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with anyone who may think of coming over^ and will furnish 

 all details or answer any inquiries. 



It will give us " bird men^' on this side of the water the 

 greatest pleasure to greet our brother ornithologists, and I 

 trust we can make the visit enjoyable. It has been arranged 

 that those attending the Congress should visit New York^ 

 Philadelphia, and Washington after the close of the session in 

 Boston, so there will be an opportunity of seeing all our larger 

 ornithological collections. We are also trying to have the 

 meeting of the A. O. U., which takes place in Philadelphia 

 this year, fixed for the early autumn, so that those who may 

 wish to remain longer in America may attend its sessions 

 before leaving for home. I sincerely hope you may be able 

 to send over a good representation of your Club, and I can 

 assure you all a hearty welcome. 



Sincerely yours, 



WiTMER Stone, 

 Sec. Ornith. Section, 

 Seventh Internat. Zool. Congress, 



The Hon. Walter Eothschild exhibited examples of a 

 new species of Parrot from Brazil, which he described as 

 follows : — 



CONURUS CANIBUCCALIS, Sp, n. 



S ad. Forehead and cheeks hoary-gre}^, the feathers 

 dark brown in the middle, with hoary-grey edges slightly 

 tinged with greenish-blue. Space round the eyes and greater 

 part of the lores bare, with only a narrow line of feathers 

 across the anterior portion of the lores. Upperside grass- 

 green. Primaries black, outer webs green, blue towards the 

 tip; secondaries deep blue, with the greater part of the 

 outer webs green, inner webs internally blackish, innermost 

 secondaries almost entirely green. Central pair of rectrices 

 green, nearly two-thirds of the apical portion being deep 

 blue, this latter colour increasing on the outer pairs, so that 

 the lateral ones are mostly deep blue, and only green towards 

 the base of the outer webs. Bastard-wing and primary- 

 coverts deep blue, slightly washed with green on the outer 



