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VFS 4 0 4 ‘ —, f t ‘ c \ y i h i , t ay * CF 4 f ‘ ‘ oe t }' ‘ V b) 4 : \" , ‘ { ; a ' > ; ff" } pee f ‘ At \ n : aii ad Fly F a % 4 1ray ; y Sf ‘ 1 i ‘ } ¥ avi } Ww CY ‘ y 4 \ voy. x é Al ‘a 4 1 v . = } ‘ 40) 4 ‘ : * : i 1 i. - { : 2 { a : i f i $ be é sae i \ oe eee, r Pi Ve \ sit 6, , A § t ' \ H i . ’ és { i : 4 . ‘ ‘. , > i ‘4 y L u + J ri 4 , ar 1 ' ‘ Be j ‘ } i “ ; £ ! i ; r 4 1 bs i ‘ ’ , - ty! a7 a/ ‘) f pas Ay ae is u } ag ay H i 7 \ ¥ r | 4 rt ‘ t fe BULLETIN | = OF THE SRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB. EDITED BY N. B. KINNEAR. VOLUME XLVIII. SESSION 1927-1928. LONDON: WITHERBY & CO., 326 HIGH HOLBORN, 1928. PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. PREFACK, ——$——. Durine the past Session the number of attendances at the meetings of the Club was 860 members and 91 guests, a total of 451, a considerable increase from the previous year. The March dinner was held in conjunction with the British Ornithologists’ Union as usual and was specially well attended. Mr. B. W. Tucker’s address on ‘‘A Review of Recent Work on Sex in Birds” at the May meeting was the chief event of the session, and his lucid exposition of this difficult subject was much appreciated. This paper was the outcome of a discussion which arose after the exhibition by Mr. D. Seth-Smith of a gynandromorphic Gouldian Finch (Puephila gouldie) at an earlier meeting. The Club is again much indebted to Lord Rothschild for his exhibits. In this connection, we would like to mention the wonderful collection of hermaphrodites and gynandro- morphs of various groups shown at the April meeting. At the final meeting of the Session, Lord Rothschild also ex- hibited an interesting series of Rails and their eggs from all parts of the world, including the previously unknown egg of the Inaceessible Island Flightless Rail (Atlantisia rogersi). Other members (including the Chairman, Messrs. EH. C. Stuart Baker, D. A. Bannerman, A. F. Griffith, A. L. Butler, H.C. Robinson, and W. L. Sclater) have exhibited interesting specimens at the meetings or contributed to the Club’s proceedings. N. B. KINNEAR, Editor. London, July 1928, a2 ie rales yee yt SRE) ' aden? eh? De ee * 7 < = 4 - ° = = 4 ~~ = ‘ . of! ¥ 4 et i] + Px * . 4 ' a" ‘i i 7 a . ‘ 4 DY i " ' 4 \ \ sd ees 4 j ; < - ry \ # 7 i ‘ yup BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB. (FounpEp OctTosBeEr 5, 1892.) TITLE AND OBJECTS. The objects of the Club, which shall be called the “ British Ornithologists’ Club,” are the promotion of social intercourse between Members of the British Ornithologists’ Union and to facilitate the publication of scientific infor- mation connected with ornithology. RULES. (As amended, May 9, 1928.) MANAGEMENT. I. The affairs of the Club shall be managed by a Committee, to consist of a Chairman, who shall be elected for three years, at the end of which period he shall not be eligible for re-election for the next term ; an Editor of the ‘ Bulletin,’ who shall be elected for five years, at the end of which period he shall not be eligible for re-election for the next term; a Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elected for a term of one year, but shall be eligible for re- election. There shall be in addition four other Members, the senior of whom shall retire each year, and another Member be elected in his place; every third year the two senior Members shall retire and two other Members be elected in their place. Officers and Members of the Committee shall be elected by the Members of the Club at a General Meeting, and the names of such Officers and Members of Committee nominated by the Committee for the ensuing year, shall be circulated with the notice convening the General Meeting, at least two weeks before the Meeting. Should any Member wish to propose another candidate, the nomination of such, signed by at least two Members, must reach the Secretary at least one clear week before the Annual General Meeting. VI II. Any Member desiring to make a complaint of the manner in which the affairs of the Club are conducted, must communicate in writing with the Chairman, who will, if he deem fit, calla Committee Meeting to deal with the matter, III. If the conduct of any Member shall be deemed by the Committee to be prejudicial to the interests of the Club, he may be requested by the Committee to withdraw from the Club. In the case of refusal, his name may be removed from the list of Members at a General Meeting, provided that, in the notice calling the Mecting, intimation of the proposed resolution to remove his name shall have been given, and that a majority of the Members voting at such Meeting record their votes for his removal. A Member whose name has been removed shall forfeit all privileges of Membership and shall have no claim on the Club from the date of his removal. SUBSCRIPTIONS. IV. Any Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union may become a Member of the Club on payment to the Treasurer of an entrance-fee of one pound anda subscription of one guinea for the current Session. On Membership of the Union ceasing, Membership of the Club also ceases. Any Member who has not paid his subscription before the last Meeting of the Session, shall cease, ipso facto, to be a Member of the Club, but may be reinstated on payment of arrears. MEETINGS. V. The Club will meet, as a rule, on the second Wednes- day in every mouth, from October to June inclusive, at such hour and place as may be arranged by the Committee, but should such Wednesday happen to be Ash Wednesday, the Meeting will take place on the Wednesday following. At these Meetings papers upon ornithological subjects will be read, specimens exhibited and described, and discussion invited. VI. A General Meeting of the Club shall be held on the day of the October Meeting of each Session and the Treasurer shall present thereat the Balance-sheet and Report ; and the election of Officers and Committee, in so far as their election is required, shall be held at such Meeting. VII VII. A Special General Meeting may be called at the instance of the Committee, for any purpose which they deem to be of sufficient importance, or at the instance of not fewer than fifteen Members. Notice of not less than two weeks shall be given of every General and Special General Meeting. INTRODUCTION OF VISITORS. VIII. Members may introduce visitors at any ordinary Meeting of the Club, but the same guest shall not be eligible to attend on more than three occasions during the Session. No former Member, who has been removed for non-payment of subscription, or for any other cause, shall be allowed to attend as a guest. ‘ BULLETIN ’ OF THE CiUB. IX. An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Club shall be printed as soon as possible after each Meeting, under the title of the ‘ Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club’ and shall be distributed gratis to every Member who has paid his subscription. Contributors are entitled to six free copies of the ‘Bulletin,’ but if they desire to exercise ‘this privilege, they must give notice to the Editor when their manuscript is handed in. Members purchasing extra copies of the ‘Bulletin’ are entitled to a rebate of 25 per cent. on the published price, but not more than two copies