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2. Phlogcenas bartletti, sp. nov. (PI. XXXIV.) 



Of this very fine new species of Ground-Dove the Society possess 

 four Uving specimens, which were purchased by Mr. Bartlett of a 

 dealer at Liverpool in August last. As they are placed in the same 

 compartment of the Western Aviary as a pair of the better-known 

 Ph. cruenta, the differences which distinguish these closely allied 

 species are very evident on comparison. 



The pectoral mark in the present bird is much larger, and of a 

 maroon colour or chocolate-red instead of a blood-red. The head 

 and neck of the present species are of a metallic green, instead of 

 lead-colour as in Ph. cruenta. The back and shoulders are of a rich 

 brown instead of a slate-colour. Other differences are apparent on 

 an accurate examination of the species ; and these I propose to give 

 in a specific diagnosis of the new bird, as soon as I can examine a 

 dead specimen. In the meantime Mr. Wolfs drawing (PI. XXXIV.) 

 will render it easily recognizable. 



I propose to confer upon this species the name of Mr. E. B. Bart- 

 lett, the able Superintendent of the Society's Gardens, whose discri- 

 minating eye recognized the novelty and the value of these birds as 

 soon as he perceived them, and whose merits are too well known to 

 the present Meeting to render necessary any apology for my so doing. 



These Pigeons were stated to have been brought from an unin- 

 habited island near the Philippines. Their close alliance to the 

 Phlogcenas cruenta (which is, I believe, from the island of Lu9on) 

 renders it almost certain that they belong to a representative species 

 found in some other island of the Philippine group. 



3. Chauna chavaria (Linn.). 



A fine young example of this species of Screamer was received on 

 the 27th of July last, from the Dekke River, near Cartagena, New 

 Granada, where it was obtained by Mr. E. Greey, our Corresponding 

 Member, and liberally presented to the Society's collection. 



Not being aware that the Chauna chavaria was found so far north, 

 and fancying there was some difference in the plumage of this bird 

 from specimens I had previously seen, I was at first inclined to think 

 the bird might belong to the scarce species Chauna derbiana. 



I am now satisfied that this is not the case, and that the bird is 

 not specifically different from the Chauna chavaria. Yet it is of 

 much interest, being from a locality new for this species, and not 

 having been exhibited in the Society's Gardens for several years. 



Mr. Greey has subsequently sent us three more examples of this 

 same species, only one of which reached us alive, and that, unfortu- 

 nately, in so reduced a state as not to survive long. At the same 

 time Mr. Greey furnished me with the following note concerning this 

 bird : — 



"The following is all the information I can collect about the 

 Chauna : — It lives in the swampy lagoons of New Granada, is not a 

 common bird ; builds its nest on the waters, and incubates by stri- 

 ding the nest. It utters three peculiar sounds — a trumpet-like 



