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suspect it may ultimately prove identical with G. chiriquensis, 
though there are discrepancies in the descriptions. Still, when 
such delicate bronze-colours have to be spoken of, it is hardly 
likely that two writers should call the same tint by the same 
name. The Chiriqui bird is somewhat larger (wings 5’9 inches 
instead of 5 # 5 inches); but not having specimens of either 
before us, we cannot decide the point. 
In the ‘ Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History* 
(vol. ix. pp. 368, 369), our friend Dr. Bryant describes, under 
the name of littoralis, a new variety of Parus hudsonicus from 
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and has some “ Remarks on the genus 
Galeoscoptes of Cabanis/* from which he proposes to remove 
Turdus ruhripes of Temminck and Turdus plumbeus of Linnaeus, 
raising, for the benefit of the former, Mr. Sclater*s subgenus 
Mimocichla into a genus, and relegating the latter to a new 
genus, which he calls “ Mimokitta ” or, as we should prefer to 
write it, Mimocitta. Dr. Bryant gives a very detailed account 
of the peculiarities of these genera, as well as a description of 
the Mimocitta plumbea, which, except by Catesby, he says has 
never before been accurately done. 
X.— Letters, Announcements, fyc. 
The following letters, addressed “ To the Editor of ‘ The 
Ibi£/ ” have been received :— 
Takow, Formosa, 1 July, 1865. 
Sir, —My report for last month need not be a long one. 
Early in June a photographer from Amoy, Mr. Edwards, re¬ 
turned from a visit to the neighbouring mountains with some 
photographs of the Kalee savages, which I have forwarded to 
the Geographical Society. He also brought a skin of Urocissa 
ccerulea. This, which he informed me was a common species, 
is identical with the bird of the Tamsuy vicinity. * * * 
At the commencement of the month both Dicrurus macrocercus 
and Zosterops simplex had young ones flying about. Most 
birds here breed twice in the year, some few three times; Kites, 
however, only once; but more of this hereafter. 
