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vrurd by the hioh ground in Britanny and jNIanche — so that 

 the Channel Islands received few visits from rarities. In 

 Normandy^ ho-uever;, Tichodroma murarl.a, Gyps fuhm, 

 Larus melanocephaJus, and many other un-usnal visitants to 

 Enpland had occurred several times; Passer petraaia, 

 Emberiza cia, ^EyHlalas pendul'invs, and Vultur monachus 

 had also been obtained, Mliile Aqu'du pennatn had even bred 

 there. . On the other hand, Picus martius, said — falsely as 

 he believed — to have occurred in England, had never 

 been met vrith in Normandy. He further remarked upon 

 the Brenne district in the centre of France as promising 

 an unusually fine field for ornithologists, and mentioned 

 some limestone cliffs in the Cevennes, which were un- 

 doubtedly frequented by Vultures, although proof of their 

 breeding there was as yet wanting. 



Mr. OsBERT Salvin, F.R.S., contributed descriptions of 

 two supposed new species of Metallura from Ecuador, wliich 

 he proposed to call : — 



1. Metallura atrigulahis, sp. u. 



J ad. Similis M. primolm<2 sed gula media intense nigra 

 plumis ad basin castaneis et medialiter fascia transversa 

 angusta amethystina notatis. Aliter fera ut in sp. cit. 

 $ . Gula inornata, rectricibus lateralibus albido termiuatis. 

 Long, alae 2*2, caudae 15, rostri a rictu 0"65. 



Hab. Ecuador : Hills near Sigsig, not far from Cuenca, 

 alt. 12,000 feet (0. T. Baron). 



2. Metallura baroni, sp. n. 



^ ad. Supra saturate cupreo-viridis, capite obscuriore ; subtus 

 cum tectricibus subcaudalibus ejusdem coloris ; gula tota 

 saturate amethystina micanti ; cauda saturate viridi infra 

 nitentiore. Long, alae 2 2, caudce 1'4, rostri a rictu 

 0-65. 



? ad. Mari similis sed subtus plumis omnibus ad basin 



cervini abdoraine toto maculis discalibus obscure viridi ; 



gula maculis saturate amethystinis notatis ; rectricibus 



externis vix sordide albo-terminatis. 



Hab. Ecuador : Hills near Cuenca, alt. 12,000 feet 



(0. T. Baron). 



