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Mr. W. A. Forbes on the 
deresi (white-water valley). The country is covered with 
copses ; and numerous Circassian villages are scattered about. 
Cirl Buntings and Rosy Finches ( Carpodacus erythrinus) 
were for the first time met with, and a good many birds of 
prey seen. 
On the descent to the Black Sea, which occupied two days 
more, our road lay through large forests, principally composed 
of beech and oak, with an undergrowth of the golden-flowered 
Azalea pontica. Samsoun was reached on May 22nd. Our 
intention had been to stop here and collect; but finding that 
little or nothing was to be done in that way, we left for 
Constantinople by the first steamer. 
Before passing to the next part of this paper we must ac¬ 
knowledge the hospitality and courtesy received from all 
races and classes, especially from the mountain-tribes of Turks 
and Yorouks, among whom most of our time was passed. 
Nothing could exceed the unvarying kindness of Mr. Tat- 
tarachi, H.B.M. Vice-Consul at Mersina, to whom we take 
this opportunity of tendering our most hearty thanks, as also 
to Mr. Dresser and to Mr. Baker of Kew, for the aid they 
have rendered us in naming our birds and plants. We would 
further beg leave to recommend' to the ornithological world 
our assistant, Mr. William Pearse, of Haskeui, Constanti¬ 
nople, who accompanied us, and to whose diligence and care 
the good preservation of our collection is entirely due. 
[To be continued.] 
XXIII.— Recent Observations on the Parrots of the Genus 
Eclectus. By W. A. Forbes, F.Z.S. 
The large red and green Parrots forming the genus Eclectus 
ofWaglerhave long been well known to naturalists, who 
have, until recently, entertained no sort of doubt that the 
red species were perfectly distinct from the green ones. So 
much was this the case, that a subgenus, denominated Poly- 
chlorus in 1857 by Sclater*, has been formed for the reception 
of the green species, the red ones being retained under Eclectus 
* P. Z. S. 1857, p. 226. 
