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5. Alethe alexandri, n. sp. 



Similis A. castanonota, sed facie laterali nigra nee saturate 

 brunnea distinguenda. Long. tot. 70 poll., culm. 08, 

 alse 3 '6, cauda3 2' 2, tarsi 1*05. 

 Hab. Efulen, Kamerun. 



6. Callene cyornithopsis, n. sp. 

 Rufescenti-brunnea, uropygio paullo rufescentiore et supra- 



caudalibus ferrugineis : alis dorso concoloribus, remigi- 

 bus sepiariis extus rufescenti - brunneis : rectricibus 

 brunneis, versus basin ferrugineo marginatis : pileo et 

 collo postico fuscescenti-brunneis, vix olivaceo tinctis : 

 loris et supercilio indistincto cinereis : facie laterali 

 cinerascente, brunneo lavata et fulvo striolata : genis, 

 gutture toto, pectore et corporis lateribus aurantiaco- 

 rufis, his brunneo lavatis : pectore imo et abdomine pure 

 albis : subcaudalibus albis, rufo vix lavatis : tibiis 

 cinei'eis: subalaribuspallide aurantiacis, remigibus intus 

 fulvescenti-albo marginatis. Long. tot. 55 poll., culm. 

 06, alse 28, caudse 2 - 0, tarsi 095. 



Hab. Efulen, Kamerun. 



Obs. A species apparently with no close ally. 



Dr. Sharps also exhibited a specimen of an appai'ently new 

 species o£ Picumnus from British Guiana, which he described 

 as 



Picumnus macconnelli, n. sp. 

 P. similis P. steindachneri, sed brunneus : gutture et prae- 

 pectore nigris albo transfasciatis et punctatis : abdomine 

 et corporis lateribus nigris albo fasciatis. Long, 

 tot. 3 7 poll., culm. 05, alse 21, caudse 11, tarsi 0*55. 

 Hab. British Guiana (F. V. McConnell). 

 Obs. The brown colour of the back, the extension of 

 the black up to the chin, and the banding on the breast and 

 flanks, where the white bands are narrower than the black 

 ones, serve to distinguish this species. In P. steindachneri 

 the back is grey and the chin is also ashy. 



Count von Berlepsch sent for exhibition some specimens 

 of rare South- American Owls and made the following 

 observations : — 



" 1. PULSATRIX PULSATRIX ( Wied) . 



"This Brazilian species, which has been united with 



