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Gray Touracou (Schizorhis concolor Smith). 
Another touracou, plain gray in color, in striking con- 
trast to the brightly hued one noted above. Both 
of these birds are native to South Africa, and a 
single specimen of each was obtained by purchase 
on June 20th. 
Yellow-thighed Caica {Caica xanthomera G. R. Gray). 
Lesser Rufous-vented Guan (Penelope boliviana Bona- 
parte) . 
Piping Guan (Pipile cumanensis Jacquin). 
One specimen of each of these three species was col- 
lected on the Amazon by the South American Expe- 
dition of the University Museum, and received as a 
donation from that institution on November 22d. 
The fact that they had never been exhibited by the 
Society indicates that they are far from common. 
The piping guan deserves special mention as a rare 
and handsome form of the characteristically South 
American Gallince. 
Burmeister's Cariama (Chunga hurmeisteri Reichenbach) . 
Hab., Argentine Republic. 
Two were purchased on October 30th. There are two 
genera of these birds, and each contains but one 
species; hurmeisteri appears to be decidedly the least 
common of the two; their affinities with both the 
cranes and hawks long made them a puzzle to the 
systematists, who, finally, compromised by giving 
them a family name of their own, the Cariamidce. 
New Zealand Spotted Gecko (Hoplodactylus maculatus 
Gray). 
Hab., New Zealand. 
Four by purchase on October 16th. 
Surinam Ameiva (Ameiva ameiva Linnseus). 
Hab., South America to Nicaragua. 
Five lizards received by purchase on September 24th. 
One of a number of species in its genus which, on 
account of its beauty and inoffensiveness is, in some 
