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Long. tota 5:0, alee 2°7, caudee 2°5 poll. Angl. 
Hab. In Nova Granada interiore. ; 
Obs. Similis B. coronato Tschudii, sed crista flava nec castanea 
et gula cinerea nec albicante distinguendus. 
This Basileuterus makes the eighteenth species of this pretty group 
of Mniotiltide now in my collection, seventeen having been already 
registered in my ‘ Catalogue of American Birds.’ I may take this 
opportunity of remarking that the locality therein attributed to B. 
uropygialis (as also in these ‘Proceedings,’ 1861, p. 128) is, no doubt, 
erroneous. Relying on the correctness of M. Verreaux’s labels, I 
have hitherto considered this to be a Brazilian species ; but Mr. QO. 
Salvin has recently received specimens of the same bird from Pa- 
aama, and I have no doubt that that is its correct patria, 
2. THRIPOPHAGA GUTTULIGERA, Sp. NOv. 
Brunnescenti-olivacea, pileo nigricante, dorsi plumis striis me- 
dialibus ochraceis, quasi celatis: alis nigris, rufo limbatis : 
cauda unicolore castanea: subtus brunnescenti-olivacea, ochra- 
ceo crebre guttulata, plumis ochracets, fusco circumeinctis ; 
gula omnino ochracea : rostro superiore corneo, inferiore flavo ; 
pedibus clare brunneis : subalaribus rufescenti-ochraceis. 
Long. tota 5:5, alee 2°5, caudee 2°5, tarsi *75. 
Hab. In Nova Granada interiore. 
Obs. Aff. T. striolate ex Brasilia, sed crassitie multo minore et 
colore capitis obscuriore. 
This little Dendrocolaptine might be arranged either as a Thri- 
pophaga or as a Heliobletus, and serves to connect these not very 
strongly distinguished forms. Its general structure is exactly that of 
Thripophaga striolata, but it is not much larger than the diminutive 
Heliobletus superciliosus. In the latter bird, however, the bill is 
proportionately rather shorter and straighter. 
April 26, 1864. 
John Gould, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair. 
The Secretary read the following extract from a letter addressed 
by George Latimer, Esq., Austrian Consul at Porto Rico, to Lieut.- 
Col. C. P. Cavan, F.Z.S., and stated in relation thereto that he had 
obtained the necessary permit from the R. M. Steam Company for 
the conveyance of a tank from St. Thomas’s to Southampton :— 
“St. John’s, Porto Rico. 
«« As you are a Fellow of the Zoological Society, in whose collec- 
tion, in their Gardens in the Regent’s Park, I know you take great 
interest, I write to inquire if the Society would like to have a speci- 
men or specimens of the Manatus or Manatee, commonly called the 
‘Sea Cow;’ and if so, then for it to obtain a standing order from 
