1873.] LETTER FROM MR. R. SWINHOE. 729 



Eab. in statu Antioquia, reipubl. Columbianse. 

 Mus. P. L. S. 



Obs. Species habitu generali C. calliparece et C. pkcenicotis pra- 

 dita, sed rostro paulo fortiore, et facie aurea distiuctissima. 



Grallaria ruficeps, sp. nov. 



Supra brunneus, pileo toto et capitis lateribus ferrugineo-rufis : 

 subtus cinerea, subalaribus et remigum pogoniis interioribus 

 cervinis: rostro nigro, pedibus corylinis : long, tota 8, alee 45, 

 eaudce 2, tarsi 2 - 5. 



Hab. in statu Antioquia reipubl. Columbianae. 



Mus. P. L. S. 



Obs. Species tarsis elongatis insignis, Grallarice nuchali proxima, 

 sed crassitie majore, pileo omnino rufo et ventre cinereo distinguenda. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited a pair of horns of tbe new Bubaline Ante- 

 lope from the Bogos country, lately named Alcelaphus tora by Dr. 

 Gray *, and remarked that it was evidently the same species as v. 

 Heuglin had recognized as the "Bubal" (Antilope bubalis), as v. 

 Heuglin had given the Amharic name of this species as " Tora " and 

 stated that it inhabits the western slope of the Abyssinian tableland 

 on the Barka and Atbaraf. 



Mr. J. E. Harting exhibited a curious variety of the common 

 Partridge, which had been shot at Corbridge-on-Tyne in September 

 last. The dark chesnut colour, which generally takes the form of a 

 horse-shoe on the breast, was, in this specimen, diffused over the 

 sides and flanks. The primaries, instead of being greyish brown 

 with transverse bars of buff, were of a uniform pitch-brown colour ; 

 the back and wing-coverts of an almost uniform rich reddish brown, 

 a few of the feathers only mesially streaked or tipped with buff. The 

 bird had been sent to Mr. Harting as a hybrid between the Partridge 

 and Red Grouse; but there was nothing except the remarkable 

 coloration to justify such a supposition. The bill and tarsi were 

 those of Perdix. there were stated to have been five or six birds 

 similarly coloured in a covey of about twice that number. 



The following extracts were read from a letter addressed to the 

 Secretary by Mr. R. Swinhoe, F.Z.S., dated Chefoo, 25th August, 

 1873:— 



" On the question as to what White Stork is found in China I 

 have received the following note from Pere Heude, of Si-Rae-Wei, 

 Shanghai: — 'Je suis parfaitement sur d' avoir tire a balle sur des 

 Cigognes blanches a bee rouge. Elles sont communes et pechent en 

 troupes avec la Cigogne noire. Je n'ai pu les atteindre, parce que je 

 n'avais pas le temps d'attendre a l'ambuscade : j'ai vu ces oiseaux 

 en Alsace et les connais bien au moins quant au genre.' 



* 'Nature,' vol. viii. p. 364 (4th Sept. 1873). 

 __ t See Heuglin. ' Eeise in d. Geb. d. Weissen Nil,' p. 319, and "Ant. u. Buff. 

 N. O.-Airika's," in Acta Acad. Leop.-C'ar. xxii. p. 21. 



