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Vindob. ? ad. Salto Theotonio, Rio Madeira, 4. xi. 1829, 

 Natterer coll. 



Obs. This new species belongs to the group with a white 

 coronal patch, and was referred by Pelzeln to P. rostratus 

 (Lath.) (Orn. Bras. p. ]00), which, however, is a much 

 larger bird and has nothing to do with our new species. 



Pelzeln mentioned a second specimen, from the Serra 

 Caraumar, Rio Branco, as belonging to P. rostratus: but this 

 specimen is referable to P. senex, Scl. & Salv., first described 

 from Sarayacu, Ecuador. Hartert has compared the speci- 

 men collected by Natterer on the Rio Branco with the type 

 of the latter in the British Museum, and found it to agree 

 perfectly with it, The type of P. natter eri cannot be exhibited, 

 as it has already been returned to Vienna. This new species 

 is dedicated to the late John Natterer, to whose investigations 

 we owe almost all our knowledge of the exact distribution of 

 Brazilian birds. 



Dr. Sclater called attention to the specimen of the Wall- 

 Creeper (Tichodrbtna muraria) now living in the Insect- 

 house in the Zoological Society's Gardens. It was the sur- 

 vivor of two placed under the Society's care by Mr. W. 

 Rothschild on February 4th last, and seemed to be now in 

 excellent condition, just acquiring the black on the throat. 

 It was fed on ordinary soft food, boiled potatoes, rice, and 

 carrots, yolk of egg and bread crumbs, with a few meal- 

 worms. These birds were the only specimens of this beautiful 

 species that had ever been in the Zoological Society's 

 collection. 



Dr. Sclater exhibited some of the beautiful drawings of 

 freshly killed birds made by Dr. Edward Wilson during 

 the voyage of the 'Discovery/ Dr. Wilson had not only 

 obtained good series of specimens of the birds on the islet 

 of South Trinidad and the Macquarie Islands, which the 

 ' Discovery ' had visited on the voyage out to New Zealand, 

 but had also made accurate coloured sketches of the soft 