can be sold to any Member unless ordered before printing. Descriptions of new species may be published in the ‘Bulletin,’ although such were not communicated at the Meeting of the Club. This shall be done at the discretion of the Editor and so long as the publication of the ‘ Bulletin ’ is not unduly delayed thereby. Any person speaking at a Meeting of the Club shall be allowed subsequently—subject to the discretion of the Kiditor—to amplify his remarks in the ‘ Bulletin,’ but no fresh matter shall be incorporated with such remarks. X. No communication, the whole or any important part of which has already been published elsewhere, shall be eligible for publication in the ‘ Bulletin,’ except at the discretion of the Editor; and no communication made to the Club may be subsequently published elsewhere without the written sanction of the Editor. Vill ALTERATION AND Repray or RULEs. XI. Any suggested alteration or repeal of a standing rule shall be submitted to Members to be voted upon at a General Meeting convened for that purpose. COMMITTEE, 1927-1928. Dr. P. R. Lows, Chairman. Elected 1927. N. B. Kinnear, Editor of the ‘ Bulletin” Elected 1925. Dr. G. CarmicuarL Low, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. Elected 1923. G. M. Martnuews. Elected 1925. Major StantEy Firower. Hlected 1926. A. L. Butter. Elected 1927. T. H. Newman. Elected 1927. Officers of the British Ornithologists’ Club, Past and Present. Chairmen, P. L. Scrater, F.R.S. Lord Roruscui3p, F.R.S. W. L. ScLatEr. H. F. WItTHERBY. Dr. P. R. Lowe. Editors. R. BowpiLer SHARPE. W. R. Ogtivie-GRaAnt. D. A. BANNERMAN. D. Seru-Smiru. Dr. P. R. Lowe. N. B. Kinnear. 1892-1913. 1913-1918. 1918-1924. 1924-1927. 1927- 1892-1904. 1904-1914. 1914-1915. 1915-1920. 1920-1925. 1925- Honorary Secretaries and Treasurers. HowarpD SAUNDERS. W. E. pE WINTON. H. F. W1iTHERBY. Dr. PR. Lows. C. G. TaLBot-POoNSONBY. D. A. BANNERMAN. Dr. Puriip GosseE. J. L. Bonnore. C. W. MackwortH-PRAED. Dr. G. CARMICHAEL Low. 1892-1899. 1899-1904. 1904-1914. 1914-1915. 1915-1918. 1918-1919. 1919-1920. 1920-1922 1922-1928 19238- < Peery ores fot Oth RRL DRAL i oy a" ‘ 7 Rite ABBE 477 . hey Bee ef wre. Sey UL ARMS we S a Sc tated 3 th boi -abierns ae One A be ia? nerd ere oi id sR elanris 38 Reals rot it cr a. *.Oset-are: eT Baga i eB gers a ae “Parke : lee cote ; eta es 4 = a ; = aly cae” ; ; Protarénae. Leng ae he a sans eae /? ye as d ee rary <2” ia ih woege Te atin a 0. tat el tot 1d a 2 TO A a Pagose pesos. OF ai te Sy REET me Mawes val AME ee ; at Oter os a i alkot) aa 1D: mn oe | Cae F ansnott, af Aemee : SOE) eid Yi Ppa ty: ME a * - peea rn (a) +e et 4 Z i : ‘ ‘ a ¥, a i = > A. * = i] = ‘ . a ~ + é | i ; > LIST OF MEMBERS. JUNE 1928. nage Apams, Ernest E.; Lloyd’s, Royal Exchange, E.C. 3. ALEXANDER, H. G.; 144 Oak Tree Lane, Selly Oak, Birmingham. APLiIn, Otiver Vernon; Stonehill House, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxon. ARDERN, Lawrence; 7 Sussex Place, Regent’s Park, N.W. 1. 5 Barty, W. SHorz; Boyers House, Westbury, Wilts. 20 Baxer, EK, C. Sruarr, J.P., F.Z.8., F.L.S.; 6 Harold Road, Upper Norwood, 8.E. 19. Bannerman, Davin A., M.B.K., B.A., F.R.S.E.; British Museum (Natural History), S.W.7, and 132 Oakwood Court, Ken- sington, W. 14. Barrineton, Freperick J. F., M.S., F.R.C.S.; University College Hospital Medical School, Gower Street, W.C. 1. Bares, G. L.; Bitye Ebolowa, French Cameroons. Best, Miss M. G. S8.; 28 Paulton’s Square, Chelsea, S.W. 3. Braauw, F. E., C.M.Z.S. ; Gooilust, s;Graveland, Hilversum, Noord- Holland. Bosrinsxoy, Count Atexis, M.A.; 5 Palace Gardens’ Mansions, i: eee Boorman, 8.; Heath Farm, Send, Woking, Surrey. Boots, H. B.; ‘ Ryhill,” Ben Rhydding, Yorks. Boyp, A. W.; Frandley House, near Northwich. Braprorp, A. D.; Garsten House, near Watford. BrapFrorp, Sir J. Rost, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S.; 8 Man- chester Square, W. 1. Brown, Grorer; Hotel Suisse, Kandy, Ceylon, and The Close, Purton, Swindon, Wilts. Bunyarp, P. F., F.Z.S.; 57 Kidderminster Road, Croydon. Burner, Artaur L. (Committee); St. Leonard’s Park, Horsham, Sussex, Buxton, AntHony; Knighton, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. Cuapman, F. M.; American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A. Cuarrerts, Hon. G. L.; 26 Catherine Street, Buckingham Palace Road, 8. W. 1. 25 30 oe) 40 45 5° xII Cuasen, Freperick N.; Rafiles Museum, Singapore. Chessman, Major R. E., O.B.E.; E. India United Service Club, 16 St. James’s Square, 8.W. 1. Crarkn, Brig.-General Gotanp van Horr, C.M.G., D.S.0. F.Z.S. ; Brook House, Ardingly, Sussex. CLARKE, Joun P. SteeHenson; Borde Hill, Cuckfield, Sussex. CLarKE, Col. SrepHenson Rosert, C.B., F.Z.8.; Borde Hill, Cuck- field, Sussex. . CocHRANE, Captain Henry L., R.N. (Retd.); The Chase, Whaddon, Bletchley, Bucks. Conttetr, A. K.; Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall Mall, S§.W. 1, Cottier, Cuartes, F.Z.8.; Bridge House, Culmstock, Devon. Coxttart, Nevinte; Guild Cottage, Epsom. Congreve, Major W. M., M.C.; Hafod, Trefnant, Denbighshire. Cox, Major-Gen. Sir Percy Z., G.C.1.E., G.C.M.G., K.CS.1. 5 c/o Grindlay & Co., 54 Parliament Street, S$. W. 1. Cunnin@Ham, Jostas; Fernhill, Belfast. Curtis, Freprrick, F.R.C.S.; Alton House, Redhill, Surrey. Deane, Ropert H.; Highlands, Iver Heath, Bucks. Detacour, M. Jean; Chateau de Cleres (Seine-Inf.), France. Detmt-Rapcuirre, Lieut.-Col. A.; Shenley House, Headcorn, Kent. Detui-Rapotrrrr, Lieut.-Col. H., F.Z.8., F R.G.S.; ¢/o Lloyds Bank (Cox & Co.’s Branch), F. Dept., 6 Pall Mall, $.W. 1. Dewnourst, Captain F. W., Royal Marine L.I.; Elmwood, North End, Hampstead, N.W. 3. Dosiz, WittiAM Henry, M.R.C.S.; 2 Hunter Street, Chester. Duncan, AntHouR Bryce; Newlands, Dumfries. Duncan, Watrer Bryce; Newlands, Dumfries. Enus, H. Wittovensy, F.Z.S., F.E.S., F.G.S.; Speldhurst Close, Sevenoaks, Kent. Evans, Arrour Humprr, M.A., D.Sc., F.Z.8.; 9 Harvey Road, Cambridge. Ezra, A., O.B.E., F.Z.S.; Foxwarren Park, Cobham, Surrey. Ferrier, Miss Juprra M.; Hemsby Hall, Suffolk. Finirxson, Horacr W., F.Z.S.; 5 Rosamond Road, Bedford. Fisuer, Kenneru; School House, Oundle, Northamptonshire. Fremine, James M.; Dildawn, Queen Edith’s Way, Cambridge. Frower, Major S. S. (Committee); Spencersgreen End, Tring, Herts. 