122 Mr. C. Chubb on new 



(P.Z. S. 18t)4, p. 109), but Avliich Swinlioe liimself suL-e- 

 qut'iitly callt'd liorltilorum (P.Z. S. 18G5, p. 1). 



As there is no telling where the deer confined in the Summer 

 Pah\ce c«me from oiigiiwdly, it being just as likely that they 

 were brought from Manchuria as from the Im})erial Hunting 

 Grounds, owing to the fact that part of the tribute annually 

 paid to the Imperial Manchu houseiiold fiom ]\Ianchiiria con- 

 sisted of game of various kimls, and since Milne-Edwards 

 finds the Cliihli sj)ecies so distinct frotn the Manchurian 

 form, it seems more than likely that Swinhoe's surmise as 

 regards tiie common identity of his skins from the Summer 

 Palace and his Kew-chwang specimen was correct; inwdiicli 

 case his name Iwrtvlorum applying to the Manchurian sika 

 is later than his name mantcliuriciis, and so becomes a 

 synonym, thus leaving Milne-Edward.s-'s name mandarinus 

 clear for the Chilili specimen. 



This species occurs in a wild state only in the Imperial 

 Hunting Grounds, north of the famous 'J'ung Ling (Eastern 

 Tombs), and in the Wei-cli'ang to the north of Jehol, botii in 

 Cliildi province, to the north and north-east of Peking. It 

 occurs in a semi-doiuesticated state in the magnificent park 

 at Jehol. 



Up to recent times this deer has been strictly preserved, 

 but in 1911-12 the Manchu soldiers that were sent out of 

 Peking and were camj)ed in the Eastern Tombs and Imperial 

 Hunting Grounds were allowed to kill as many as they liked, 

 while since that date native hunteis have been allowed to 

 bunt in these districts, with the result that in the wild state 

 the species is practically extinct. 



It may here be stated tliat unless immediate and very 

 stringent steps are taken for their protection, both C. gras- 

 sianus and C. mandarinxis will become extinct, and the sika 

 no longer remain on the list of North China mammals. 



IX. — Descriptions of neio Genera and a neio Suh.ipecies of 

 South American Birds. By CiiAKLES CiiUBB, F.Z.S., 

 M.B.O.U. 



(Published b}- perniissiou of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



PSEUDOCONOPOPHAGA, gen. iiov. 



The pro])osed new genus, which is based on Conopophaga 

 v\eJa7wgosler, Menetr., is distinguished from Conopophaga, 

 founded on Turdus auritus, Gmel., by its long and narrow bill, 

 the long tarsi aiid toes, the larger size, and different coloration. 



Type, P. mtlanogaster (Menetr.). 



