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Goduu^u liave receivetl from Nicaragua a series ot" tea speci- 

 mens collected by Mr. W. B. Richardson, aud all of them have 

 the red throat, and most of them show some red feathers on the 

 side of the neck, forming an incipient collar. 'Sir. Salvin has 

 already referred these specimens to C. rubritorques (' Ibis/ 

 189:2, p. 3:28), and has suggested that the conclusions of the 

 ' Catalogue ' required reconsideration. Having examined 

 the seiies in the Salvin-Godman collection, Count Salvador! 

 agreed tliat C. rubritorques must be recognized as a species, 

 though the name is not very happily chosen, as there is no 

 red collar round the neck, but only a few red feathers on the 

 side of the neck joining the red throat, and these feathers are 

 not present in every individual. The bird was rather red- 

 throated than red-collared. 



Mr. Erxst Hartert made remarks on some new and 

 interesting species from the islands of the Dutch West 

 Indies, near to the Venezuelan coast, xlmoog other im- 

 portant facts established by Mr. Hartert during his recent 

 explorations of these islands was the discovery of the true 

 habitat of Cohanba gyrnnophthalnius , which turns out to be 

 the islands of Curacao, Aruba, and Bonaire. On Bonaire 

 ]\Ir. Hartert met with Colv.mba corensis, Margarops fuscaivs, 

 and Amiuodromus savannarvm. The latter species was also 

 found on Curacao, where also Crotopliarja salciroslris was 

 procui'ed. Icicrus vulgaris was common to Curacao and 

 Aruba ; but a very curious fact was the distribution of the 

 three species of Couvnis, each i^;land having its own peculiar 

 foi'ra — C. pertiiiox in Curasao, C. (pn/gi/iosi/<i in. Aruba, and 

 C. xanthogen'nis (apparently a race of C. perfmax) in Bomure, 

 Mr. Hartert described the following species as new to 

 • seiei'ce : — 



-Mvi.viicnrs BiinvrrExxis, sp. n. 



M. similis M. tiiraunulu, sed tarso longiore, alis caudaque 

 i))'evioribu?, rostro nigro et nota-i colore palluliore di.-s- 

 tinguendus. Long. tot. 7o, ahe o-4-35, caudce 3' 5, 

 culm. 0-7-0-S, tarsi 0-7.') -0-85. 



lldb. Islands of Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire. 