55 60 65 fs XIII Fromots-Rakowsk1, R. J.; Villa ‘* Les [lettes,” 185 Promenade de la Corniche, Marseille, France. Guiree, W. E.; The House, Albion Brewery, Whitechapel Rad., KE. 1. GoopatL, J. M.; The Nest, Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Grant, Capt. C. H. B., F.Z.S.; Ujii, Kigoma, Tanganyika Territory, E. Africa, vid Dar-es-Salaam. Grey oF Fattopon, Viscount, K.G., P.C., F.Z.S8.; Fallodon, Christon Bank, R.S.0., Northumberland. GrirritH, ArtHUR F.; 3 Evelyn Terrace, Brighton. Gurney, G. H., F.Z.S.; Keswick Hall, Norwich, Norfolk. GyipENstotPr, Count Nits; Royal (Natural History) Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. Hacuisuxa, The Hon. Masavst; Mita Shiba, Tokyo, Japan. Haicu, Grorce Henry Caron, F.Z.S.; Grimsby Hall, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Harz, Rev. James R., M.A.; Boxley Vicarage, Maidstone, Kent. Harrison, Bernarp Guy; 45 St. Martin’s Lane, W.C. 2. Harrison, Dr. James M., D.S.C.; St. Annes, 1 Tub’s Hill, Seven- oaks, Kent. Hart, 8S. H.; Estate Office, Hammonds, Checkendon, Reading. Harrert, Ernst, Ph.D., F.Z.S.; The Museum, Tring, Herts. Hawker, R. M.; Bath Club, Dover Street, W. 1. Heata, R. K.; 54 Brompton Square, 8. W. 3. Hersert, Capt. E. G.; Bracken How, Sheringham, Norfolk. Hert, Grorrrey Srocomsr, M.B., F.R.C.S., F.Z.8.; 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W. 1. Hopexiy, Mrs. T. Epwarp; Old Ridley, Stocksfield, Northumber- land. Hopxinson, Emitius, C.M.G., D.8.0., M.B., F.Z.8.; Wynstay, Balcombe, Sussex, and Bathurst, Gambia, West Africa. Hueuers-Onstow, Henry, C.B.E.; & Cavendish Place, Cavendish Square, W.1. Hutson, Capt. H. P. W., R.E.; 67 Cottenham Park Road, Wimbledon, 8.W. 20. Inexis, C. McFariane; Natural History Museum, Darjiling, India. Ineram, Capt. Cortinewoop; The Grange, Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent. JABOUILLE, PrerrE; Hué, Annam, Indo-China. Jackson, Sir Freperickx J., K.C.M.G., C.B., F.Z.S.; 6 Gray’s Inn Square, Gray’s inn, W.C. 8o Janson, CHartes W,; 16 Wilton Crescent, 8.W. 1, 85 go 2 | Geko) 105 XIV Jourpatn, Rev. F. C. R., M.A., H.F.A.0O.U., H.M.S.O. de France ; Laverstock, 13 Belle Vue Road, Southbourne, Hants. Kinnear, Norman B., F.Z.S. (Editor of the ‘ Bulletin’); British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, S.W. 7. Kross, C. Boppy; Raffles Museum, Singapore, Straits Settlements. Kvuropa, Dr. Nagamicut Fuxuyosui Cuo, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. La Toucar, J. D.; Kiltymon, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow, Treland. LarpLaw, THomas Gepprs; Halmyre, West Linton, Peeblesshire. Lampert, Goprrey C.; Woodcote, Esher, Surrey. Lewis, Joun Sprpan, F.Z.S.; North Hall, Mortimer Crescent, Greville Road, St. John’s Wood, N.W. 6. LonastarF, Tom G., M.A., M.D., F.Z.8.; Picket Hill, Ringwood, Hants. Low, Grorgr Carmicuarnt, M.A., M.D., C.M., F.R.C.P., F.Z.8. (Hon. Sec. & Treasurer); 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, Wb Lowe, P, R., 0.B.E., B.A., M.B., B.C., F.Z.8. (Chairman) ; British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, 8.W. 7. Lucas, Naraanizr §., M.B., F.Z.S.; 19 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Parks) W.):2: Lynes, Rear-Admiral Huserr, R.N., C.B., C.M.G.; 23 Onslow Gardens, 8.W. 7. Mackenzik, Joun M. D., B.A., C.M.Z.S.; 6 The Circus, Bath. Mackxworta-Praerp, C. W., F.Z.S.; 51 Onslow Gardens, 8.W. 7. Macminuan, Captain W. E. F.; 42 Onslow Square, S8.W. 7. Macnacuten, Sir Henry P. W.; 10 Hyde Park Square, W. 2. McNette, J. H.; Guards’ Club, Brook Street, W.1. Maeratu, Lieut.-Colonel H. A. F.; 48 Grosvenor Road, West- minster, S.W. 1. Munson-Banr, ‘P.° Hi, D.8.0., ‘M.A. MLD ERCP. aes 9 Weymouth Street, W. 1. Matnews, G. M., F.LS., F.Z.S. (Committee) ; c/o British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, 8.W. 7. May, W. Norman, M.D.; The White House, Sonning, Berks. Mrapr-Waxpo, E. G. B., F.Z.S.; Stonewall Park, Edenbridge, Kent. MurinerrzHacen, Colonel R., D.S.0., F.Z.8.; 17 Kensington Park Gardens, W. 8. Momiyama, Toxu Taro; 1146 Sasazka, Yoyohata-mati, Tokyo, Japan, r15 120 125 130 xXV Munn, P. W.; Puerto Alcudia, Majorca, Balearic Isles, Spain. MusseiwaitE, D. W.; 59 Mayford Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W. 12. Mustrrs, James Lawrnnce CoawortH; 3 oe Mansions, 8.W.1. Navmsoure, Mrs. W. W.; 121 East 64th Street, New York. NersHam, Rosert, F.Z.8S.; Utrecht House, Poynder’s Road, Clapham Park, 8.W.4 Newman, ‘l’. H., F.Z.S8. (Committee); Verulam, Forty Lane, Wembley, Middlesex. Nicuots, J. B., F.Z.S.; Parliament Mansions, Victoria Street, See TE. OntpHAM, Cuas., F.Z.S.; The Bollin, Shrublands Road, Berk- hamsted, Herts. Osmaston, Bertram BeresForp; 116 Banbury Road, Oxford. Parkin, Tuomas, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S.; Fairseat, High Wickham, Hastings. Prarson, CHARLES Epwarp, F.L.S.; Hillcrest, Lowdham, Nottingham. PrnrosE, Francis G., M.D., F.Z.S.; Rathkeale, 51 Surrey Road, Bournemouth. Prrsnouse, Major 8.; ¢/o Lloyds Bank (Cox & King’s Branch), 6 Pall Mall, 8. W. lg Pirman, Capt. C. R. 8., D.S.0., M.C., Game Warden, Entebbe, Uganda. Prayer, W. J. P.; Wernfadog, Clydach R.S.0., Glamorganshire. Pornam, Huan eae et M.A. Eeenaeienet House, Pensford, Somerset. Price, A. E., F.Z.S.; Culverwood House, Little Berkhamsted, Herts. Pye-Smuirx#, Grorrrey Henry Rurnerrorp; 40 Cleveland Square, Hyde Park, W. 2. Rarciirr, F. R.; 29 Connaught Square, W. 2. Reap, Rosperr H.; 10 South Parade, Bedford Park, W. 4. Riexert, C. B., F.Z.S.; 27 Kendrick Road, Reading, Berks. Rrnerosr, Brrnarp J.; Farley, Harbridge Green, Ringwood, Hants. | Rivikre, B. B., F.R.C.S.; Hill House, Saxlingham, Norwich. Rogtnson, H. C., C.M.Z.8.; 142 Duke’s House, St. James’s Court, S.W.1. Rotuscaitp, Lionpn WauitErR—Lord, D.Se., F.R.S., Ph.D., F.Z.S8. (Chairman, 1913-1918); Tring Park, Herts. Scrater, Wintram Luter, M.A., F.Z.8. (Chairman, 1918-1924) ; 10 Sloane Court, 8.W. 1. 135 140 145 150 155 xVI Sconz, The Rt. Hon. Muneo Davin—Lord; Scone Palace, Perth. Sera-Surru, Davin, F.Z.8.; Curator’s House, Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Park, N.W. 8. Ssron, Sir Matcorm C. C., K.C.B.; 26 Upper Park Road, Haver- stock Hill, N.W. 3. Sarpron, Wa., B.A., M.D.; 2 The Square, Buxton. Stapen, Major A. G. L., M.C.; Kingswood House, The Lee, Great Missenden, Bucks. Swattey, Freperic W., F.Z.8.; The Hawthorns, 193 Clapham Road, S.W. 9. SnouckAERt VAN Scuavusure, Baron Rene CuHariEes; Hotel les Terrasses, Territet, Switzerland. Sparrow, Col. R., C.M.G., D.8.0., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S.; The Lodge, Colne Engaine, Earls Colne, Essex. Srares, J. W. C.; Portchester, Hants. Srevens, Herperr; Clovelly, Beaconsfield Road, Tring, Herts. 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Stapen ; 21 Cheyne Gardens, Chelsea Embankment, 8S. W.3. Wirnersy, Harry F., M.B.E., F.Z.8S. (Chairman, 1924-1927) ; 326 High Holborn, W.C. 1. Wirnerineton, G.; Sumner Plat, Hayward’s Heath. Woop, Dr. Casry A., M.D.; c/o The Library of Ornithology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 175 ©. R. Woon; c/o Messrs. Martins Ltd. (marked “ Personal”), 54 Sussex Place, South Kensington, 8.W. 7. Worxman, Wittiam Hueuss, F.Z.S.; Lismore, Windsor, Belfast. Worms, Cuariis DE; Milton Park, Egham, Surrey. New Members for the Session .. 10 Total number of Members .... 177 NOTICE. [Members are specially requested to keep the Hon. Secretary informed of any changes in their addresses, and Members residing abroad should give early notification of coming home on, leave. | VOL, XLVIII. b LIST OF AUTHORS AND OTHER PERSONS REFERRED TO. ANNUAL GENERAL MERFTING, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ........ Barty, W. SHORE. HMxehibition of danterh-slides.t..'&. skews as bs HORA SAG Baker, E. C. Stuart. Description of a new subspecies of Bronze-winged Pigeon (Chalcophaps indica robinsont) from Ceylon ..........00.