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specting the adult. Boca del Toro must certainly be attached 

 to the Costa-Rican or Veraguan fauna, and not to that of New 

 Granada proper. It is more than probable that it appertains to 

 the former; the latter, from recent research, appears to derive 

 most of its forms which differ from those of the Southern Con- 

 tinent from Costa Rica, this doubtless amongst the rest. 



I still hope to obtain further information respecting the habits 

 of this most singular bird, as our collector, Enrique Arce, is now 

 exploring forests known to be frequented by it. 



IX. — Description of a new Species of Long -tailed Titmouse from 

 Asia Minor. By Dr. Albert Gijntheb, F.Z.S., &c. 



(Plate IV.) 



I HAVE lately received, from the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, a 

 male and female of a Long- tailed Titmouse, which differs so 

 much in coloration from the common European and Japanese 

 kinds that it appears to be entitled to the rank of specific 

 distinction. I therefore designate it 



Orites tephronotus. Upper surface of the head and neck 

 light brownish olive along the middle, with a broad black band 

 on each side, commencing almost from the root of the bill, and 

 tapering in front and behind; cheeks and sides of the neck 

 light brownish grey, with rather indistinct blackish longitudinal 

 stripes ; chin pure white ; throat with a large rounded blackish 

 spot, each of the blackish feathers being white at the end. 

 Back pure grey, without any black ; uropygium with a rosy tinge. 

 Under surface of the body greyish white, with obscure brownish 

 longitudinal stripes ; under tail-coverts with a rosy tinge. Pri- 

 maries and their coverts black ; tertials and their coverts with a 

 narrow whitish outer edge. Tail graduated and coloured as in 

 0. caudatus. Bill and feet black. Iris of a light brownish-red 

 colour, with an outer bluish-white ring. 



Total length b^ inches ; length of the tail 3^ inches ; length 

 of wing, measured from the carpal joint, 2-{'-q inches ; length of 

 bill, measured from the front, 2^ lines.^ 



Both specimens were received by me from Dr. Royland, of 



