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closely allied form is P. occidentalis, which, hoT^'Cver, has 

 the base of the tail grey and the bill rather short. 



Mr. Haktert further described a new Humming-bird, 

 which he called 



Cyaxolesbia berlepschi, sp. n. 



This -was described as the most beautiful of all the Cyano- 

 lesb'KB, and perhaps the most distinct species of the genus, 

 being more different than any of those inttr se. The female 

 was easily recognizable from that of the allied species in 

 having the breast and entire abdomen white instead of 

 cinnamon-rufous. The male seemed to be nearest to that of 

 Cyanolesbia rnaryareihce from Caracas and C. liingl from 

 Bogota, but the outer tail-feathers were longer and much 

 wider, of a peculiar glittering metallic blue ; the central 

 rectrices were not green as in C marr/arttluR, but purplish 

 blue with a greenish glitter at the tips. ^Ving 71, tail 155, 

 outer rectrices 9-10 mm. wide. 



]Mr. Hartert stated that the Hon. Walter Roihschihl had 

 received a male and four females of this bird from the hills of 

 Cumana in Venezuela, and thatthei-e was a second malefrom 

 Caripe in the British r^luseum, with the tail not fully srown. 



Ihe typical specimens were coliecteil by 2^Ir. Caraceiolo 

 and sent to the Tring ^luseum by Mr. Andre, of Trinidad. 



'My. Howard Sau.vders e.\;hibitefl, on' behalf of ^Fr. W . 

 Drury, a specimen of the Wood-Saiulpiper, Totanvi^ fjlareoht, 

 shot by the latter near Luugli Cullin, co. -Mayo, on the 5tli 

 of September last. Only three exampUs of this species had 

 been previously recorded from Ireland, and all of thera from 

 one locality, viz. in co. Wicklow, 



Dr. R. BowDLEu Siiaupe exhibited a specimen of the 

 Black-headed Weaver-riuch. rj/«w/'a atriruinlla) which had 

 been presented to the British :\Iuscum by :\Ir. G. Hubert 

 Woods, who had shot it out of a ih.ck of twelve individuals 

 in Suffolk on the .t2nch of October last. 



