494 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON ANIMALS IN THE MENAGERIE. [May 10, 



position to discuss the correctness of all these identifications ; but as 

 regards Ps. ceruginosus, which was founded primarily upon Edwards's 

 "Brown-throated Parrakeet " (Birds, iv. pi. 177), I think there 

 can be no question that Dr. Finsch is in error in considering this, as 

 he does (7. c. p. 507), the young of C. pertinax. 



Since September 1866 we have had living in the Gardens two 

 specimens of Conurus ceruginosus, as I have always termed them, 

 which were presented to tbe Society by Mrs. C. Vinall on the 21st of 

 that month. These birds have still the bluish cap and brown throat 

 characteristic of C. ceruginosus, as portrayed in Edwards's figure, and 

 have not acquired any yellow on the head or face. There are 

 merely some slight indications of a few yellow feathers round the 

 eye. I have two skins, exactly similar, in my own collection, one of 

 a bird formerly living in the Society's Gardens, which died in De- 

 cember 1866, and the other collected at S. Esteban in Venezuela, by 

 Mr. Goering*. Mr. Salvin has a precisely similar specimen, lately 

 obtained by Mr. Wyatt at Cienaga, in the valley of the Magdalena. 



Under these circumstances I think that Conurus ceruginosus must 

 be restored to its position in the genus, as Mr. Salvin and I have 

 already attempted to show, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 588. 



30. Psittacus timneh, Fraser. 



As Dr. Finsch, although admitting this species, has stated that 

 he nevertheless believes it to be only the young of Psitt. erithacus, 

 I think it right to state that the example of this species acquired by 

 the Society in February 1861 is still living in the collection, and has 

 not changed in the least ; so that there can be no question, I think, 

 of its being quite a distinct species. 



Mr. Bartlett tells me he has seen numbers of the Timneh Parrot 

 in the hands of dealers, and that it is perfectly well known as a di- 

 stinct species. 



31. Tanygnathus albirostris, Wallace. 



In March 1868 we purchased the first living specimen I had ever 

 seen of this species, as already recorded in the Society's ' Proceedings' 

 (1868, p. 262). In August 1 869 we purchased a second ; and a third 

 individual of the same form is now living in the Society's Gardens. 



I must say that, so far as I can tell from an examination of the 

 living birds, I am inclined to agree with Mr. Wallace (P. Z. S. 1862, 

 p. 336) in considering this bird specifically distinct from T. muel- 

 leri, of which we have had several living examples. It is at once 

 recognizable by its white bill. 



32. Buteo auguralis, Salv. 



Two Buzzards, purchased April 26, 1866, and believed to have 

 been received from West Africa, were named by me Buteo augurf, 

 and thus inserted in the Society's register. Mr. Gumey, however, 

 to whom we owe many thanks for the trouble he takes in the correct 



* See R Z. 8. 1868. \>. 632. 



t See P. Z. S. 1866, App. p. 609. 



