1 3 8 Miscella neons . 



On two new species of South American Birds. 

 By Philip Lutley Sclater. 



1. Culicivora boliviana, Sclater. C. supra plumbea ; infra 

 alba plumb eo pauhdum tincta ; ventre niveo ; fronte regione 

 oculari et genis nigris ; alis nigricantibus, tectricibus et se- 

 cundariis late, primariis strictissime albo limbatis ; caudd nigrd 

 lateralibus rectricibus albo terminatis 4 ; extimis fere omninb 

 albis — rostro et pedibus nigris. 



Long, tota 4f- ; alae 2£ ; caudse 2\. 



Hab. Bolivia (Bridges), D'Orbigny. 



The present bird is the fifth of this interesting genus, of which 

 the best known are the C. ccerulea (Linn.) of the United States, and 

 the C. dumicola (Vieill.) of Brazil and Paraguay. The Prince of 

 Canino notices two other previously unrecognized species in his ' Con- 

 spectus Avium,' p. 316. These I have never seen; but his fifth 

 species, the C. budytoides, De la Fresnaye, of which I have examined 

 the type, belongs, I believe, more properly to another genus. There 

 are specimens of the present species in the British and Paris Mu- 

 seums, and in the fine collection of the Baron de la Fresnaye at La 

 Fresnaye near Falaise. 



2. Pipra flavo-tincta, Sclater. P. alba, flavo pallide tincta; 

 pileo alis cauddque cum dorso inferior e nigris ; uropygio cum 

 ventre viridescente-cinereis ; rostro nigro ; pedibus fiavis. 



Long, tota 2>\ ; alse 1|; caudee 1£. 



Hab. S ta Fe de Bogota. 



This species is very like the common Pipra manacus, but is smaller, 

 and has the white parts of its plumage tinged with yellow and much 

 less black on the back. There are examples in the Museum of the 

 Jardin des Plantes at Paris and of the Baron de la Fresnave. — Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Feb. 24, 1852. 



Description of a new species of Hyr&x froin Fernando Po. 

 By Louis Fraser, H.M. Consul at Whidah. 



Hyrax dorsalis, Fraser. 



Adult male. General colour grizzled brown, becoming darker 

 towards the back, where the hairs are annulated with black ; a line 

 of vellowish white, about four inches long, commencing over the 

 short ribs and running hindways ; muzzle naked and of a brown 

 colour ; eyes light hazel. 



Length of head A\ in. ; neck and body about 18 in. ; hind feet, 

 from heel to toe, 3 in. 



Hab. Island of Fernando Po. 



Its native name is 'Naybar ; it is nocturnal in its habits, and is no 

 doubt common, as its loud cry of ccurr-ccurr-ccurr may be heard 

 every evening after dark, during the commencement of the rains. 



The Boobies say, it sleeps in the trees all day, and feeds upon 

 leaves at night, but is very difficult to find. 



