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Show 1875.] ON TWO BIRDS FROM ANTIOQUIA. 541 scarcely be seen in general; and there is no trace of a dark line the back. The general colour of the animals, as figured, is too rufous ; the lower parts are not sufficiently white ; and the horns in the male are poorly drawn. It is only due to Dr. Stoliczka to point out that the drawing from which the plate was taken was not sent by him, and that he is only responsible for the description, p. 425, in which it will be seen that no mane or dorsal stripe is mentioned, and that the length of the tail is given as only 4 inches. The drawing was by Col. Gordon, who of course is not a naturalist; but I can hardly suppose that the mistakes mentioned were made by any one having the animal before him. In any case it is essential to point out these errors before somebody invents a new genus for this long-tailed and maned type of the genus Oris. 5. Description of two new Species of Birds from the State of Antioquia, U. S. C. By P. L. SCLATER, M.A., F.R.S., and OSBERT SALVIN, M.A., F.R.S. [Received July 9, 1875.] Mr. T. K. Salmon, who has now returned to his former quarters at Medellin, the capital of the the Columbian State of Antioquia, has sent us a new collection of birds, formed in the neighbourhood of that city. Amongst these are single examples of two species which appear to be new to science*, and which we propose to describe as follows :- CATHARUS PHJEOPLEURUS, sp. nov, Supra olivaceo-brunneus : dorso, collo postico et capite toto, in gula, fusco-griseis: subtus in gula et abdomine medio albus, ilia plumbeo variegata: pectore et hypochondriis griseo-plum-beis: rostro et pedibus flavis : long, tota alee 6*3, caudee 2*rostri a rictu, 0*85 poll. Angl. Hab. in Statu Antioquiensi reipublicae Columbianae. Obs. A C. mexicano capite griseo et pectore hypochondriisque magis plumbeis, a C.fuscatro dorso olivaceo-brunneo et capitis colore, necnon a C. griseicipite dorso obscuriore et coloribus corporis infe-rioris diversus. Mus. P. L. S. Triis species of Catharus, of which Mr. Salmon sends but a single specimen, resembles several distinct species of the genus, being somewhat intermediate in its characters between the black-headed group represented by C. mexicanus and C.fuscater, and the grey-headed C. griseiceps, which belongs more properly to the group represented by C. melpomene. The discovery of C. pheeopleurus raises the number of species of this genus now known (i. e. if we allow C. maculatus to be di- * The species described as new from Mr. Salmon's former collection from this district were Ch'orochrysa nitidissima, Scl. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 728, Grallaria ruficeps, Scl P. Z. S. 1873, p. 729, and Tigrisoma salmoni, Scl. et Salv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 38. |