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former in being slightly smaller. This species is the bird 

 identified as C. cinereicauda (Cass.) both by Dr. Sclater and 

 by Dr. Hartert. Mr. Witmer Stone^ however^ to whom I 

 forwarded one of our Trinidad skins as well as specimens of 

 C. andrei, Berl. & Hart., and C. brachyura (Jard.), informs 

 me that Cassin's types unquestionably belong to the last- 

 named species. 



CHy^EXURA ANDREI MERIDIONALIS, Subsp. n. 



Adult. Similar in coloration to C. a. andrei, Berl. & Hart., 

 but with much longer wings and tail and a larger bill. The 

 iinderparts are perhaps a shade lighter. Wing 128-135 ; 

 tail 39-42 ; bill 5-6 mm. 



Hub. Argentina : Ocampo, on the Rio Parana, and in the 

 Province of Santiago. South Brazil : States of Rio de 

 Janeiro, S. Paulo, and Mattogrosso. 



Type in the Tring Museum : ^ ad.. No. 3976. Province 

 of Santiago, Argentina, 2. ii. 06. Procured by Mr. L. 

 Dinelli. 



Obs. Ten specimens from the above localities, belonging 

 to the Vienna and Tring Museums, have been examined. 



Mr. Boyd Alexander described a new species of 

 Catamocichla as follows : — 



Calamocichla chadensis, sp. n. 

 (J ad. C. similis C. leptoi'hynchee, sed subtus conspicue 

 dilutior, gastrseo toto albido, hypochondriis quoque 

 albidis, vix cinereo lavatis ; tibiis tamen rufescenti- 

 brunneis ; subcaudalibus albis ; remigibus intus fulves- 

 centi-albis. Long. tot. c. 6*9 poll., culm. 0-9, alee 3'0, 

 caudse 2" 75, tarsi 1*2. 

 $ ad. Mari similis. Long, tot, c. 6'3 poll., alse 2"85. 

 Hab. Lake Chad. 



On behalf of Mr. C. Chubb, Dr. Sharpe exhibited a 

 specimen of an apparently new species of Sisopygis from 

 Bolivia. Mr. Chubb proposed to call it 



Sisopygis hbllmay'ri, sp. n. 

 (J ad. S. similis S. icterophryi (Vieill.), sed minor, tectrici- 

 bus alarum medianis et majoribus et secuudariis intimis 



