4 The Humynîng Bird. 



BOUCARD'S 

 ORNITHOLOGICAL COLLECTION. 



On the occasion of the Centenary of the Jardin des 

 Plantes, our Chief Editor, Mr. Adolphe Boucard, made the 

 princely gift of his most valuable and priceless specific 

 Collection of named Bird Skins to the Paris Museum, with the 

 sole conditions that it will be kept separately by itself, that 

 the labels attached to each bird will always be preserved, and 

 that the Collection will always be easy of access to all 

 Ornithological Students and Specialists. These conditions 

 have been accepted by the Director and other Authorities of 

 the Paris Museum. 



A large quantity of his duplicates he has offered to the 

 United States National Museum and to the Royal Museums of 

 Madrid and Lisbon, where they will be always accessible to 

 Students. 



About 25,000 specimens have already been distributed, 

 and the remainder, including the Trochili, are nearly ready, 

 and will be forwarded in the course of a few weeks to their 

 respective destinations. 



Mr. Boucard has still in his possession a certain number 

 of rare species which he is willing to exchange for Genera, 

 which he requires for the preparation of his work, the Genera 

 of Birds, on which he is actually working. 



A list of the Genera still wanted by Mr. Boucard. and 

 another of the duplicates of rare species which he can dispose 

 of, appears in this part, and will be sent to all Ornithologists 

 and Collectors who will apply for them, at the following 

 address : 



Mr. a. Boucard, 



Spring Vale, 



Isle of Wight, 



England. 



DESCRIPTION OF A SUPPOSED NEW 

 SPECIES OF PLUSIOTIS, 



FROM MEXICO. 



Plusiotis HOGEI, sp.n. 



P. hogei. — Oblonga parallela, supra veridi-aurea, capita 

 thoraceque viridi-aureis subtiliter, punctulatis ; elytris viridi- 



