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Count von Berlepsch exhibited his nnique specimen of 

 P'tpra opaJizans, Pelz., a Tronderfnl bird from Para, xrhich 

 Ti-ill be figured iu the next number of the ' Ibis ' ; also a set 

 of skins of the interesting Idiopsar hrachyurns, Cass.^ hitherto 

 unique in the U.S. National Museum at Washington, 

 and also a fine shin of ChrysoJampis clilorolceniKS, Elliot 

 {=Luriiporuis calohemu. Elliot);, of which the true locality 

 had been unknown till now. It was received direct from 

 Bahia, and was stated to be tlie tliird specimen known in 

 collections. These birds will be spoken of at length in an 

 article to be published by Count von Berlepscii in the next 

 number of the '' Ibis/ 



Count von Berlepsch also laid on the table specimens of 

 three species from S.W. Colombia, viz., a new Carpodectes, 

 a new Parrot of tlie genus Pionops'itta, and a new Myiadestes 

 allied to M. leucotis, Tsch. These will be described in an 

 article to be published in the forthcoming number of the 

 ' Journal fur Ornithologie.' 



Lastly, Count vou Berlepsch exhibited a fine new Tanager 

 of the genus Buthraupis, recently sent by Mr. F. W. H. 

 Rosenberg from North-western Ecuador, and named in 

 honour of the Hon. Walter Rothschild. The unique speci- 

 men belongs to the Tring Museum. 



He diagnosed it as follows : — 



Buthraupis rothschildi, sp. n. 

 B. corpore supra subtusque cum alis caudaque extus obscure 

 uigro-cyaneis, uropygio Isetiore ; capite gulaque nigres- 

 centibus, torque jugulari lato pulchre aurantio-flavo; 

 tectriciljus, subalaribus subcaudalibusque necnon hypo- 

 chondriis pure flavis ; rostro pedibusque uigris. Al. 9J. 

 mm., caud. 53, culm. 16|, tars. 23. 

 Hab. Cachabe, N.W. Ecuador (500 feet). 

 This bird was stated to be allied to B. edwardsi of Elliot 

 from S.W. Colombia, but is quite difi'erent in showing the 

 back and belly blue-black, the sides of the head black, and 

 the under tail- and wing-coverts bright yellow, all these 



