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slate-colour on the underparts, and the smaller wing- and 
tail-measurements. 
Total length 183 mm.; exposed culmen 21; wing 99; 
tail 33; tarsus 28 ; middle toe and claw 382. 
Hab. Venezuela. 
The type is in the British Museum. 
Conopophaga aurita occidentalis, subsp. nov. 
Adult male. Differs from C, aurita aurita in having the 
crown of the head darker, the back olive-brown instead of 
volden-brown, the breast darker chestnut, the sides of the 
body darker, and scarcely any white on the middle of the 
abdomen. 
Total length 117 mm.; exposed culmen 14; wing 67; 
tail 30; tarsus 28. 
Adult female. Differs from the adult female of C. aurita 
aurita in being darker on the head, back, wings, and tail on 
the upper surface, and the almost entire absence of white 
on the under surface, which is more or less conspicuous in 
the Cayenne bird. Wing 66 mm. 
Hab. Eastern Ecuador. 
The male and female described above are in the British 
Museum, and were collected on the Rio Napo in Ecuador. 
Mr. P. F. Bunyarp read a letter from Dr. Sipnzy 
H. Lone, in which he stated that the Bearded Tit, which 
had increased very much of late years in the Broadland 
district of Norfolk, had been almost exterminated by the 
severe weather of last winter. He attributed this, not so — 
much to the actual cold as to the lack of food. The Bittern, 
on the other hand, had become more numerous than 
formerly, more having bred in Norfolk this year than 
for many years past. 
Mr. Sruart Baker remarked that in some parts of 
Norfolk the Bearded Tit was quite numerous during the 
past summer. 