- Exhibition ai danternesliges cguids oth cove dh Mei ce eas —. See Rosrinson, H. C. BANNERMAN, D. A. Description of a new Frigate-Bird (Fregata magnificens lower) trom thes@ape Yerdedlss Ob. ak eA GS, Pale ee BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION AND CLUB DINNER .,,.... Bunyaprp, P. F. Account of his investigations on the habits of the Cuckoo at: Claite-at-Hoo, Ieit cette See ee tire tebe oe «cee Exhibition of nest of Chaffinch and a clutch of eggs of the Spotted Plyeatcher, , «orcs: parte qe att Orly rd ge Lees Exhibition of a number of water-colour drawings of birds by, Denham.Jordan j «.ssivjtvnrs clans AIS WGA. DR Exhibition of two drawings of a Cuckoo at a Reed- Warbler’s nest Page 2 83 58 83 XIX Buruer, A. L. Elected as Member of Committee .............c000e oT Exhibition of rare and melanistic Humming-birds: ...... Exhibition of a pair of rare Parrots (Pyrrhura viridicata) . ATE MAN ADDRESS .......¢.¢00 0: BM ee he ane wusiin as es CuaseEn, F.N, See Knoss, C. B. , and Kiross, C. BopEn. Description of a new race of Cyornis from 8. Annam (Cyornis rufigastra indochina) .....+..4. a ee ae | hide COMMITTEE, LIST OF.........: Siig SAR OR AR a agequia wns DELACOUR, J. On behalf of Dr. Kuroda, exhibition of two paintings of Pseudotadorna cristata ........ sd ohea diet sans Site ia ierenar ——., and JABOUILLE, P. Exhibition and description of twenty-one new forms from Indo-China :— Genneus lewist, G. nycthemerus berliozi, -Arborophila cambodiana, A. rufoyularis guttata, Tropicoperdia chloropus olivacea, Ptilolemus tickelli imdochinensis, Chrysophlegma Jlavinucha annamensis, Pitta cyanea auraniiaca, Criniger gutturalts cambodiana, Corythocichla grisecgularis, C. annam- ensis, Scheniparus rufogularis blanchardi, Erpornis vantho- leuca canescens, Notodela cambodiana, Cissa concolor, Bhringa remifer lefoli, Amandava amandava decouart, Atthopyga siparaju insularis, Leptocoma brasilana, L. braziliana emme, L. asiatica hachisukai, Diceum beccarti cambodianum ...... ERRATA Oe) Oe! 6.45 @) Oe. 8) 8) ae) Mt ais. 2. '@ Lie © eee! © € 6 ee ies (esr @ es ‘6 oe @at@ee GENERAL MEETING, SPECIAL ........ ante wit) Sth: a Oe GoRDON, SETON. Exhibition of cinematograph films of various birds ...... GRIFFITH, A. F. Exhibition of a Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) shot at Lewis in August 1840 .............. ita ee te Reported that the so-called British example of the Anda- lusian Hemipode had no claim to be retained on the British Pte eek Se SY yl eas Diet Scart a eb ee Sit cucanaeeee 125 90 91 XX Harrtert, Dr. Ernst. Account of his trip to North Africa, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco Ce ry Description of a new subspecies of Green Pigeon (Spheno- cercus sphenurus oblitus) from Hainan Exhibition and description of a new subspecies of Thick- head (Pachycephala pectoralis javana) from Java JABOUILLF, M. P. See Druaconr, J. JourDAIN, Rev. F. C. R. Account otf his journey in Morocco Exhibition of lantern-slides Remarks ou the supposed records of the breeding of the Fire-crest in the British Isles eoeevoveecevreeee ee Feeeesr ee ee eee Kinnear, N. B. Description of a new race of Sand-Grouse (Pterocles coro- natus saturatus) from the Oman Peninsula................ Exhibition of an adult and immature of the rare Magellanic Plover (Pluvianellus sociabilis) from Tierra de Fuego Exhibition and description of a new Pigeon (Muscadivora bakert) trom the New Thebrides). ger ot us, «dc & aun vulen 6 295. Dr. Abbott and Mr. C. B. Kloss obtained eleven specimens of this bird on Great and Little Nicobar Island between the end of February and March. Richmond gives the wing of- his type as 77°5 mm., that of the bird exhibited, a not quite adult male, is 79. III. Rarwomyzas rarDus Robinson & Kloss. Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. vi. 1915, p.49; iid. op. cit. ep: tae. We have obtained in all six specimens of this form—three including the type from hills in Selangor and Negri Sembilan at a height of 1500-2300 feet in the month of September, and three from a screw-pile lighthouse in the middle of the Straits of Malacca, 15 miles from land, in November. The British Museum also contains one from Klang on the coast of Selangor, collected by W. Davison in March. Wing: fg 79-83 mm.; 2 79°5. Comparison of all these birds discloses no differences that can be regarded as even subspecific, and I think it must be admitted that we have a case of one form only in summer- quarters (S. China) and in winter-quarters, Malay Peninsula and Nicobars, which must be known under its earliest name, Rhinomyias brunneata (H. H. Slater). The genus, which consists of several species, with head- quarters in Borneo and the Philippines, is an inhabitant of thick jungle, often at considerable elevations, and has not hitherto been recorded as migratory. Messrs. H. C. Ropinson and C. B. Kuoss also exhibited and described the following race of Cyornis from Hastern Java :— Cyornis banyumas limitans, subsp. nov. Male. With the light tint on the forehead and superciliaries far less pronounced than in the typical form, rufous of the under surface paler, the middle of the belly white, under tail-coverts also pure white. Wing 75mm. female. Above 45 [Vol. xlviii. paler and greyer than the female of C. 6. banyumas. Below lighter and more rufous, less rusty red. Middle of the abdomen and under tail-coverts white. Wing 71 mm. 7 Type. Adult male. Tamansari, Hast Java, 1400 feet. Collected on 15th April, 1916, by Federated Malay States Museum Collector. Specimens examined. The type and another male from the same locality collected by C. B. Kloss on 15th January, 1920. A female from the type-locality and another from Badjoel- mati, H. Java, also collected by C. B. Kloss, and a third female from the Ardjoeno Volcano, 3000 feet, E. Java, collected 12th January, 1896, by W. Doherty and now in the Tring Museum. Mr. H. F. Wiruersy referred to Mr. H. W. Robinson’s announcement of the breeding of the Firecrest. (Regulus ignicaptllus) in Lancashire in ‘The Ibis,’ October 1927, p- 732, and to his statement that the young just out of the nest had ‘“‘a minute small | sic] lemon-coloured tuft on the crown.” Mr. Witherby stated that he had examined six specimens in juvenile plumage (3 Tring Museum, 1 British Museum, and 2 in his own collection), and none of these had any trace of lemon-colour on thecrown. He exhibited three specimens in support of his statement. Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited a remarkable nest of the Chaffinch (Fringilla colebs) from Kent. The nest was found by H. L. Stapley, of Ashford, Kent, in a white-thorn bush, and measured, depth 6in., width 24 in., cir- cumference 17 in., diameter of cup 2 in., depth of cup 14 in. The wall or outside of the nest had the usual lichen and _ moss, which is interwoven and almost entirely encased with white cotton-wool ; the cup was heavily lined with horse and other hair, and a few feathers. The eggs were typical, and the birds carefully identified at the nest. Mr. Bunyard also exhibited a very beautiful clutch of 5 eges of the Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) from Putney. Vol. xlviti. | 46 Ground-colour pale blue, resembling those of the Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca), one egg had a large suffused marking at the large end of reddish-grey, the remainder had sparingly distributed minute spots of the same colour. Mr. Bunyard also exhibited a typical clutch for com- parison. Mr. C. Bopen Koss sent descriptions of new Oriental subspecies by Mr. F. N. Chasen and himself. Cyanops asiatica chersonesus, subsp. nov. Cyanops davisont Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. v. 1915, p. 94 (Mountains of Bandon, Peninsular Siam) ; Robinson and Kloss, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, v. 1922, p. 162 (Mountains of Nakawn Sritamarat, Penin- sular Siam). Cyanops asiatica ? incognita Baker, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, iii. 1919, p. 429 (Mountains of Trang, Peninsular Siam). Cyanops davisoni (incogmita?), Robinson and Kloss, Journ. F.M.S. Mus. xi. 1923, p. 60 (Mountains of Nakawn Srita- marat, Peninsular Siam). Like C. a. davisoni (Hume) of Central Tenasserim, but the red occipital patch much reduced in area ; the blue band across the crown broader, paler, and greener blue with the black centres of the feathers less distinct ; cheeks and throat paler blue. Type in the British Museum. Adult female from Khao Luang, Nakawn Sritamarat, Peninsular Siam, 4500 feet. Collected by H. M. Pendlebury on 29th March, 1922. Wing 100 mm. