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from, Hartl., which is only known from Bahia. Both forms 

 should be placed in the genus Todirostrum, since they agree 

 in the shape of the bill with the typical species. 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpe exhibited a nest of Paradisea rag- 

 giana, together with a nestling bird of the same species ; he 

 stated that this was probably the first instance of a nestling 

 Bird-of-Paradise having been sent to Europe. The specimens 

 had been obtained by Capt. Barton, H.B.M. Governor of 

 British New Guinea. 



Dr. V. Bianchi made the following remarks : — 

 In working out the ornithological materials of Mr. Kos- 

 low's expedition I noticed that the dark-bellied Dippers 

 collected by the above-named gentleman, as well as those 

 brought home by the expeditions of Przewalski and Robo- 

 rowski, did not agree with the description of the most nearly 

 allied species, C. sordidus, Gould. Thanks to the kindness 

 of Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe and Mr. Walter Rothschild, I have 

 lately been enabled to compare my specimen with Gould's type 

 in the British Museum, and with a very fine bird in good 

 plumage ( <$ , xii. 1900, south of Issyk-kul, Russian Turkestan, 

 Tancr4) in the Tring Museum. The bird from Eastern Tibet 

 proves to represent a very distinct species, differing from 

 all the Dippers with dark underparts in having the back 

 and rump grey (instead of brown) with very distinct black 

 squamations. I propose to name this form 



ClNCLUS PRZEWALSKII, U. Sp. 



(§ ad. Top and sides of the head, hind-neck and adjacent 

 part of the interscapular region clove-brown (Ridgway, Nom. 

 Col. pi. iii. 2), without any greyish tinge; posterior portion 

 of the interscapular region, back, rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 scapulars, and lesser wing-coverts slate-grey, with black mar- 

 gins, forming very distinct squamations; greater wing-coverts, 

 quills, and tail-feathers, including the under tail-coverts, as 

 well as the sides of breast and abdomen, greyish-brown ; chin, 

 throat, and chest brown, a little paler than the crown and 



