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Drymocataphus cinnamomeus, n. sp. 

 Similis D. ignoto, Hume, sed gutture fusco distincte 

 maculato : notseo reliquo cinnamomeo, abdomine albo 

 distinguendus. Long. tot. 5 - poll., culm. 0*55, alae 2'15, 

 caudse 1'75, tarsi 1*8. 



Hab. Loi Mai, S. Shan States, 6000 feet. 



YUHINA AMPELINA, n. Sp. 



Similis Y. diademati, sed saturatior : facie laterali cineras- 

 centi-brunnea, regione parotica pallide brunneo lineata: 

 gastrseo cinerascente, nee vinaceo-brunneo, abdomine et 

 subcaudalibus albis distinguenda. Long. tot. c. 6'5 poll., 

 culm. - 6, alse 3*05, caudse 2*9, tarsi 0'85. 

 Hab. Warar Bum, 6000 feet, 30 miles east of Bhamo. 



Mr. Sapsworth exhibited some specimens of Whitehead's 

 Nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi) which he had procured in 

 Corsica in the autumn of the present year. He pointed out 

 also that the Dipper of Corsica identified as Cinclus albicollis 

 by the late Mr. John Whitehead (Ibis, 1885, p. 37) was 

 really a small form of Cinclus melanog aster, as was proved 

 by a specimen brought home by him and compared with Nor- 

 wegian and other examples from Scandinavia, in the British 

 Museum. That the Corsican bird was decidedly smaller 

 was shown by the following measurements: — Total length 

 6'4 inches, culmen 0*9, wing 3'3, tail 1'85, tarsus T15. 

 In a Norwegian specimen the wing was 3*7, but there was 

 considerable variation in size, and some of the specimens 

 from Central Europe were as small as the Corsican bird. 



Mr. W. P. Pycraft made some remarks upon a specimen 

 in spirits of Zeledonia lately acquired by the British Museum. 

 Unfortunately it had been partly dissected, but the syrinx 

 and wing-muscles were intact and proved conclusively that 

 Zeledonia was a truly Oscinine form, though its exact position 

 had yet to be determined. It was proposed to make a careful 

 study of the pterylosis in the hope that this might give some 

 further clue as to the position of the genus. 



Mr. Pycraft further made some remarks upon the palates 

 of certain Caprimulgine forms. He drew attention to the 



