162 MR. J . BRAZIER ON BULIMUS MXLTOCHEILUS. [Mar. 11,

P. 117) in Sclater's collection agrees very well with the Buenos- Ayrean bird. Pelzeln unites M. swainsoni with M. ferox, and may thus have fallen into the error of describing his M. cantans as new. This species is not included in Burmeister's list.

9. PHYTOTOMA RUTILA (Vieill.); Burm. 1. e. p. 452. Dentudo, Azara, Apunt. i. p. 361. no. 91.

10. VANELLUS CAYANENSIS (Gm.) ; Burm. 1. c. p. 502. Terwtkro d Tettk, Azara, Apunt. iii. p. 264. no. 386.

4. Observations on the Distribution of Bulimus miltocheilus By JOHN BRAZIER, of

(Communicated by the in the Solomon's* Archipelago. Sydney, New South Wales. Secretary.)

RULIMUS MILTOCHEILUS.

Bulimus miltocheilus, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pl. 49. fig. 322; Deshayes in Fir . vol. ii. p. 105, pl. 154. figs. 3 bz 4; Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. vol. iii. p. 372, and vol. iv. p. 440; Chenu, Manuel de Conchi. part. i . fig. 3216.

Aspastus miltodeilus, Albers, Heliceen, first edition, p, 149. Otoatomus miltocheilus, H. & A. Adams, Recent Mollusca, rol. ii.

p. 151. During my visit to the So!omon's archipelago in H.M.S.

' Curagoa,' under the command of my esteemed friend Commodore Sir William Wiseman, C.B., in the months of August and Septem- ber 1865, I found that Buthus miltocheilus is not only met with at Port Makera, San Christoval Island, but also on two other islands in the archipelago. On the Island of Sesarga or ContrairtCs (situated 9' 48' S. lat., 162" 8' 10" E. long.) I believe 1 was the first that ever landed in search of conchological specimens ; and I was well rewarded by finding B. miltocheilus on a species of palm tree about twenty feet from the ground. The next island that we visited is one known by the name of Golfe Island ; the native name is Ugi; here B. miltocheilus is found in thousands on the palm trees. The third place that we visited was Wanga Bay, San Chris- toval Island ; here we found this Bulimus rather scarce, not getting mare than thirty specimens. At this spot they are found on leaves of bushes and other small plants, quite vigorous and crawling about, where the land is ver low and danip. The nest place that we

very high on the coast. To obtaiu B. ndtocheilus you must go three or four miles inland; here it is found on a broad-leaved tree, but

* Recent writers on the Mollusca of this archipelago (such as Pfeiffer and others) make use of the term '' Salomcn '' Islands j it should be Solomon's Archi- pelago or Islands.

visited was Recherche 6 ay, San Christoval Island, where the land is

1869.1 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON THE GENUS CHBTOPS. 163

is rather rare. At Port Achard it is found in-abundance, alid 'is used by the natives to make necklaces of, or strung in clusters round their waist in their war-dances. It is always found in company with HeZix merziana and H. cleryi. The most northern limit of it is Sesarga or Contraiete's, the southern limit is San Christoval. Spe- cimens vary much both in colour and in size.

5. On the Genus Chcetops. By R. B. SHARPE. (Plate XIV.)

The genus Chcetops was founded by Swainson in 1831, and up to the present time contains only two species, viz. C. frenatus and C. aurantius. In a collection of birds formed in Damara-land by the late Mr. C. J. Andersson, I met with a species of Chcetops which I have every reason to believe is new to science. On taking my specimen to the British Museum I discovered another in the na- tional collection ; and my friend Mr. George Robert Gray coin- cided in my opinion as to its novelty. He had, indeed, noted it as new, and intended to describe it himself shortly, I have therefore very great pleasure in naming this species

CHBTOPS GRAYI, sp. n. (Plate XIV.) C . valde minor: gutture et pectore superiore alhidis : pectoris la-

teribus nigro guttatis : long. tot . 6.8 unc., rosfri 0.7, a l e 2.8, caudce 3.0, tarsi 0.85, dig. med. 0.7.

Hub. in terra Damarensi, in Afr. merid. The above short diagnosis is quite sufficient to distinguish it from

either of the species hitherto known ; and the following diagnostic Table indicates the specific characters of the three species :-

a'. Abdomine intense castaneo .................................... C. freibatus. b'. Abdomine aurantiac0 .......................................... C. a?iranfms.

A. Majores : g u k r e nigerrh0.

B. Minor : gutture albido ................................................ C. g r y z .

1 . CHBTOPS FRENATUS.

Malurusfienatus, Temm. PI. col. 385 (1826). chetopsfrenatus, Gray, Gen. ofBirds, i. p. 217 (c. 1844); Bonap.

Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 278 (1850); Layard, Birds of S. Afr. p. 125 (1867).

Chcetops burdelli , Swains. Fauna Bor.-Am. p. 486 (1831); Classif. of Birds, ii. p. 233 (1837).

The following account of the habits of this rare bird is taken from Mr. Layard's work (Zoe. cit .) :-

"This bird is, as far as I yet know, peculiar to the mountain- rmges between Caledon and Swellendam. I t frequents the tops of the hills and high elevations on their stony sides, and seeks its food, consisting of insects, about stones and rocks. In habits it much resembles the Rock-Thrush, and, like it, is fond of perching upon the