectoris lateralibusetbypochondriisnigrieantibus, 

 plumis omnibus stricte pallide limbatis ; abdoraiae medio 

 albicante, subalaribus albis : rostro nigro, mandibulae 

 basi flavicante ; pedibus nigris. Long, tota circa 4'8 

 poll., alee 3'4, caudse rectr. med. 1'5, rectr, lat. 1'8, rostri 

 a rictu 0"9. 

 ? mari similis^ coloribus omnibus minus nitidis. 

 Hab. Suecba, N. Peru, alt. 10,000 feet (0. T. Baron). 

 Obs. In March of last year Mr. Baron was fortunate 

 enough to meet with this beautiful new Aglaactis at a place 

 called Suecha, in the Andes of Northern Peru, at an elevation 

 of 10,000 feet above sea-level. He obtained several speci- 

 mens of both sexes, some of which he sent to Mr. Godman 

 and others to Mr. Rothschild. 



The most nearly allied species is A. castelnaudi, from 

 which A. alici(STna.y readily be distinguished by the following 

 characters : — the brilliant amethystine feathers of the lo^ver 

 back and upper tail-coverts instead of being uniform in 

 colour are interrupted across the base of the tail by a bar of 

 green feathers, they are, moreover, of a redder tint ; the tail 

 is dark coppery, and the base of the shafts white; there 

 is a very distinct white patch on the throat and chin, and the 

 outer web of the outermost primary and the under tail- 

 coverts are also white. The white pectoral tuft is composed 

 of short small feathers. 



Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier exhibited an egg of a Domestic 

 Fowl, of an abnormally warm brown colour with darker 

 spots. 



