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Show 1874.] MR. SHARPE ON A NEW BIRD FROM WEST INDIES. 427 was 56 inches, and the greatest circumference of a horn of a male specimen at the base 18g inches. Mr. Blyth, the original describer of Ovis poli, from its horns, was justified in expecting, from their enormous size, a correspondingly large-bodied animal; but, in reality, such does not appear to exist. Although the distance between the tips of the horns seems to be generally about equal to the length of the body, and although the horns are very much larger, but not thicker or equally massive with those of the Ovis ammon of the Himalayas, the body of the latter seems to be comparatively higher. Still it is possible that the Ovis poli of the Pamir may stand higher than the specimens described, which were obtained from the Thian Shan range. Large flocks of Ovis poli were observed on the undulating high plateau to the south of the Chadow-Kul, where grass vegetation is abundant. At the time the officers of the Mission visited this ground, i. e. in the beginning of January, it was the rutting-season. The characters of the ground upon the Pamir and upon the part of the Thian Shan inhabited by these wild sheep are exactly similar. 3. On a new Genus and Species of Bird from the West Indies. B y R. B O W D L E R S H A R P E , F.L.S., F.Z.S., & c , Senior Assistant, Zoological Department, British Museum. [Eeceived May 30, 1874.] (Plate LIV.) In a collection of Jamaican birds recently received by Mr. A. Boucard of Great Russell Street, there occurred a bird for the examination of which I am indebted to him. It appears to be closely allied to Phoenicophilus palmarum, but nevertheless to be generically distinct. I propose to call it PHOSNICOMANES, gen. nov. Allied to Phoenicophilus, but easily distinguished by its longer and more attenuated bill and especially by its short first primary. The type is PHCENICOMANES IORA, sp. nov. (Plate LIV.) Above blackish, with a deep indigo lustre, many of the feathers of the crown and back tinged with yellow, apparently the remains of a previous plumage ; forehead brighter yellow ; lores and a distinct eyebrow bright yellow, as also are the rest of the sides of the face, excepting the upper margin of the ear-coverts, which are blackish ; quills blackish, the primaries narrowly margined with yellow, the secondaries very broadly with indigo; rump and upper tail-coverts greyish, the feathers very fluffy and washed slightly with yellowish ; tail black, glossed with dull indigo, and crossed with indistinct wavy lines when held to the light; entire under surface brilliant yellow, the flanks very long and fluffy, inclining to greyish white, slightly tinged 28* |