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  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Seebohm 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  

   Ground- 
  Thrush, 
  Oreocincla 
  cuneata, 
  De 
  Vis, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  

   lent 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  Mr. 
  De 
  Vis 
  for 
  illustration 
  in 
  his 
  forthcoming 
  

   ' 
  Monograjjh 
  '' 
  of 
  the 
  group. 
  This 
  species 
  was 
  stated 
  to 
  be 
  

   a 
  very 
  interesting 
  one, 
  and 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  allied 
  forms 
  

   were 
  laid 
  upon 
  the 
  table 
  for 
  comparison. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Seebohm 
  likewise 
  made 
  some 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  occur- 
  

   rences 
  of 
  the 
  Barred 
  Warbler 
  [Sylvia 
  nisoria) 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   Islands, 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  having 
  been 
  obtained 
  in 
  

   Yorkshire 
  about 
  a 
  fortnight 
  previously. 
  He 
  gave 
  details 
  of 
  

   all 
  the 
  authentic 
  British 
  captures 
  of 
  this 
  Warbler, 
  the 
  chief 
  

   interest 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  four 
  specimens 
  had 
  been 
  

   captured 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  Kingdom 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  weeks 
  of 
  each 
  

   other 
  — 
  one 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  Ireland, 
  one 
  in 
  Scotland, 
  

   and 
  two 
  in 
  England, 
  only 
  one 
  previous 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  

   bird 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  having 
  been 
  known. 
  

  

  Count 
  Salvadori 
  read 
  some 
  notes 
  on 
  a 
  rare 
  Parrot, 
  Conurus 
  

   ~j- 
  7'ubritorques 
  of 
  Sclater. 
  The 
  species 
  had 
  been 
  described 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Sclater 
  from 
  a 
  specimen 
  which 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  Zoological 
  

   Gardens, 
  and 
  the 
  typical 
  skin, 
  in 
  not 
  very 
  perfect 
  condition, 
  

   had 
  passed 
  into 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  When 
  

   writing 
  the 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Birds 
  •" 
  which 
  dealt 
  

   with 
  the 
  species, 
  Count 
  Salvadori 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  red 
  feathers 
  

   on 
  the 
  throat 
  and 
  neck 
  were 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  Itisus 
  naturce 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  

   conclusion 
  Avas 
  supported 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  in 
  allied 
  species, 
  

   especially 
  in 
  C. 
  ivagleri, 
  red 
  feathers 
  were 
  occasionally 
  found 
  

   on 
  the 
  throat, 
  sometimes 
  forming 
  a 
  red 
  collar. 
  Thus 
  the 
  

   Count 
  had 
  concluded 
  that 
  C. 
  rubritorques 
  was 
  only 
  an 
  

   accidental 
  variety 
  of 
  C 
  holochlorus. 
  Recently, 
  however, 
  

   Messrs. 
  Salvin 
  and 
  Godman 
  had 
  received 
  from 
  Nicaragua 
  

   a 
  series 
  of 
  ten 
  specimens 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  B. 
  Richardson, 
  

   all 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  the 
  red 
  throat, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  showed 
  

   some 
  red 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  neck, 
  forming 
  an 
  incipient 
  

   collar. 
  Mr. 
  Salvin 
  had 
  already 
  referred 
  these 
  specimens 
  to 
  

   C. 
  7'ubr'itorgues 
  ('Ibis,' 
  1892, 
  p. 
  328), 
  and 
  had 
  suggested 
  that 
  

   the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  ' 
  required 
  reconsideration. 
  

   Having 
  examined 
  the 
  scries 
  in 
  the 
  Salvin-Godman 
  collection, 
  

  

  