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mountains of German New Guinea^ and made the following 

 remarks : — 



ASTBAPIA ROTHSCHILDI. 



Male. Differs from A. nigra in having bronze instead of 

 green edges to the feathers of the hind-neck, in the absence 

 of the golden pectoral band beyond the shoulders (in 

 A. nigra this band extends to below the eye), and in the 

 total absence of post-auricular tufts. 



Female. Difl'ers from the female of A. nigra in having 

 a deeper blackish tail, and blackish instead of rufous inner 

 edges to the primaries. 



Parotia wahnesi. 



The male differs from that of P. helenoe in having a 

 golden-tipped central crest, and both sexes differ in having 

 a very long graduated tail. 



Mr. C. E. Hellmayr described and exhibited the follow- 

 ing new South- American birds : — 



Pyrrhura picta amazonum, subsp. nov. 



Adult. Differs from its nearest ally. P.p. picta, of Guiana, 

 &c., in lacking the red on the bend of the wing, and in 

 having the four middle tail-feathers but narrowly edged with 

 green on their basal half. The blue frontal band is con- 

 siderably narrower, reaching only as far back as the anterior 

 margin of the eye, and the ear-coverts are bright brownish- • 

 buff (instead of dirty whitish- or greyish-buff). 



Bill about 20 mm. ; wing 120-1241 ; tail 108-110. 



Hab. Obidos, Lower Amazons, Brazil. Two males and 

 two females were collected by Mr. W. Hoffmanns in 

 March and April 1906. Type in Tring Museum : ? ad. 

 11. iii. 06 : collector's No. 586. 



Thalurania simoni, forma nov. 



Ad. ^. Differs from its nearest ally, T.jelskii, Tacz., of 

 Central Peru and Bolivia, in the following particulars : — 

 Wings and tail decidedly shorter ; green of the throat more 

 golden ; under tail-coverts broadly margined with white ; 



