of the British ornithojo^i-'t. s-^ of the British engineer^ that 

 his proud motto is ^ irbiqnt/ ■" 



-\Ir. O.-^BLRT Sal^'-.'- cornu'i-nicT'ted tlje foi!o"\Ting descrip- 

 tion of au apparentl_\ new species of Americau Partridge : — 



Dexdrortyx hypo- ■.■oiuuSj s[>. n. 



D. Jencophryi similis, sed corpore subtus minirae rufo 



guttatusj pectoris ei hTpocijondriarum plumis saturate 



griseis; stria rhachali nigra ; tronre, supei'ciliis et gutture 



sordide albidis; ssapularibu;- e,: .-pcundariis extns fere 



ttniculoribus ind> ;::• i - A"ernjicniatis, macuiis raajoribas 



cervims nullis j jjeiiiuuij i.-.t videtwi;. cI)se"arioribus. tarsis 



postice fere nigrica'.r.ibns. Lv-..^. iota ci.rca 12-0 polL, 



alcX .J-9j caudie TrO,, larsi 2-0. dig. Uitd. cum ungue 2'05. 



Hub. Azalias de Cartago, Costa Kicaj Sdi Mav^ 1896 



(C. F. Underwood). 



IMr. Underwood has recent!}" sent to us a single male 

 specimen of this Dendrortyx. which differs in several j)oiuts 

 from D. leucophrys of Guatemala, its nearest ally. The 

 species has been before noticed in Costa Eica, and appears 

 in Mr. Boucard's list (P. Z. S. 1878, p. 42) as D. leucophrys. 

 His specimen was als'o obtained in the volcano of Cartago, in 

 the month of ]\Iay. 



The Hon, Walteb Rothschild sent the following descrip- 

 tion of a new Parrot from IS't'w Guinea : — 



PsiTTACELLA PICTAj Sp. n. 



J . Top of the head chestnut-rufous : sides of the head 

 greyish brown ; an orange-vcllow coliar on the hind neck; 

 sides of neck with a chestrut-rufous spot. Above green ; 

 lower rump and upper tail-co'eris deep red : back and rump 

 witli black cross-bars; wings blackish, outer webs of quills 

 gi-een, the primaries witli rellow edges towards the tip; 

 throat brown, with a bluish wash; under tail-coverts red; 

 rest 'of tmderparts green ; i;p}ier bj'east dark blue, a blue 

 tinge along the middle of thr abdomen ; under wing-coverts 

 green, bend of wing bluirh. Bill bluish, tip whitish. 

 AYing 112 mm., tail 70,. culnen 15. 



