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  Extracts, 
  Notices, 
  ^c. 
  

  

  Trocliilidne 
  of 
  Paraguay 
  will 
  therefore 
  be 
  (using 
  Mr. 
  Salvin^s 
  

   nomenclature 
  and 
  arrangement) 
  six, 
  namely 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Chlorostilbon 
  spleudidus. 
  4. 
  Polytmus 
  tliauniantias. 
  

  

  2. 
  Lamporuis 
  violieauda. 
  5. 
  Hylocliaris 
  sappliirina. 
  

  

  3. 
  Heliomaster 
  furcifer. 
  6. 
  Chrysiironia 
  nificollis. 
  

  

  To 
  these 
  should 
  probably 
  be 
  added 
  Spargannra 
  sappho, 
  

   Leucippus 
  chiogaster, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  Leucochloris 
  albicollis, 
  

   which 
  occur 
  in 
  Northern 
  Argentina 
  (see 
  Arg. 
  Orn. 
  vol. 
  ii.), 
  

   and 
  will 
  ultimately, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Paraguay. 
  A 
  

   series 
  of 
  birds 
  from 
  Paraguay 
  would 
  make 
  a 
  valuable 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  collection 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  which 
  

   has 
  scarcely 
  any 
  well-authenticated 
  specimens 
  from 
  that 
  

   country. 
  

  

  The 
  Sheuthbill 
  in 
  Ireland. 
  — 
  At 
  the 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Zoo- 
  

   logical 
  Society 
  of 
  London 
  on 
  the 
  28th 
  of 
  February 
  last 
  the 
  

   Secretary, 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  M. 
  Barrington, 
  exhibited 
  a 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Antarctic 
  Sheathbill 
  (Chionis 
  alba), 
  killed 
  

   at 
  the 
  Carlingford 
  Lighthouse, 
  co. 
  Down, 
  Ireland, 
  in 
  De- 
  

   cember 
  last. 
  Full 
  particulars 
  concerning 
  this 
  remarkable 
  

   occurrence 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  recorded 
  by 
  INIr. 
  Barrington 
  in 
  the 
  

   'Zoologist' 
  for 
  January 
  last 
  (Zool. 
  sei'. 
  3, 
  vol. 
  xvii. 
  p. 
  28). 
  

   There 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  bird 
  in 
  question 
  is 
  an 
  adult 
  

   example 
  of 
  the 
  Antarctic 
  Sheathbill 
  {Chionis 
  alba) 
  in 
  nearly 
  

   perfect 
  plumage. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  

   Falkland 
  Islands 
  and 
  South 
  Georgia. 
  We 
  may 
  presume 
  

   that 
  the 
  specimen 
  in 
  question 
  could 
  hardly 
  have 
  occurred 
  

   so 
  far 
  from 
  its 
  native 
  home 
  without 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  man- 
  

   kind 
  in 
  some 
  shape. 
  

  

  New 
  British 
  Polar 
  Expedition. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Frederick 
  George 
  

   Jackson, 
  F.R.G.S., 
  who 
  is 
  organizing 
  the 
  New 
  British 
  Polar 
  

   Expedition, 
  is 
  anxious 
  to 
  meet 
  with 
  a 
  naturalist, 
  of 
  vigorous 
  

   frame 
  and 
  suitable 
  temperament, 
  to 
  accompany 
  him 
  in 
  his 
  

   daring 
  enterprise. 
  Mr. 
  Jackson 
  hopes 
  to 
  leave 
  England 
  this 
  

   summer 
  and 
  to 
  jaass 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  Franz 
  Josef's 
  Land, 
  so 
  as 
  

   to 
  devote 
  the 
  following 
  year 
  to 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  how 
  far 
  that 
  land 
  extends 
  towards 
  the 
  North 
  Pole. 
  We 
  

  

  