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publication of the first volumje of Capt. Shelley's work on 

 African birds. The present vplume contained a systematic 

 list of the birds of the Ethioibian Regiotij 2534 in number, 

 with their localities and references to the ' British Museum 

 Catalogue'' and to otlier descriiptions and figures. 



Dr. BowDLER Sharpe corarliunicated a description of a 

 new Lark from the collection rhade bv Dr. Donaldson Smith 



during his recent expedition to 



Lake Rudolph : — 



MiRAFRA COLLARIS, Sp. U 



M. rectricibus externis extus fiilvo marginatis 

 rate cinnamomeo_, dorsi 

 supracaudalibus et rectr 

 medialiter striolatis : subt 

 cinnamomeis : remigibus 

 rufis, ]ogonio interno mi 

 lina : fascia nigra guttura^ 

 momeo maculato distingi 

 culm. 0*5, alee 2>'b, caudae 



notjeo satu- 

 olumis albo late marginatis : 

 cibus mediis cinereis, nigro 

 us fulvescens : hypochondriis 

 subtus nigris, vix ad basin 

 nime isabellino : gula isabel- 

 i insigni, et prsepectore cinna- 

 enda. Long. tot. 6'0 poll., 

 3-2, tarsi 0-95. 



muuicated the following ds- 

 lumminsf-bird from Northern 



Mr. 0. Salvin, F.R.S., com 

 scription of a new species of I 

 Peru, which he called 



AoLiEACTIS ALICT.-E. ' 



Supra fusco-nigra, dorso postico nitide araethystino ; tectrici- 



bus supracaudalibus nitide viridescentibus, duabus 



longissimis amethystinis : jalis et cauda saturate cupreis, 



harum reniigis externi poglonio externo et rhachide albis, 



hujus triente basali alba, rhachidibus in dimidio basali 



albis : loris, mento, pectpre medio, plumis elongatis 



pectoralibus et tectricibuslsubcaudalibus albis; gutture 



medio, pectoris lateral! bus ethypochondiiisnigricantibus, 



plumis omnibus stricte paliiide iimbatis ; abdoraine medio 



albicaute, subalaribus altjjis : rostro nigro, mandibuloe 



basi flavicante ; pedibus n igris. Long, tota circa 4'8 



poll., aliB 3'4, caudce rectr. lued. L5, rectr. lat. 1*8, rostri 



a rictu 0"9. ' 



$ mari siuiilis, coloribus omnil ,us minus nitidis. 



Hab. Suecha, N. Peru, alt. 1(!),000 feet (6. T. Baron). 



Obs. In ]NLarch of last yeaj:* ^Mr. Baron was fortunate 



enough to meet with this beuuti'ful new Ajlceactis at a place 



