632 ON VENEZUELAN BIRDS. [DeC. 10, 



meister seems to have taken it for the male of M. ferox, in which 

 view he is followed by Pelzeln. 



Another skin in Sclater's collection from Dominica (E. C. Taylor) 

 is probably also referable to this species, but presents some slight 

 points of distinction. 



57. Myiarchxjs venezuelensis, Lawr. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1865, 

 p. 38. 



In Sclater's collection are skins from Tobago and Bogota, appa- 

 rently referable to this species, which is (somewhat doubtfully 

 perhaps) distinguishable from M. ferox and M. swainsoni by the 

 narrow rufous edgings to the wing- and tail-feathers. 



59. Heteropelma stenorhynchum, sp. nov. 



Mr. Goering sends us two skins of a Heteropelma, which belongs 

 to the group allied to H. turdinum. It is nearly as large as that 

 species, and therefore exceeds in size Sclater's specimens oi H. wal- 

 lacii * and H. amazonum. Below it is pale on the throat, like wal- 

 lacii, but shows on the belly very faint indications of transverse 

 markings, which are not discernible in the latter. Above it is most 

 like H. amazonum, but not quite so dark in colour. The bill is 

 narrower, and more compressed than that of any of the allied 

 species, whence we assign it a provisional name. But it must be 

 allowed that all four of these species are very closely allied, and it 

 would be desirable to institute further comparisons between them 

 when more specimens of H. wallaeii and H. amazonum come to 

 hand. 



Mr. Goering marks the iris of the bird as " greyish white." 



88. CONURUS jERUGINOSUS. 



See our former remarks on this species, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 587. 

 Mr. Goering's skin agrees with specimens of this Parrot living in 

 the Society's Gardens. 



92. AcciPiTER, sp.? 



Mr. Goering's collection contains a single skin of an Accipiter 

 belonging to the erythrocnemis group. It is very nearly adult, but 

 the sex is not marked. This bird most nearly resembles the Central- 

 American form Accipiter chionogaster (figured in Exot. Orn. 

 t. xiv.), being totally without transverse markings below. But it 

 differs from A. chionogaster in the deep rufous colour of the tibiae 

 (in which respect it is more like A. erythrocnemis), in the more 

 plumbeous tinge of the upper surface, and in the light-coloured 

 bands of the tail being narrower. We hope Mr. Goering will send 

 us additional specimens of this species, which, for the present, we 

 must leave undetermined. 



* Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1867, p. 579. 



