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Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds from Fao . 
Yireo calidris (Linn.). 
Saltator guadeloupensis, Lawr. 
- / Elainea martinica (Linn.). 
-4 Tyrannus rostratus, Sclater. 
Y. Eulampis holosericeus (Linn.). 
- 4 ~ Eulampis jugularis (Linn.), 
■J Bellona cristata (Linn.). 
f <jrEOTRYGON MYSTACEA (Temm.). 
\ Ardea yirescens (Linn.). 
Mr. Richardson stopped several days in St. Lucia, but 
collected nothing there, not being able to procure a permit 
to shoot birds from the authorities; but he purchased a 
number of skins from a native living in the interior of the 
island, and among them examples of a black Loxigilla already 
described ('Auk/ 1886, p. 382) as a supposed new species. 
The lot contained examples of ten species. 
4- Myiadestes sANCTiE-LuciiE, Stejn. 
-{■ ClNCLOCERTHIA MACRORHYNCHA (Sclater). 
-f- Ramphocinclus brachyurus (Vieill.). 
Dendrceca delxcata (Ridgw.). 
Leucopeza semperi, Sclater. 
Certhiola martinicana, Reich, 
Loxigilla richardsoni, Cory. 
Euphqnia flaviprons (Sparrm.). 
Icterus laudabilis, Sclater. 
p Contopus latirostris, Yerr. 
XLVI.— On a Collection of Birds from Fao , in the Persian 
Gulf. By R. Bowdler Sharpe, E.L.S. &c. With Notes 
by the Collector, W. D. Gumming. 
The British Museum has received during the past year a 
valuable series of birds from Mr, W. D. Gumming, who is 
stationed at Fao, and is a most energetic collector. The 
