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Myiobius litje, n. sp. 



Nearest allied to M. phcenicomitra, but the adult male has 

 the centre of the crown golden yellow ; the edges to the 

 wing-coverts more distinct and more brownish; upperside 

 more brownish; bill slightly broader, the wing shorter. 

 Wing 62, tail 50 mm. 



Bab. Lita, N.W. Ecuador, 3000 feet. 



Odontorhynchus branickii minor, n. subsp. 



Differs from typical O. branickii in being smaller and 

 having the upper surface darker and the central rectrices 

 less distinctly barred. Wing 53, tail 46 mm. 



Hab. Paramba, North Ecuador, 3500 feet. 



Mr. Hartert also brought for description a beautiful new 

 Calliste from Paramba in Northern Ecuador (3500 feet). 

 He found, however, that it was identical with the Calliste 

 Johanna, of which Count de Dal mas had sent a description 

 to the present meeting of the Club, and Mr. Hartert there- 

 fore suppressed the name which he had proposed for the 

 species. 



Mr. W. E. de Winton called attention to the "Third 

 Interim Report of the Committee appointed to work out the 

 details of the observations of Migration of Birds at Light- 

 houses and Lightships, 1880-1887/'' This useful work is 

 almost entirely being done by members of the British 

 Ornithologists' Club, under the presidency of Professor 

 Newton. Mr. de Winton remarked : — " The report con- 

 sists of a summary of observations as regards (1) the Song- 

 Thrush [Turdus musicus) and (2) the White Wagtail {Mota- 

 cilla alba), and enumerates details of the natural history 

 and especially of the movements of those two species such as 

 have never been presented before. All ornithologists will no 

 doubt feel with the Committee that a great debt of gratitude 

 is due to Mr. W. Eagle Clarke for the courage and perse- 

 verance which he has shown in grappling with the enormous 

 mass of statistics necessary to afford the results so lucidly 

 and concisely summed up by him/' 



