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Dr. Bowdler Sharpe gave a short account of his visit 

 to the International Congress of Ornithology held in Paris 

 in June last, and exhibited some of his photographs of the 

 gathering. 



Dr. Sharpe described the following new species of birds 

 in the collection of the British Museum : — 



Tatare vaughani, n. sp. 

 T. similis T.mendance, sed minor, subtiis albescens; tectricibus 

 alarum majoribus et remigibus plerisque albis, rectrici- 

 bus externis quoque albis distinguenda. Long. tot. 6 - 6 

 poll., culm. - 8, alae 3*3, caudse 2"85, tarsi l - 2. 

 Hab. Pitcairn Island, Pacific Ocean. 



Obs. The typical specimens were brought from Pitcairn 

 Island by Lieut. Vaughan, of H.M.S. ' Duke of Wellington/ 

 It was the only land-bird on the island. Some few of the 

 quills w r ere brown, but as all the specimens agreed in having 

 more or less white quills, the latter may be taken to be a 

 character of the species. 



BUARREMON SIMONSI, n. Sp. 



$ . B. similis B. seebohmi et specnlo albo alari nullo, sed 

 pileo pallidiore castaneo, et frontis basi minime nigra 

 sed pileo concolore distinguehdus. Long. tot. 6*6 

 poll., culm. 065, alee 3*05, candse 2'9, tarsi 1*1. 

 Hab. Loja, Ecuador (P. O. Simons). 



BUARREMON PALLID1CEPS, n. Sp. 



<$ . B. ut videtur, affinis B. albicipiti, Tacz., sed macula 

 cervicali nigra nulla et gastraeo albido distinguendus. 

 Long. tot. 6'5 poll., culm. 0*7, alas 2*9, caudse 2'8, tarsi 

 105. 

 Hab. Ona, Ecuador (P. 0. Simons). 



MYRMOTHERULA GUAYABAMB.E, U. Sp. 



M. similis M. fulviventri, Lawr., sed supra grisescens, alis 

 caudaque grisescenti-fuscis, nee rufescenti-brunneis, et 

 prsecipue tectricibus alarum nigricantibus, albo nee rufo 

 maculatis facile distinguenda. Long. tot. 4*3 poll., 

 culm. 065, alse 2*1, caudae 1*95, tarsi 065. 

 Hab. Guayabamba, Peru, 4000 feet, Aug. 26, 1894 (0. T. 



Baron : Salvin-Godman coll.). 



