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subtus castaneus, pectore saturatiore, ventre medio dilutiore : 

 rostro nigro : pedibus brunneis. 



Long, tota 5*4, alee 2 - 5, caudse 2*3. 



In colour this apparently new species of Chlorospingus shows 

 most resemblance to C. melanosis (P. Z. S. 1854, pi. 68), and it 

 may be conveniently arranged next to that species, and between it 

 and C. rubrirostris, with which it nearly agrees in the shape of the 

 bill. The dark chestnut colour of the breast, black chin, and white 

 superciliary stripe render it easily recognizable amongst its con- 

 geners. 



4. Calliste cyanotis, sp. nov. 



Metallice viridis, dorso summo obscuriore, pileo supero nigra ; 

 superciliis latis metallice viridibus : fronte ipsa cam loris nigris : 

 regione auriculari et vitta supra-frontali ccerulescentibus ; alis 

 caudaque nigris ccerulescenti-viridi limbatis : ventre imo cris- 

 soque pallide ochraceis : rostro nigro, pedibus brunneis. 



Long, tota 3'8, alee 2 - 5, caudse 1*7. 



Obs. Affinis Callistje labradoridi, sed crassitie paulo minore, 

 vitta frontali et regione auriculari caeruleis et colore corporis viridi 

 minus cserulescente distinguenda. 



Having recently completed a Monograph of the genus Calliste, it is 

 with no ordinary interest that I look upon the present bird, which seems 

 to be a new and hitherto unrecognized member of the group. A close 

 ally of Calliste labradorides of the New Granadian Andes, it doubt- 

 less represents that species in South-eastern Peru and Bolivia, just 

 as Calliste xanthocephala replaces Calliste venusta in the same lo- 

 cality. The single specimen sent by M. Verreaux is not in very per- 

 fect plumage ; but its distinctness from its New Granadian repre- 

 sentative is easily seen on comparison. The whole of the fore part of 

 the head of C. labradorides is of a shining green, leaving the nape 

 and back of the neck black. In the present bird there is merely a 

 narrow post-frontal band, which, like the ear-coverts, is deeply 

 tinged with blue. The black chin of C. labradorides appears to be 

 absent in the present bird ; and the under surface is not tinged with 

 blue. In C. labradorides the small coverts on the bend of the wing are 

 of a bright shining blue, which is also absent in this new species. 



5. Calliste xanthocephala (Tsch.), Sclater, Mon. of Call, 

 pi. 44. fig. l.p. 99. 



Two examples of this scarce species of Calliste are in M. Verreaux's 

 collection. 



3. On a Collection of Birds received by M. Auguste 

 Salle from Oaxaca in Southern Mexico. By Philip 

 Lutley Sclater. 



I have again the pleasure of bringing before the notice of the So- 

 ciety one of M. Sally's series of beautifully prepared skins of Mexican 



