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difficult to flush. It had a Warbler-like song (quite unlike 

 the "reel" of a Grasshopper-Warbler), which was heard in 

 spring just before the bird migrated north on the approach 

 of the breeding-season and possibly also during the winter 

 months. 



Mr. Ogtlvie-Grant said that this new species, of which 

 Mr. La Touche had also obtained three examples at Chin- 

 wang-tao, in April and October 1911, and which he had 

 recently forwarded for identification, was evidently most 

 closely allied to Lusciniola pryeri (Seebohm) from Japan. 

 That species had been referred by its original describer 

 to the Timeline genus Megalurus, on account of its form, 

 style of markings, and coloration. 



Mr. C. E. Hellmayr and Count Seilern sent descriptions 

 of two new subspecies of birds from the Island of Trinidad, 

 which they proposed to call : — 



GRALLARIA GUAT1MALENSIS ARIPOENSIS, Subsp. n. 



Adult. Nearest to G. g. regulus Scl., from the Andes of 

 Ecuador and Western Venezuela (Merida), but smaller, 

 with the under parts much brighter, deeper ferruginous, and 

 the black squamate markings of the back decidedly broader, 



S ad. Bill 33-34 mm. ; wing 102-105 ; tail 32-36. 

 ? ad. „ 32-33 „ ; „ 101-105 ; „ 34-37. 



Hab. The Aripo Mountains, in the northern part oi 

 Trinidad, B.W.I., at elevations of 2000 feet. 



Type in the Zoological Museum, Munich: $ . Aripo, 

 Trinidad, 30. viii. 12. S. M. Klages coll. 



Obs. Mr. Klages collected a large series of this new 

 Ant-Thrush in August and September 1912. The genus 

 Grallaria has not previously been recorded from Trinidad, and 

 is a very interesting addition to the avifauna of that island. 



Geotrygon linearis trinitatis, subsp. n. 



Adult. Nearly related to G. I. venezuelensis Salvad., from 

 Northern Venezuela, but much smaller, with considerably 

 weaker legs and toes. The upper wing-coverts and outer 

 webs of the remiges are olive-brown with a hardly per- 



