﻿Ornithologists' 
  Club. 
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  the 
  Brenne 
  district 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  France 
  as 
  promising 
  

   an 
  unusually 
  fine 
  field 
  for 
  ornithologists^ 
  and 
  mentioned 
  

   some 
  limestone 
  cliffs 
  in 
  the 
  Cevennes^ 
  which 
  were 
  un- 
  

   douhtedly 
  frequented 
  hy 
  Vultures, 
  although 
  proof 
  of 
  their 
  

   breeding 
  there 
  was 
  as 
  yet 
  wanting. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  OsBERT 
  Salvin, 
  F.R.S., 
  contributed 
  descriptions 
  of 
  

   two 
  supposed 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Humming-birds 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Metallura 
  from 
  Ecuador, 
  which 
  he 
  proposed 
  to 
  call 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  f 
  1. 
  Metallura 
  atrigularis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  cJ 
  ad. 
  Similis 
  M. 
  primolinae 
  sed 
  gula 
  media 
  intense 
  nigra, 
  

   plumis 
  ad 
  basin 
  castaneis 
  et 
  medialiter 
  fascia 
  transversa 
  

   angusta 
  amethystina 
  notatis. 
  Aliter 
  fere 
  ut 
  in 
  sp. 
  cit. 
  

   ? 
  . 
  Gula 
  inornata, 
  rectricibus 
  lateralibus 
  albido 
  terminatis. 
  

   Long, 
  alae 
  2*2 
  poll., 
  caudse 
  15, 
  rostri 
  a 
  rictu 
  0'65. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Ecuador 
  : 
  Hills 
  near 
  Sigsig, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  Cuenca, 
  

   alt. 
  12,000 
  feet 
  (O. 
  T. 
  Baron). 
  

  

  '^- 
  2. 
  Metallura 
  baroni, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ^ 
  ad. 
  Supra 
  saturate 
  cupreo-viridis, 
  capite 
  obscuriore 
  ; 
  subtus 
  

   cum 
  tectricibus 
  subcaudalibus 
  ejusdem 
  coloris 
  ; 
  gula 
  tota 
  

   saturate 
  amethystina 
  micante 
  ; 
  cauda 
  saturate 
  viridi 
  infra 
  

   nitentiore. 
  Long, 
  alae 
  22 
  poll., 
  caudse 
  1*4, 
  rostri 
  a 
  rictu 
  

   0-65. 
  

  

  $ 
  ad. 
  Mari 
  similis, 
  sed 
  subtus 
  plumis 
  omnibus 
  ad 
  basin 
  

   cervinis, 
  abdomine 
  toto 
  maculis 
  discalibus 
  obscure 
  viri- 
  

   dibus 
  ; 
  gula 
  maculis 
  saturate 
  amethystinis 
  notata 
  ; 
  rec- 
  

   tricibus 
  externis 
  vix 
  sordide 
  albo-terminatis. 
  

   Hah. 
  Ecuador 
  : 
  Hills 
  near 
  Cuenca, 
  alt. 
  12,000 
  feet 
  

  

  (0. 
  T. 
  Baron). 
  

  

  Mr. 
  O. 
  T. 
  Baron 
  had 
  recently 
  submitted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Salvin 
  

   beautifully 
  prepared 
  specimens 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  of 
  these 
  species, 
  

   which 
  were 
  quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  any 
  other 
  species 
  known 
  to 
  

   him. 
  Both 
  of 
  them 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus 
  as 
  M. 
  primolina. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  BowDLER 
  Sharpe 
  proposed 
  the 
  following 
  new 
  genera 
  

   for 
  the 
  Otides 
  or 
  Bustards 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Heterotis, 
  gen. 
  n. 
  Simile 
  generi 
  '' 
  Compsotis 
  " 
  dicto, 
  sed 
  

  

  tarso 
  brevi 
  distinguendum. 
  

   Typus 
  est 
  Heterotis 
  vigorsi 
  (Smith). 
  

  

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