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1927.11.15.1. Six specimens examined and compared with examples of C. a. davisoni from the neighbourhood of Raheng, West Siam. Obs. Cyanops incognita (Hume), in connection with which these birds have been discussed, has a black stripe below the eye; it is probably the north-western form of C. oorts, whereas chersonesus is the southern representative of C. astatica. 47 [ Vol. xlviii. | Cyanoderma erythroptera rufa, subsp. nov. Like Cyanoderma erythroptera labuanensis Coll. & Hart. (OQ. bicolor (Blyth) and auct.), but the chestnut of the upper parts much richer (Mahogany-red, Ridgway) and extending up the nape to the occiput. Compared with eighteen examples of C.e. labuanensis from North Borneo. Type. Adult female from Sampit, south coast of Borneo, long. 113° EH. Collected by Dr. Carl Lumholz on 24th June, 1914. ‘“TJris red-brown, bill black, feet brown.” Wing 62mm. In the intensity of its colour and in having back and wings alike this specimen seems to resemble that obtained by Motley in the Banjermassin district of South Borneo (Timalia sp., Sclater, P. Z. 8. 1863, p. 215). Chlorocharis emiliz moultoni, subsp. nov. Like C. e. emilte Sharpe, of Mt. Kinabalu, North Borneo, but smaller in all dimensions. Superciliary stripes, sides of the head, fore-neck, and underparts much yellower ; upper parts a brighter clearer green. The distinct broad super- - cilium and the yellow sides of the head, etc., conspicuously distinguish this bird from the typical form. Differences in size are as follows :— C. e. moultone C. e. emilie (13 spms.). (11 spms.). NN G00 eta eee 62-65:°5 67-72 ail 951) Sa REAL 47-51 53-60 Culniert sesh o. 92: 12-13 14-16 | Type (in the ‘Sarawak ) Museum). Adult male from Mt. Poi, South-western Sarawak, 5000 feet. Collected by E. Mjoberg on 6th October, 1923. Wing 65°5 mm. ; exposed culmen 12°5. We have compared examples of this new race from Mt. Poi (5000-5400 ft.), Mt. Murad (7000 ft.), and Mt. Temabo (Baram District), all in Sarawak, with topo- types of C. e. emilie taken on Kinabalu at altitudes up to 11,000 ft. It is interesting that C.e. emilie should apparently be— confined to the Kinabalu area, while the new form, so Vol. xlviii. | 48 markedly distinct, is found on both Mt. Murad and Mt. Poi; the former is only 150 miles south-west of Kinabalu, while Poi is another 400 miles distant in the same direction. But Kinabalu is the highest and, at the same time, the most isolated mountain in Borneo, while there is a more or less high-level connection between the rest. Mr. G. M. Matuews forwarded the following :—— Rileyornis, gen. nov. Differs from Cyornis Blyth ia having a distinctly hooked bill. Type, Stphia hoevilli Meyer. NOTICES. The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, December 14, 1927, at PAGANT’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1. The Dinner at 7 p.m. Members intending to dine are requested to inform the Hon. Secretary, Dr. G. Carmichael Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W. 1. Members are reminded that the Subscription for the Session, £1 1s. Od., is now due. The Treasurer hopes that those not paying by banker’s order will send him this without further notice. Members who intend to make any communication at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to give notice before- hand to the Editor, Mr. N. B. Kinnear, at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, 8.W.7, and to give him their MSS., for publication in the ‘Bulletin,’ not later than at the Meeting. B= JAM 1928 Biiscu ASED rWneoeriAgl BULLETIN OF THE PeerrisH ORNITHODLOGIS TS’ CLUB: No. CCCAIX. Tae three-hundred-and-fourteenth Meeting of the Club was held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W. 1, on Wednesday, December 14, 1927. Chairman: Dr. P. R. Lowe. Members present: —W .SHors Batty; H.C. Stuart Baker; D. A. Bannerman; F. J. F. Barnineton; A. L. Buruer; Col. 8. R. Cuarke ; Capt. H. L. Cocuranez, R.N.; Major- Gen. Sir Percy Cox; A. H. Evans; A. Ezra; Major S. S. Frowrer; Rev. J. R. Hate; Dr. EK. Harrerr; R. HE. Heata; Rey. F.C. R. Journain; N. B. Kinnear (Lditor) ; Dr. G. CarmicHaEL Low (fon. Sec. § Treas.) ; Admiral H. Lynes; C. W. MackwortH-Prazp; J. H. McNetre; “Dr. P. H. Manson-Baur; Col. R. MEInerTzHacen ; Mrs. MEINERTZHAGEN; J. L. CoawortH Musters ; C. Oup- Ham; G. H. R. Pys-Smira; C. B. Rickert; H. C. Rosinson ; Lord Roruscuitp ; W. L. Scitater; D. Setu- Suita ; H. Stevens; W. G. Sruart-Mentrera; ©. G. TaLBot-PonsonBy ; Marquis or Tavistock ; A. LANpDs- BOROUGH THomson; B. W. Tucker; H. WHISTLER ; V. Witiiams ; H. FE. Wirnersy. [ December 29, 1927, | VOL, XLVIII. . fy Vol. xlviii. | 50 Guests present :—T. W. Avam; L. pe TrsoittH; M. La- VAUDEN ; H. Hugues Onstow; B. B. Osmastron ; C. R. Woop. Dr. G. CarmicHaEL Low showed the foot of a Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus), which had been sent to him by Mr. Edward Valpy. The bird was recently shot on the Humber and presented a very abnormal condition of the web of the foot. This was entirely absent between the toes, with the exception of a slight thickening along the side of each toe down to the base of the nail, where the web naturally ends. There was no evidence of any traumatism to account for the condition, and one must conclude therefore that it was a congenital defect. There was no account of the other foot. {[Nore.—Since writing the above, Mr. Valpy has kindly obtained the other foot, whichis exactly the same as the one exhibited. | Mr. W. L. Scuarer exhibited some birds from southern Abyssinia recently obtained by Sir Geoffrey Archer, K.C.M.G., among which were two new Francolins :— Last summer Sir Geoffrey Archer and H.H. the Maharao of Cutch’made a shooting expedition into the mountainous region south of Addis-Ababa and the Hawash Valley and east of Lake Zwai and the chain of Lakes which form the upper end of the Rift Valley, and which is generally known as the Arussi Country. Owing to the unfortunate incident of the raiding of a caravan which they had sent to Berbera for fresh supplies by unruly Abyssinian soldiery, their stay was cut short, and Sir G. Archer did not obtain so many bird-skins as he had hoped. But, in addition to the two Francolins described below, he obtained a third Francolin, Francolinus castaneicollis bottegi (Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxvili. 