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  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

  

  A 
  letter 
  received 
  from 
  Prof. 
  Alphonse 
  Milne-Edwards 
  

   stated 
  that 
  his 
  attention 
  had 
  been 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Editor 
  to 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  Pelaryopsis 
  and 
  Tachyornis, 
  

   as 
  proposed 
  by 
  him, 
  had 
  been 
  preoccupied; 
  he 
  therefore 
  wished 
  

   to 
  propose 
  for 
  Pelargopsis 
  the 
  amended 
  name 
  of 
  Pelargocrex, 
  

   and 
  for 
  Tachyornis 
  the 
  amended 
  name 
  of 
  Belornis. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  BowDLER 
  Sharpe 
  exhibited 
  the 
  type 
  specimen 
  of 
  

   Rallus 
  plateni, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  lent 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  Professor 
  "W 
  . 
  

   Blasius. 
  This 
  fine 
  Wood-Kail 
  had 
  been 
  discovered 
  by 
  the 
  

   well-known 
  traveller 
  Dr. 
  Platen, 
  at 
  Rnrukan 
  in 
  Minahasa, 
  

   W. 
  Celebes. 
  It 
  was 
  singularly 
  like 
  Aramides 
  in 
  appearance 
  

   and 
  buildj 
  while 
  the 
  barring 
  of 
  the 
  flanks 
  recalled 
  Hypotanidia. 
  

   Its 
  long 
  bill 
  proclaimed 
  it 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  Rails 
  

   which 
  included 
  Gymnocrex, 
  Aramides, 
  Megacrex, 
  and 
  Habro- 
  

   ptila 
  ; 
  but 
  its 
  closest 
  ally 
  was 
  evidently 
  the 
  Sonth- 
  American 
  

   Aramides, 
  on 
  which 
  account 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  proposed 
  to 
  call 
  the 
  

   genus 
  

  

  Aramidopsis, 
  gen. 
  n 
  

  

  Genus 
  simile 
  generi 
  " 
  Aramides 
  " 
  dicto, 
  sed 
  rostro 
  longiore 
  

   et 
  graciliore, 
  ad 
  basin 
  hallucem 
  hand 
  sequante, 
  et 
  sulco 
  

   nasali 
  longius 
  producto 
  distinguendum. 
  

  

  Typus 
  est 
  Aramidopsis 
  plateni 
  (Blasius). 
  

  

  The 
  bill 
  was 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  slender^ 
  and 
  of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  

   width 
  the 
  whole 
  way, 
  so 
  that 
  when 
  measured 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  it 
  

   was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  hind 
  toe, 
  whereas 
  in 
  Aramides 
  

   the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  bill 
  at 
  base 
  was 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  hind 
  toe. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Bowdler 
  Sharpe 
  also 
  drew 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  

   new 
  species 
  of 
  birds, 
  of 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Hose 
  had 
  recently 
  received 
  

   examples 
  from 
  Mount 
  Kalulong, 
  in 
  Sarawak. 
  Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  

   proposed 
  the 
  following 
  names 
  for 
  them 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  TuRDINUS 
  KALULONG.E, 
  Sp. 
  U. 
  

  

  Similis 
  T. 
  magnirostri, 
  sed 
  pileo 
  infuscato, 
  gutture 
  imo 
  et 
  

   prsepectore 
  toto 
  cinereis 
  minime 
  striolatis 
  distinguendus. 
  

   Long. 
  tot. 
  6 
  poll., 
  culm. 
  0"65, 
  alse 
  3*3, 
  caudae 
  2"8, 
  tarsi 
  0"8. 
  

  

  TURDINUS 
  TEPHROPS, 
  Sp. 
  U. 
  

  

  Similis 
  T. 
  sepiario, 
  sed 
  pileo 
  saturate 
  griseo, 
  baud 
  dorso 
  con- 
  

  

  