1880.] ON SEA-BIRDS COLLECTED BY LORD LINDSAY. 161 



Obs. Species quoad colores ad G. rujicapillam appropinquans, 

 sed gutture rubro, flammulis laterum latis et distiactis et rostro 

 erasso notabilis. 



Of this fine new and most distinct Ant-Thrush, Mr. Buckley obtained 

 two specimens. According to Sclater's arrangement of the genus 

 (Ibis, 1877, p. 437), it should perhaps come next to G. ruficapilla, 

 but it has a particularly large strong bill like that of Cr. squamigera, 

 only shorter. The bright ferruginous red breast and strong white 

 flammulations rendei* this species quite unmistakable. 



Fam. PiciDiE. 



18. Celeus spectabilis, sp. nov. 



$ . Capite cristato toto cum gula et alts extus castanets, harum 

 tectricibus et scapularibus cum dorso superiore nigra et fulvo 

 trans/asciatis ; dorso postico fulvo immaculato ; pectore nigro ; 

 ventre fulvo, prcecipue in parte superiore nigro maculato ; cauda 

 iota et remigum primariorum apicibus nigris j horum pagina in- 

 feriore ad basin castanea; subalaribusfulvis, maculis paucis nigris 

 notatis ; rostro albido ; i^edibus pallide fuscis: long, tota 9*2, 

 alee 6, caudce 4, rostri a rictu I'i. 

 Hab. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). 

 Mus. S.-G. 



Obs. Affinis C. torquato et C. tinnunculo, sed ab hoc uropygio 

 fulvo ab illo dorso fasciato distinctus. 



There is unfortunately only one example of this fine and distinct 

 Celeus in Mr. Buckley's collection. The male would, no doubt, 

 show a red cheek-patch, as in the allied species. 



Fam. Rallid^. 



19. Porzana cenops, sp. nov. 



Supra olivaceo-fusca, dorso postico et cauda nigricante brunneo 

 indutis;fronte, capitis cervicis et pectorislateribus rubro-castaneis; 

 subtus gastrao toto albo, hypockondr-iis nigro late transfusciatis ; 

 crisso rufo ; rostro viridescente fusco ; pedibus corylinis : long, 

 tota 5"7, alee 32, caudce 1*5, rostri a rictu 0'9, tarsi \'4, dig. 

 med. cum ungue 1*7. 

 Hab. Sarayacu, Ecuador {Buckley). 

 Mus. S.-G. 



Obs. P. albigulari, Lawr., affinis, sed collo postico et dorso antico 

 olivaceo-fuscis nee rufescentibus, et gastrseo toto medio albo dignc- 

 scenda. 



5. On the Sea-birds obtained during the Voyage of Lord 

 Lindsay's Yacht ' Venus ' from Plymouth to Mauritius 

 in 1874. By Howard Saunders, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Eeceived March 2, 1880.] 



A short time ago Dr. Ralph Copeland, of the Dunecht Observa- 

 tory, Aberdeen, offered to obtain for my inspection a collection of 



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