Letters, Announcements, &c. 007 
This bird agrees pretty well with the description of Fatare ? 
viridis, Layard, P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 150, 432; but it has nothing 
to do with the genus Tatare, as it certainly belongs to the 
genus Leptornis, and should stand as Leptornis viridis. I 
have compared it with a specimen of Leptornis samoénsis 
(Hombr. & Jacq.) im our Museum. It seems that Mr. Lay- 
ard had some doubts about its proper position, as he has 
put a query ‘after the generic name TJatare. The tongue 
brushed at the tip, mentioned by Mr. Layard, shows most 
evidently that the so-called Tatare viridis belongs to the 
Meliphagide. 
There is also a Leptornis aubryanus, Verr. & Des Murs, 
from New Caledonia ; so that LZ. viridis makes the third species 
known of the genus Leptornis. 
I remain, 
Yours very truly. 
T. SALVADORI. 
Turin, Sept. 18th, 1876. 
Zoological Museum. 
53 Carlyle Square, 8. W. 
28th September, 1876. 
Sir,—You lately handed me a letter from Dr. Severtzoff, 
containing some remarks on the Porzana exquisita lately de- 
scribed and figured in ‘The Ibis’ as a novelty from Chefoo 
(North China); and you asked me to make what remarks I 
thought necessary in reply. The better to make these intel- 
ligible, I will quote what Dr. Severtzoff says in his letter about 
my bird. 
“My name of Porzana undulata, Prjev. et Severtz., has 
priority over P. exquisita, Swinh., lbis, 1875, p. 185. The 
bird and eggs are described in the Journ. f. Orn. 1873, p. 107, 
by Taczanowski under the erroneous name of P. erythro- 
thorax; this I corrected, after examination, to Porzana un- 
dulata (Journ. f. Orn. 1874, p. 833) * * * * I altered the 
name after having seen Taczanowski’s type. Prjevalski’s 
bird was distinguished by myself in 1870 as new; but my 
manuscript description, intended for his work, was delayed 
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