1898, p. 652), first discovered by the Italian traveller, Bottego, which is new to the Natural History Museum, and also Turacus leucotis donaldson Sharpe and Caprimulgus donaldsoni Sharpe, both rare birds which have Od a [ Vol. xlviii. been seldom met with since they were originally collected by Dr. Donaldson Smith. Sir Geoffrey Archer has most generously presented these as well as the types of the new Francolins to the National Collection. Francolinus coqui maharao, subsp. nov. Description.—Nearest on the whole to F. ¢. coquz, which ranges from South Africa to eastern Kenya Colony, but with the crown a deeper reddish-brown, the back also of a richer shade and the longitudinal pale spear-marks larger and less frequent. Below narrowly barred transversely throughout from the breast to the under tail-coverts with black and pale fulvous, the barring much more regular and much finer than that of F. ¢. cogut, the outer edge of the primaries and their coverts washed with rufous. From F’. c. hubbardi of western Kenya Colony it differs in its barred underparts, as also from the mysterious F. c. schlegeli (see ‘ Ibis,’ 1922, p. 109) and F. c. buckleyz. Measurements—Length about 566 mm.; wing 136; tail 85; tarsus 35; one sharp but not very long spur. Type (and only example obtained) in the British Museum, a male from Dugata Sasabin, at 4000 ft., in the Arussi Galla country _of Southern Abyssinia, collected by Sir Geoffrey Archer, K.C.M.G., on 28 June, 1927. Brit. Mus. Reg. NG 1927 1203.1. Francolinus africanus archeri, subsp. nov. Description.—Closely resembling F. a. lorti of British Somaliland, but more darkly coloured above. The ground- colour of the feathers almost black; underparts with a distinct buffy tinge, not white or creamy as in Fa. lorti ; also much smaller—wing 148 mm., against 167. Type (and only example obtained) in the British Museum, a male from Mt. Daro, 7000 ft., east of Harrar, near the borders of British and Abyssinian Somaliland, collected by Sir Geoffrey Archer on 25 June, 1927. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1927.12.13.2. *& Vol. xlviii. | Sy Mr. N. B. Kinnear exhibited an adult female and an immature skin of the rare Magellanic Plover (Pluvianellus sociabilis), which was obtained by Mr. P. W. Reynolds in Tierra del Fuego in January 1927. This bird was first discovered by Capt. P. P. King, of the ‘ Adventure,’ in the Straits of Magellan between 1826-30, but it was not named till 1853, when a single example, brought home from the same locality by the naturalists on the ‘ Péle Sud,’ was described by Jacquinot and Pucheran. This specimen is now in the Paris Museum. Since then Mr. John Young shot a single example at Tova Harbour, Patagonia, in 1888, which is now in Lord Rothschild’s collection. The above three specimens, so far as I know, are the only examples in Hurope. The coloration of the plate of this bird in ‘ Voyage au Pole Sud,’ Zool., Oiseaux, pl. xxx., is quite good, and except that the upper surface is rather too brown there is not much wrong with it. The same, however, cannot be said of the coloured figure in Seebohm’s ‘ Geographical Distribution of the Charadriide,’ which is far too dark and the eyes, legs, and feet quite the wrong tint. No doubt, this is due to tle plate having been coloured from Capt. King’s old specimen. The following are the measurements of Mr. Reynolds’s adult 9 :—Wing 139; tarsus 21; bill from base of skull 22; tail 62 mm. Weight 3 0z. Iris carmine, but darker than foot ; tarsus and foot carmine ; bill black, a pinkish patch at the base of both mandibles. The immature bird differs from the adult in the grey colour of the upperside being of a paler shade and having most of the feathers tipped with white, particularly on the head ; the scapulars and wing-coverts barred with the same and the breast streaked with pale grey. In the adult there is a broad band of greyish-brown feathers across the breast, but in the immature bird these feathers are white with pale grey centres, giving rather a streaked appearance. Iris orange; bill black, yellowish patches at base ; tarsus and feet dull yellow. 53 [Volt xlviii. NOMENCLATURE OF PeRDIX HODGSONIZ. In the ‘ Bulletin,’ No. CCCVIII. (Nov. 1926), Professor Sushkin described a new form of Tibetan Partridge as Perdiw hodgsonie occidentalis. Dr. C. B. Ticehurst pointed out to Prof. Sushkin, however, that the name was preoccupied, and accordingly the latter changed it to Perdix hodgsonie nanshanice in the October number (vol. xlviii. 1927, p. 27). In the meanwhile, Dr. Albert Collin had noticed Prof. Sushkin’s mistake, andin the ‘ Ornithologische Monatsbericht’ for March 1927 (xxxv. p. 55) proposed to substitute the name Perdia hodgsonie koslowi, which, unfortunately, is the name the bird must now be known by. A needless addition to synonymy might have been avoided if Dr. Collin had followed Dr. Ticehurst’s example and, instead of rushing into print, drawn Prof. Sushkin’s attention to the mistake. In this connection, we would draw Dr. Collin’s attention to the Resolution under Article 34 of the International Rules of Zoological Nomenclature (vide Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xxxix. p. 86, July 30, 1926. —Ep. Dr. P. R. Lowe exhibited a mounted example of a Red- necked Grebe, said to have been obtained at Aultbea, Ross- shire, in September 1925, and forwarded to the Museum for identification by Messrs. John Betteridge and Son of Bir- mingham. Dr. Lowe considered the bird to be an example of the American form, Podiceps griseigena holbellit (Holbeell’s Grebe), but before definitely adding it to the British list he wished to make further investigations, as the specimen is not altogether normal, and also to obtain additional particu- lars of its capture. Vol. xlvini. | 54 NOTICES. The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, January 11, 1928, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1. The Dinner at 7 p.m. Members intending to dine are requested to inform the Hon. Secretary, Dr. G. Carmichael Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W.1. Members are reminded that the Subscription for the Session, £1 1s. Od., is now due. The Treasurer hopes that those not paying by banker’s order will send him this without further notice. Members who intend to make any communication at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to give notice before- hand to the Editor, Mr. N. B. Kinnear, at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, S.W.7, and to give him their MSS., for publication in the ‘ Bulletin,’ not later than at the Meeting. PURCHASED BULLETIN OF THE pea list: ORNITHOLOGISTS® CLUB. No. CCCXX. Tae three-hundred-and-fifteenth Meeting of the Club was held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W. 1, on Wednesday, January 11, 1928. Chairman: Dr. P. R. Lowe. Members present:—W .SuHors Baity; H.C. Stuart Baker; -D. A. Bannerman; F. J. F. Bargineton; Miss M.G.S. Best ; Count A. Boprinskoy ; P. Ff. Bunyarp; Capt. F. W. Dewuurst ; Miss J. M. Ferrier ; Major 8. 8. Fiower ; ‘A. F. Grirritu; Dr. E. Harrert; R. E. Heats; Mrs. T. E. Hopexin; Rev. F. 0. R. Journain; N. B. Kinnear (Ldi- tor); J. S. Lewis; N. S. Lucas; ©. W. Macxkwortz- Prazep; Lt.