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  ment 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  appropriation 
  of 
  tlie 
  funds 
  

   required 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  

  

  Lord 
  OnsloWj 
  however, 
  is 
  not 
  disposed 
  to 
  let 
  the 
  matter 
  

   drop, 
  and 
  will, 
  we 
  are 
  sure, 
  be 
  strongly 
  supported 
  by 
  Lord 
  

   Glasgow, 
  the 
  present 
  Governor 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  in 
  carrying 
  

   the 
  plan 
  to 
  a 
  successful 
  issue. 
  The 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  of 
  

   London, 
  whose 
  attention 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  scheme, 
  have 
  

   passed 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  resolutions 
  in 
  its 
  favour. 
  

  

  News 
  of 
  Ornithologists 
  Abroad. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Withington 
  now 
  

   writes 
  to 
  us 
  from 
  new 
  quarters 
  near 
  Tulancingo, 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  Hidalgo, 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  says 
  : 
  — 
  '' 
  I 
  have 
  changed 
  my 
  place, 
  

   and 
  have 
  come 
  here 
  to 
  see 
  what 
  I 
  can 
  do 
  in 
  planting. 
  1 
  am 
  

   now 
  some 
  30 
  leagues 
  from 
  Tulancingo, 
  and 
  about 
  15 
  

   from 
  Tuxpan, 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic, 
  which 
  you 
  will 
  find 
  on 
  the 
  

   map 
  between 
  Vera 
  Cruz 
  and 
  Tampico. 
  The 
  tunnel 
  -contract 
  

   at 
  Mexico 
  City 
  did 
  not 
  turn 
  out 
  well, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  now 
  going 
  to 
  

   try 
  my 
  luck 
  in 
  coffee. 
  This 
  place 
  is 
  quite 
  tropical, 
  tree- 
  

   ferns 
  abound, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  amount 
  of 
  birds, 
  which 
  I 
  

   am 
  now 
  returning 
  to 
  work 
  at 
  with 
  great 
  zest.'^ 
  

  

  Mr. 
  O. 
  V. 
  Aplin 
  writes 
  from 
  Santa 
  Elena, 
  Monzon, 
  Uru- 
  

   guay, 
  on 
  January 
  8th, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  I 
  am 
  now 
  making 
  this 
  

   my 
  head- 
  quarters, 
  though 
  I 
  have 
  spent 
  some 
  weeks 
  on 
  and 
  

   off 
  in 
  the 
  (new) 
  Department 
  of 
  Flores, 
  at 
  an 
  estancia 
  only 
  

   three 
  leagues 
  from 
  here, 
  and 
  therefore 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  district. 
  

   I 
  have 
  also 
  made 
  a 
  journey 
  to 
  the 
  Rio 
  Negro, 
  near 
  where 
  

   the 
  Gee 
  and 
  our 
  Arroyo 
  Grande 
  flow 
  into 
  it. 
  I 
  remained 
  

   there 
  about 
  ten 
  days 
  and 
  got 
  examples 
  of 
  nearly 
  twenty 
  new 
  

   species, 
  including 
  the 
  beautiful 
  Blue 
  Tanager 
  figured 
  in 
  your 
  

   book 
  [Stephanophorus 
  leucocephalus) 
  , 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  Parrot, 
  which 
  

   does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Argentine 
  Ornithology.' 
  

   It 
  is 
  dark 
  green 
  all 
  over, 
  a 
  few 
  red 
  feathers 
  on 
  the 
  neck 
  of 
  

   the 
  male, 
  and 
  the 
  under 
  surface 
  of 
  wings 
  red 
  and 
  yellow. 
  It 
  is 
  

   (improperly) 
  called 
  the 
  ' 
  Barranquero,' 
  but 
  nests 
  in 
  hollow 
  

   trees. 
  A 
  Curassow 
  is 
  also 
  found 
  there 
  and 
  well 
  known 
  as 
  ' 
  Pavo 
  

   del 
  monte.' 
  I 
  saw 
  one, 
  having 
  a 
  good 
  view 
  of 
  it, 
  but 
  I 
  only 
  

   had 
  my 
  small 
  gun, 
  and 
  when 
  waiting 
  for 
  a 
  friend 
  to 
  come 
  uj) 
  

  

  