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At the same time I may remark that I was already aware of the 

 existence of a species of this form in Santa Lucia, from its being repre- 

 sented in some drawings of the birds of that island by Lieut. Tyler, 

 which are in the Society's Library, and which I now exhibit. It 

 will be remarked that the bird is called "The Trembler" in Lieut. 

 Tyler's MS., "La Merle Trembleuse " being the name applied in 

 Martinique to its representative species. 



There is little difference in general form, except in its more elon- 

 gated and incurved bill, between O. macrorhyncha and its two allies. 

 The first (spurious) primary is large as in the other two species, 

 measuring 1*5 inch from its insertion, and being rather more than 

 half the length of the second primary. The third is slightly shorter 

 than the fourth, fifth, and sixth, which are equal and longest. The 

 present specimen of C. macrorhyncha has the tarsus covered ante- 

 riorly with a continuous horny sheath, the divisions of the tarsal 

 scutes having become obsolete. In specimens of C. ruficauda and 

 C. gutturalis, which I now exhibit, these divisions are distinctly in- 

 dicated and the scutes are five id number, which is probably the 

 normal form of the genus. 



3. Thryothorus martinicensis, sp. nov. 



Supra murino-brnnneus, uropygio et lateribus capitis rufescenti- 

 bus, alis et cauda saturate fuscis, extus subobsolete nigro trans- 

 fascia t is : subtus fulvus, fere unicolor; tectricibus subalaribus 

 pallide fulvis : mandibula superiore cornea, inferior e flacida ; 

 pedibus pallide fuscis : long, tota 4 3, alee 2'2, caudce 1*4, 

 rostri a rictu 0"8. 

 Hab. in insula Martinicensi. 

 Mus. Parisiensi et P. L. S. 



Obs. Similis Troglodyte furvo, quoad colores corporis superi, sed 

 rostro multum longiore, et subtus unicolor rufescens. 



I have had specimens of this Wren in my collection for several 

 years ; but as they were purchased of the dealers in Paris I was never 

 certain of their true patria. I was first induced to believe that they 

 were from Martinique, from seeing similar examples in the small col- 

 lection of birds from that island exhibited by M. Belanger, Director 

 of the Botanical Gardens of St. Pierre, in the International Exhibi- 

 tion in 1862*. I have been recently confirmed in this opinion by 

 having had the opportunity of examining specimens of the same bird 

 from Martinique in the collection of the Jardin des Plantes, obtained 

 by M. Alexandre Rousseau in 1842, and by M. Plee in earlier years. 

 I have little doubt also that this Wren, or a form closely allied to it, 

 is likewise found in Santa Lucia, as among Lieut. Tyler's drawings 

 alluded to above is an unfinished one marked " Le Rossignol," which 

 has every appearance of having been intended for the present species. 



4. Hylophilus pectoralis, sp. nov. 



Olivaceus, capite cinereo, subtus albus, pectore hypochondriis et 

 subalaribus limonaceo-Jlavis : alis caudaque fuscis olivaceo 

 * See Ibis, 1862, p. 288. 



