35 [Vol. xli. 



pattern to, but much darker and richer red-brown than, 

 F. striolata. 



Female. Similar to female F. striolata^ but altogether 

 larger ; darker, more richly red-brown coloured throughout. 

 Wing 79 mm., tail 64 mm., tarsus 18 mm., bill 10 mm. 



Ty'iye. In the British Museum. S ad. Jebel Marra. 

 Altitude 7100 feet. 5.iv.20. Collected by Captain Lynes. 



Eight specimens collected in Jebel Marra, all above 7000 

 feet altitude. 



Five adult males : wings 82-77 mm. ; tails 67-62 mm. 



Three adult females : wings 78-73 mm. ; tails 66-61 mm. 



Mr. C. Chubb sent the following communication in regard 

 to the rectification of two specific names : — 



(1) PyrrJiula cinereola Temm. PL Col., Livr. ii. pi. xi. 

 fig. 1 (" Bresil ''), vol. Ill, pi. 96 [wrongly dated December 

 1824 in the copy at the British Museum (Natural History) 

 and in the ' Catalogue of Birds '] ; correct date September 

 1820 has priority over Fringilla liypoleuca Licht. Verz, 

 i)oub]. p. 26 (1823J (Brazil). 



(2) Sporophila intermedia Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 149, note 

 1851 (Venezuela), must be used for the bird generally known 

 as Loxia grisea Grmelin, which is undeterminable. 



Mr. Geegoky M. Mathews sent the following communi- 

 cation : — 



Proseisura, gen. nov. 

 Type, Arses lorealis De Vis. 



Nesoceryx, gen. nov. 

 Type, Cliaradrius bicinctus Jardine & Selby. 



ADAMASTOR. 



The type of vlf^amas^or-, Bonaparte, 1856, as now designated, 

 is Procellaria cequinoctialis " Edw. etc." = Linne, 1758. 



[Editor's Note. — SipMa obscura Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 789 (Borneo), Anthipes obscura, Hand-list of Birds, iii. 

 p. 219, 1901 = Basileuterus rividaris (Wied), Reise Bras. ii. 

 p. 103, 1821 (Villa d'llhios, Bahia).] 



