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Specimens from Central Peru (I have examined skins from 

 Maraynioe, Ninabamba and Palaquemado) differ in no wa}' 

 from a series of true 7'. /". gigas, from Bogota and Ecuador, 

 and tlierefore, Cabanis' name becomes a synonym of T. f. 

 gigas. The differences pointed out by Cabanis in the original 

 description are those existing between T.f. gigcis and T.f. 

 paUuHventris, Berl., for he compared the type of 

 T. glgcmtodes, with a specimen from Merida. 



" Another mistake was made with regard to the identifica- 

 tion of Turdus fuscater, Lafr. et D'Orb. This name has 

 always been applied to a much smaller Thrush found in 

 Eastern Bolivia and Western Argentina, but an examina- 

 tion of tlie typical examples (from La Paz) in the Paris 

 Museum jjroves, beyond doubt, that it is really referable 

 to the Bolivian form of the Giant Ouzel, which diifers 

 from T. gigas, Eras., only in its smaller size, shorter bill, 

 and weaker feet. Accordingly, 2\ fuscater must be 

 accepted as the specific name of the Giant Ouzel, and 

 the geographical forms should stand as folloAvs : — 



A. Turdus fuscater fuscater, Lafr. et D'Orb. Andes of 

 Central and Northern Bolivia. 



B. Turdus fuscater oclcendeni, Hellm. Andes of S.E. 

 Peru. 



c. Tvrdus fuscater gigas, l*^ras. Andes of Colombia, 

 Ecuador, North and Central Peru. 



D. Turdus fuscater pallidiventr is, Berl. Andes of Merida. 



E. Turdus fuscater cacozela (Bangs). Sierra Nevada de 

 Santa Marta, Colombia. 



" The relationi? of all these forms will be discussed in 

 my forthcoming paper on D'Orbigny's types." 



Mr. M. J. NicoLL gave the following account of his 

 voyage with the Earl of Crawford in the '^Valhalla," R.Y.S. 



*' We left Cowes on November 6th, 1905 for Las Palmas, 

 where we arrived on November 13th. Imade asmall collection 

 of birds on Gran Canaria. On December 2nd we sighted St. 

 Paul's Rocks, where we had intended to land, but after 

 lying off the rocks for most of the day we were obliged, on 



