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Letters^ Announcements^ ^c. 
SiRS^—I should like to ask the authors of the ^ Nomen- 
clator Avium Neotropicalium ^ to see if Euphonia chalcopasta, 
described in that work (p. 157^ November 30th^ 1873)^ be not 
the same as my Euphonia mesochrysa (Atti R. Ace. Sc. Tor. 
viii. p. 193, January 1873). I am pretty well sure that such 
is the case : the descriptions agree; and the characteristic 
phrase, ^^affinis E. chrysopastcBj sed fronte flava diversa,^^ 
applies also to E. mesochrysa, of which I have seen lately a 
second specimen, exactly like the type, labelled Bogota.^^ 
T. Salvadori. 
Turin, Zoological Museum, 
December 10th, 1877. 
[We have compared a specimen of E. mesochrysa, kindly 
forwarded by Prof. Salvadori, with the typical specimen of 
our E, chalcopasta. There can be no question that the species 
are identical.—E dd.] 
Sirs, —At page 91, vol. ii. of the English edition of' New 
Lands within the Arctic Circle,^ Payer includes Rosses Gull 
(Khodostethia rosea) amongst the birds found by the Austrian 
Expedition between Novaya Zemlya and Franz-Josef Land. 
Through the courtesy of Mr. Clements Markham, Secretary 
of the Royal Geographical Society, my request for additional 
information in reference to this very interesting statement 
was forwarded to Herr Julius Payer; and 1 have pleasure in 
giving a translation of the answer of that distinguished Arctic 
explorer:— 
^^The Rose-coloured Gull [Rhodostethia rosea) I shot my¬ 
self in the summer of 1873. 1 remember well how this rare 
Gull threw all on board into astonishment. As we had no 
zoologists on board, the identification was made by the help 
of Fritsch^s large and beautiful Atlas as soon as I got into the 
cabin. All the characters given by Fritsch for Rh. rosea 
were found in the bird we shot.The specimen belongs 
to TegetthoflP, whose present address I cannot give. 
Frankfort-on-Main, 
22ncl January, 1878.” 
