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S. brasiliano plumis aiiricularibus longis, harura pogonio 

 interno pallido facile distinguendus. Loag. tot. lO'o 

 poll., alse 7-8. 

 Hab. Southern Brazil. 



Scops roraim.e, n. sp. 

 S. similis <S^. gxiatemalcB, sed minor, et ab hac specie et a 

 8. brasiliano maculis qaadratis albis primariorum dis- 

 tiuguendus. Long. tot. 8'0 poll., alae 5*9. 

 Hab. Roraima, British Guiana. 



Mr. Salvix also wished to describe a new species of 

 Selasphorus from Costa Rica as 

 Selasphorcs underwoodi, n. sp. 



S. ardenti similis, rectricibus mediis fer^ ad apicem utrinque 

 rufo marginatis, area , mediana angustiore purpureo- 

 nigi'icante et ad apicem viridi leviter lavata ; rostro 

 multo breviore. Long, tota circa .2"9 poll., alse 1"45, 

 caudse 1'05, rostri a rictu 0*o5. 

 Hab. Irazu, Costa Rica (C F. Undencood) . 

 Obs. Mr. L'nderwood has sent us a single male specimen of 

 this Selasphorus, which he shot on the Volcano of Irazu on 

 the 20th Nov., 1896. At first I thought it a fully adult 

 specimen of Selasphorus ardens, but its short bill (0-55 

 instead of 0*65) and slightly differently coloured tail have 

 con\-inced me that it is a local form of that bird which may 

 well be separated. The colouring of the throat is slightly 

 tarnished, that of the type of S. ardens being very bright, 

 some of the feathers not being fully grown ; they are, how- 

 ever, rather longer in the present bird, due, no doubt, to 

 their being fully grown. The types of 5. ardens, which, I 

 believe, are still the only examples known, came from Castillo, 

 in the State of Panama. 



On behalf of Mr. G. H. Caton Haigh, Mr. Saunders 



exhibited a specimen of the Water-Pipit {Anthus spipoletta) , 

 shot near the mouth, and on the Carnarvonshire side, of the 

 Glaslyn, North Wales, on the 5th of this month by Mr Haigh. 

 This was the first recorded occurrence tor the west side of 

 Great Britain. Mr. Saunders called attention to the fact 