-Col. H. A. F. Magratu; Mrs. R. MEINERTz- HAGEN; J. L. CHawortH Musrers; T. H. NeEwman ; i. OLDHAM «Gad, oh. Pyeeomrrn ; (C)* 5. Rickert ; H. C. Ropinson ; W. L. Scuater ; D.Serx-Smirx ; Major A. G. L. Suapen; H. Stevens; H. Wuistier; H. F. WITHERBY. Guests present :—M. A. C. Hinron ; A. O..Surry ; Baron L. DE ‘TIBOLTH. {January 26, 1928.] a VOL. XLVIII. Vol. xlviii. | 56 Mr. N. B. Kinnear exhibited a new species of Pigeon of the genus Muscadivora from Santo Island, New Hebrides, where it had been discovered by Mr. J. R. Baker :— Muscadivora bakeri, sp. nov. Head grey, darker on the occiput ; lower’‘neck and upper mantle dark maroon ; back, rump, and tail blackish-grey slightly glossed and similar in tint to the occiput; wings blackish-grey with a slight grey bloom. Breast dark maroon, similar te the head, becoming lighter and redder towards the vent; under tail-coverts bright chestnut ; underside of tail ashy-grey ; under wing-coverts rich chestnut and the underside of the flight-feathers bright chestnut. Measurements :— Wing 230 mm. ; tail 162; tarsus 30 bill from base 32, from gape 33. Type in the British Museum. 4, Betap, Western Santo, New Hebrides, 3500 ft. Collected by J. R. Baker. Reg. No. 1927.12.26.1. Notse.—This Pigeon is quite unlike any other known species, and, though distinct from, appears to be nearest to Muscadivora latrans Peale of the Fiji Islands. From all the other members of the genus the new species differs in the colour of the under tail-coverts and underside of the tail. Mr. Baker only brought back a single skin—the type. Two others were obtained by a native at about the same elevation and brought in to him, but, unfortunately, were plucked before he could prevent it. Apparently this Pigeon is confined to high elevations on Western Santo, and, according to the natives, is unknown on the eastern part, which is mostly below 500 feet. In addition, Mr. Baker brought back a few other skins, ' which include examples of Lamprococcyx plagosus layardi and Nyroca australis not hitherto recorded from the New Hebrides. Mr. N. B. Kinnear also communicated the following note :— “Dr. Stresemann has kindly drawn my attention to the Ornith. Monatsber. for 1925, p. 21, wherein he records two a [ Vol. xlviii. female specimens of Pluvianellus sociabilis in the Berlin Museum. These examples were obtained by Professor L. Plate in January 1895 at Punta Anegada in the Straits of Magellan.” Mr. H. C. Roxinson exhibited and described the following race of Woodpecker :— In Bull. B.O. C. xlvi. 1926, pp. 72-4, Mr. N. B. Kinnear dealt with the various races of Blythipicus pyrrhotis (Hodgs.) and described that from Annam, but, owing to lack of material, was unable to discriminate the bird from the mountains of the Malay Peninsula of which only a single, not very adult, male was then available. As might be expected on geographical grounds, additional specimens show that the Malayan birds are distinct. Blythipicus pyrrhotis cameroni, subsp. nov. Nearest to B. p. annamensis Kinnear and equally dark beneath, but with a decided claret wash on the dark brown of the mantle, which is almost uniform. Scarlet of the neck only slightly indicated on the middle of the nape, not almost continuous as in B. p. pyrrhotis. Secondaries without the strong scarlet flush of that form. Dark bars on the primaries nearly as broad as the orange-brown interspaces, the black barring on the tail very even and much narrower than the orange interspaces. Size rather smaller than any of the other races. Type :—Adult male. Gunong Mengkuang Lebah, Selan- gor, 4800 feet. March 1907. ‘Federated Malay States Museum Coll. Specimens examined :—The type and two rather less adult males from the main range of the Peninsula (Fraser’s Hill, 4000 feet, and Gunong Batu Puteh, 3400 feet) and two adult females from Cameron’s Highlands and the Seamangko Pass, 3500-4000 feet. Dimensions :—Males. Wing 142, 141*, 137 ; tail 97, 89%, 96; tarsus 23, 23*, 22; bill from base of skull 45, 44°5*, 42 mm. * Type. @2 Vol. xlviii.] 58 Females. Wing 135, 136; tail 91, 92; tarsus 22, 23; bill from base of skull 40, 45 mm. 7 The race is named after the discoverer of the area in the main range between Perak and Pahang which is now being developed as a hill-station for the Malay Peninsula. It was - first obtained in the vicinity of this district by Mr. L. Wray, 13520; Mr. E. C. Sruarr Baxer described the following new subspecies of Chalcophaps indica :— Chalcophaps indica robinsoni, subsp. nov. This race is separable from the continental form by its smaller size and by the well-marked blue-grey streak down the back of the neck and the interscapulars. In the conti- nental race the grey band sometimes passes as far down the neck, but in such cases it is ill-defined and broken, mergitig into the surrounding colours rather than contrasting with them as it does in the Ceylon bird. Measurements :—Wing, ¢ 132 to 143 mm., 2 127 to 134, as against 152 to 161 and 148 to 156 respectively in C. i. indica. Type in the British Museum, g. Cocawatte Estate, Ceylon. A. L. Butler Coll., 11th September, 1895. Registered No. 1916, 9.20.510. Distribution :—Ceylon. Material examined :—Hight from Ceylon and a large number from elsewhere. Messrs. H. C. Roprnson and EH. C. Stuart Baker exhi- bited a series of Bustard-Quails (Turnzx), naming three new subspecies and making the following remarks :—- TURNIX SUSCITATOR. The above name must be employed for the Bustard-Quail, formerly known as Turnia pugnax (Temm. Pig. et Gall. iii. pp. 612, 754, 1815) and more recently as Turnia javanica (Rafinesque, 1814). Many years earlier a bird had been described by Gmelin (Syst. Nat. i. p. 763, 1789) under the 59 [ Vol. xlviii. name of Tetrao suscitator*. Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, in vol. xxii. of the ‘ Catalogue of Birds of the British Museum,’ quotes this name in his synonymy with a query, whilst he also uses queries to Brisson’s “ La Caille de Java” (Orn. i. p. 251, 1760) and Latham’s “ Noisy Quail” (Gen. Syn. ii. pt. il. p. 787, 1783). Apparently he rejected the name suscitator — on the grounds of insufficient description, but this appears to us to amply suffice for identification. It refers to a bird not larger than a dove, in general appearance very like the Common Quail and remarkable for its very loud booming call. The only other bird to which the description could possibly apply is the Japanese Quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica Temm. & Schleg., which, however, has never been recorded from Java, where, on the contrary, the Bustard- Quail is common. Both Brisson and Latham refer to the custom the natives of Java have of keeping this bird in small cages on account of their admiration for its booming call. This custom is still in force and for the same reason. Turn suscitator has been divided into several races, of which Baker accepted four as occurring within Indian limits when he wrote the “* Game Birds of India” for the ‘ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.’ He, however, then pointed out that in several areas, notably round about Calcutta and Pegu, there appeared to be forms which differed again very considerably from those occurring immediately around them. Further, Robinson, whilst working on the birds of Malaya, Siam, etc., came to the conclusion that the forms Turnia rostrata and Turni# pugnax (now suscitator) would have to be restricted to Formosa and Java re- spectively. We have now re-examined the large material in the British Museum, supplemented by that brought home by Robinson from the Malay States and the islands, and we * Gmelin and Latham include their bird in a section with four toes, which, of course, no member of the genus Turnix possesses. The original figure by Willoughby (Orn. 1678, p. 171, tab. xxviiii.), Coternix indica bonti, on which all subsequent descriptions were more or less based, shows a bird with no hind toes, Vol. xlviii.] 