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wash on the wings ; the fore-neck, breast, and sides of the 

 body ash-grey, and the under wing-coverts buffy white. 



Total length 197 mm., culmen 20, wing 106, tail 81, 

 tarsus 29. 



Hab. Abary River, British Guiana. 



Type in the McConnell Collection. Adult, ix. 06. 



This species is named in honour of Arthur, son of the late 

 Mr. F. V. McConnell. 



Obs. P. murinus is only known from the Merume Moun- 

 tains and Roraima, where it has been obtained at altitudes 

 of from 3000 to 5000 ft. 



EUSCARTHMUS JOSEPHINE, Sp. n. 



Adult. Similar to E. zosterops Pelz., but larger and of 

 a more yellowish-green colour : with no bar on the wing 

 and no white edgings to the innermost secondaries. It has 

 a white loral streak, from the base of the bill to the eye, the 

 primary-coverts blackish, forming a wing-spot, the breast 

 uniform yellowish-green, the abdomen and under wing- 

 coverts primrose-yellow, and the under tail-coverts ochraceous- 

 yellow. 



Total length 107 mm., culmen 14, width of bill at gape 9, 

 wing 55, tail 44, tarsus 19. 



Hab. Supenaam, west bank of the Essequebo River. 



Type in the McConnell Collection. 



This species is named in honour of Josephine, daughter of 

 the late Mr. F. V. McConnell. 



Obs. I wish to express my thanks to Mr. C. E. Hellmayr, 

 who has been good enough to compare the birds described 

 above with those in the collection under his charge at 

 Munich. In the case of Euscarthmus josephina he sent the 

 type-specimen to Count von Berlepsch, who very kindly 

 compared it with his specimens of Euscarthmus. 



Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton gave a short account of his 

 observations of the habits of certain birds which perforate 

 the calyx of flowers in search of nectar, and made the 

 following remarks : — 



