Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1870

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780 MESSRS. SCLATER AND SALVIN [Nov. 15, consider that no zoological collector has, so far as we are aware, previously visited Merida, although certain well-known botanists (Messrs. Linden, Funk, and Schlim), in search of Orchids, devoted a certain amount of attention to the Trochilidee of that district, and discovered several brilliant new species of this group, which have been described by Bourcier, Parzudaki, and other authors. W e now give a complete list of the species obtained by Mr. Goering, to which are added descriptions of the new species, and remarks upon such of the known ones as call for observation. The nomenclature adopted is, as in former papers, that of Sclater's Catalogue of American Birds. Fam. TURDID^E. *1. Turdus albiventris, Spix Merida. *2. Turdus serranus, Tsch Merida. Fam. CINCLIDJE. *3. Cinclus leuconotus Merida. Fam. TROGLODYTID.-E. *4. Heleodytes griseus S. E. of Merida. *5. Henicorhina leucophrys Merida, Upper wood-region. Fam. MOTACILLID^E. 6. Anthus bogotensis Upper Paramo region, Merida. Fam. MNIOTILTIDJE. 7. Mniotilta varia South of Merida. 8. Dendrceca blackburnice Lower wood-region, Merida. 9. striata Merida. 10. Protonotaria citrea South of Merida. 11. Basileuterus bivittatus Merida. 12. nigricristatus Merida. 13. Setophaga ruticilla Merida. *14. albifrons, sp. n Upper wood-region, Sierra Nevada. Fam. CffiREBiD^E. 15. Diglossa albilateralis Lower wood-region. *16. gloriosa, sp. n Paramo de la Culata. 17. Conirostrum sitticolor Paramo de la Culata. Fam. TANAGRID,E. 18. Chlorophonia pretrii Merida. 19. Euphonia nigricollis South of Merida. 20. Diva vassori High wood-region of Merida. 21. Pipridea venezuelensis Merida. 22. Calliste cayana Merida. 23. cyaneicollis South of Merida. 24. Pcecilothraupis lacrymosa Merida. 25. Tanagra auricrissa Merida. 26. Ramphoccelus dimidiatus South of Merida. 27. Nemosia ruficeps South of Merida. 28. Chlorospingus albitemporalis Merida, high wood. 29. xanthophrys Merida. *30. ignobilis Paramo of Merida. *31. goeringi, sp. a Paramo of Merida.