﻿Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Ornithologists' 
  Club. 
  567 
  

  

  I 
  think 
  that 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  forehead 
  in 
  my 
  C. 
  canifrons 
  is 
  

   correctly 
  described 
  ; 
  from 
  my 
  recollection 
  it 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  clear 
  

   uniform 
  greyish 
  ash, 
  with 
  no 
  appearance 
  of 
  being 
  soiled, 
  and 
  

   the 
  bird-dealer 
  who 
  had 
  it 
  in 
  charge 
  said 
  that 
  while 
  it 
  had 
  lived 
  

   (say 
  for 
  three 
  months) 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  no 
  change 
  in 
  its 
  colour. 
  

   But, 
  whether 
  described 
  correctly 
  or 
  not, 
  I 
  have 
  shown 
  con- 
  

   clusively, 
  by 
  pointing 
  out 
  other 
  differences 
  of 
  plumage, 
  that 
  

   it 
  is 
  very 
  distinct 
  from 
  C. 
  ochroptera. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  some 
  points 
  in 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Hartert's 
  new 
  species 
  

   (C 
  rothscMldi) 
  closely 
  resembles 
  C. 
  canifrons. 
  They 
  are 
  much 
  

   alike 
  in 
  the 
  colours 
  on 
  the 
  bend 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  i. 
  e. 
  yellow, 
  with 
  

   scarlet 
  next 
  the 
  body 
  ; 
  the 
  primaries 
  of 
  both 
  are 
  dark 
  blue, 
  

   and 
  in 
  both 
  the 
  outer 
  web 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  tail-feather 
  is 
  bluish. 
  

   I 
  think 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  distinct, 
  closely 
  allied 
  species 
  of 
  

   this 
  group 
  of 
  Chrysotis, 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  bluish 
  on 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  broad 
  terminal 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  

   pale 
  yellowish 
  green. 
  

  

  The 
  dimensions 
  of 
  C. 
  canifrons 
  somewhat 
  exceed 
  those 
  

   given 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  species. 
  I 
  am 
  surprised 
  that 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  C. 
  canifrons 
  were 
  not 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hartert, 
  but 
  

   Aruba 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  its 
  exact 
  habitat. 
  

  

  New 
  York, 
  August 
  12th, 
  1893. 
  

  

  LI. 
  — 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Ornithologists' 
  Club. 
  

   No. 
  X. 
  (July 
  4th, 
  1893.) 
  

  

  The 
  ninth 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Club 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  Restaurant 
  

   Frascati, 
  32 
  Oxford 
  Street, 
  on 
  Wednesday, 
  the 
  21st 
  of 
  June, 
  

   1893. 
  

  

  Chairman 
  : 
  P. 
  L. 
  Sclater, 
  F.R.S. 
  

  

  Members 
  present 
  :— 
  R. 
  S. 
  Clarke, 
  H. 
  E. 
  Dresser, 
  H. 
  O. 
  

   Forbes, 
  W. 
  R. 
  Ogilvie 
  Grant, 
  E. 
  Hartert, 
  A. 
  P. 
  Loyd, 
  

   E. 
  Neale, 
  Prank 
  Penrose, 
  R. 
  H. 
  Read, 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  

   Rothschild, 
  Howard 
  Saunders 
  (Treas.), 
  H. 
  Seebohm, 
  

   R. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe, 
  E. 
  Cavendish 
  Taylor, 
  J. 
  T. 
  Tristram- 
  

   Valentine. 
  

  

  Guests 
  : 
  T. 
  F. 
  Althaus, 
  J. 
  S. 
  Whitaker 
  (of 
  Palermo). 
  

  

  