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white, or cream-colour of the lower part of the throat extends in a 
narrow line across the back of the neck. | 
Trocuitus rtavicaupatus. T. rostro quam caput dupld longiore 
et arcuato ; caudd mediocri : capitis vertice obscure fusco ; corpore 
supra aureo-viridi, corpore subtis ochreo; gule plumis punctis 
aureis et cupreis ; pectoris lateribus maculis aureo-viridibus, or- 
natis ; crisso pallide ochreo ; rectricibus caude duabus intermediis 
aureo-viridibus, reliquis ochreis, apicibus viridibus ; remigibus 
alarum obscuris, purpureo relucentibus ; rostro nigro ; pedibus su- 
pra nigrescentibus, subtis pallidis. 
Long. tot. 43 unc. ; rostri, 13; ale, 23; caude, 13. 
_ Trocuinus MELANoGENYs. T. rostro quam caput viz longiore ; 
caudd sub-brevi, rectricibus mediocriter latis, et acutis : capite et 
corpore supra aureo-viridibus ; corpore subtis ex-ochreo-albo ; 
abdominis lateribus rufo lavatis ; genis nigris ; lined flavescenti- 
albd pone oculos; plumis gule singulis notd ad apicem nigrd, 
notis lineas longitudinales efficientibus ; abdomine, obscure, aureo- 
viridi guttato ; caudd supra nigrescente, eneo tinctd, apicem ver- 
sus nigrd purpureo relucente, et rectricibus flavescenti-albo, dua- 
bus intermediis exceptis, terminatis ; alis obscuris, violaceo relu- 
centibus ; mandibule inferioris basi, pedibusque flavis, 
Long. tot. 32 unc. ; rostri, 2; ale, 32; caude, 13. 
' TrocuI.vs TYRIANTHINUS, Loddiges’ MSS. T. rostro acuto, caput 
longitudine equante ; caudd mediocri, vir furcatd ; rectricibus la- 
tissimis : capite, corporeque supra, aureo-viridibus ; sic et corpore 
subtis, at ochreo variegato; guld nitente, et intense viridi ; rec- 
tricibus caude supra eneo-viridibus, ex-aureo, et cupreo relucen- 
tibus, subtis, cupreis, aureo nitentibus ; alis obscuris ; rostro pe- 
dibusque nigris. 
Foem : guld e castaneo flavd ; abdomine albo, ochreo lavato ; singulis 
plumis notd aureo-viridi. 
Long. tot. 4 unc.; rostri, $; ale, 24; caude, 12. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
NOTICE OF A SPECIES OF WARBLER NEW TO BRITAIN. 
Amongst the new specimens of British birds which have been 
lately presented to the British Museum by Mr. J. Baker, was one 
that was considered a Reed Wren (Sylvia arundinacea), but on com- 
paring it with other specimens it was at once suspected to be a di- 
stinct bird ; and further, it agreed with none of those at present re- 
corded as being found in this country. On investigation it proved 
to be a rare species even in the south of Europe, and one that was 
first noticed by Savi in the ‘ Nuovo Giornale de Letterai,’ Num. XIV. 
1824; and again in his ‘ Ornitologia Toscana,’ tom.i. p. 270, under 
the name of “ Sylvia luscinioides.”” It is figured by Savigny in the 
*Déscription de Egypte,’ pl. 13. f. 3, and by Gould in his ‘ Birds of 
Europe.’ The specimen was obtained, with a second, by the above- 