60 agree that the following geographical races are sufficiently well differentiated to necessitate their separation :— (1) TuRNIX SUSCITATOR SUSCITATOR Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 1. p. 763, 1789. This is a small dark form, the black of the upper parts not greatly, but the rufous highly, developed ; the under- parts are very rufous, and there are distinct indications of a red collar on the neck and interscapulars of the female. Measurements :—Wing, ¢? 81 to 90 mm., ¢ 79 to 85 (9 examined). Lype-locality :—Java. Distribution :—Java, Souphs Kast Sumatra, and ?S.W. Sumatra. (2) TURNIX SUSCITATOR ATROGULARIS Hyton, P. Z. 8. 1839, p. 207. Similar to TJ. s. suscitator, but distinctly duller, though almost as dark. Neither the black nor the rufous markings on the upper plumage are quite so distinct; the pale buff on the wings paler and more extensive. Measurements :—Wing, ¢ 84 to 91 mm., J 75 to 86 (50). Type-locality :—Malacca. Distribution :—Northern Sumatra, Malay States north to, and including, Province Wellesley. (3) Turnix suscitator interrumpens, subsp. nov. In general appearance this race is very uniform in the colour of its upper plumage, having neither the rich red marking of blakistom nor the velvety-black bars and marks of 7’. s. suscitator or T. s. atrogularis. Measurements :— Wing, ? 81 to 90 mm., ¢ 73 to 87 (28), Type in the British Museum. 2, Kossoom, Peninsular Siam (J. Darling). Hume Coll. Reg. No. 89.5.10.316. Mnstribution :—Peninsular Siam and Burma to H. Siam. Specimens from N.E. Siam are very grey, and with further material thence may have to be separated and named. (4) Turnix suscitator pallescens, subsp. nov. A much paler form; the black and rufous markings on the upper plumage obsolete or much modified; the white 61 | Vol. xlviii. ‘markings broad and taking the shape of bars rather than streaks on the scapulars and inner coverts. The general tone is decidedly rufescent. Measurements :—Wing, 2 80 to 88 mm., ¢ 80 to 83 (14). Type in the British Museum. 9, Thayetmyo, Burma, Hume Coll. Reg. No. 89.5.10.306. Distribution :—A dry-zone bird, inhabiting roughly the low-rainfall area in Pegu, north to Thayetmyo and Tounghoo, but not apparently crossing the Sittoung river. (5) TuRNIX SUSCITATOR ROSTRATA Swinhoe, Ibis, 1865, p- 043. A dark richly coloured form, but not possessing the broad rufous bars of 7. s. blakistoni which it otherwise closely resembles. Measurements :—Wing, 2 89 to 90 mm., ¢ 77 to 88 €i3). Type-locality :—Formosa. Distribution :—Formosa. (6) TURNIX SUSCITATOR BLAKISTONI Swinhoe, P. Z.8. 1871, p. 401. , The most richly coloured of all the races of Bustard- Quail, the upper parts beautifully blotched and streaked with velvety black and rich rufous-red, the latter colour in broad bars. Measurements :—Wing, 2? 88 to 94 mm., g 78 to 82 (19). Type-locality :—Canton, China. Distribution :—South China from Fokhien, Tonkin, Annam, Northern Siam, Yunnan, Shan States, and Karennee. (7) TURNIX SUSCITATOR PLUMBIPES Hodgs. Beng. Sport. Mag., May 1837, p. 346. Similar to blakistoni, but not nearly so richly coloured ; the rufous paler and in streaks rather than bars ; the lower Vol. xlviii. | 62 parts not nearly so rufous. From legge: it differs in being much paler below and more black above—this is the darkest of all the races. Measurements :—Wing, 2 82 to98 mm., ¢ 77 to 90 (42). Type-locality :—Nepal. Distribution :—Chin and Kachin Hills, Bengal east of the Bay, North Arrakan, west to Sikkim, Nepal, the Bengal Dooars, and the wetter, more forested districts of Hastern and Northern Bengal to Bettiah in Bihar. (8) Turnix suscitator isabellinus, subsp. nov. A pale race, differentiated from all others by the very isabelline tint of the plumage of the upper parts; the white streaks are numerous but very narrow, the underparts a deeper rufous than in the other pale races. Measurements :—Wing, 2? 83 to 84 mm., ¢ 77 (8). Type in the British Museum. 2, Calcutta, 31 July, 1874. Hume Coll. Registered No. 89.5.10.389. Distribution: 24 Parganas, Hoogly, and Nadia. (9) TurNIx suUscITATOR TAIGOOR Sykes, P.Z.8S. 1832, p- 159. General tint a pale bright rufescent ; the pale fulvous edges to the feathers of the back, scapulars, etc., very broad and dominant ; underparts pale rufous. Measurements :-—-Wing, ¢ 77 to 88 mm., g 72 to 85 (29). Type-locality :—Deccan. Distribution :—The whole of India south of the habitat of T. s. plumbipes and T. s. isabellinus. (10) TuRNIX SUSCITATOR LEGGEI Stuart Baker, Bull. BOs elt ..9, 1920. | Very close to 7. s. suscitator from Java, but distinguished from that bird by the broad red collar of the female. Measurements :-—-Wing, ¢ 81 to 88 mm., g 76 to 81 (8). Type-locality :—Ceylon. Distribution :--Confined to Ceylon. 63 [Vol. xlviii. Mr. A. F. GrirrirH reported seeing an immature Shag at full tide on January 5th of this year swimming and diving immediately under the parapet of the Embankment, a third of the way from the Waterloo Bridge to the Charing Cross Bridge. He also made some remarks on the Booth Museum at Brighton, where a large number of rare vagrants to Britain have now been collected, and recommended members to visit the museum when in that town. Mr. H. C. Ropryson read the following note on Sula leucogaster (Bodd.), based by observations by himself and Mr. N. B. Kinnear on the series in the British Museum :— Nore on Suz LEUcogasTER (BovD.). By H. C. Rosrinson and N. B. Kinnear, We have had occasion to examine the large series of this Booby in the British Museum, and have measured all the adult birds in the Collection. Mathews (Systema Avium Australas. 1927, p. 230) maintains three races :— S. leucogaster leucogaster (Bodd.). Terra typica, Cayenne. S. leucogaster plotus (Forster). Terra typica, New Cale- donia. S. leucogaster rogerst Mathews. Terra typica, Bedout Island, Mid-West Australia. The latter race has apparently been resuscitated, though it at one time was withdrawn by the author. The sole diagnosis is “silvery grey eyes and pale blue feet.” It is figured with blue feet, B. Austral. pl. 228, 1915, but in the description the feet are stated to be pale yellow. Mathews and Iredale consider that the forms are insuffici- ently studied and that the only fact certain is that two sub- species can be admitted—viz., S. 1. leucogaster, the Atlantic Ocean form, and S. J. plotus (Forster) from New Caledonia—— for Australian birds, “which are larger than typical birds and with deeper brown coloration above.” As regards color- ation, this statement is at first sight true. All the specimens from the Atlantic have head and neck distinctly darker than Vol. xlviii. | 64 the rest of the upper surface, therein differing from birds trom the Straits of Malacca, the Indo-Malayan Archipelago, and from tropical Hastern Australia and the Central Pacific, which are deep uniform brown. On the other hand, birds from Christmas Island and the neighbourhood of Formosa and the coast of Annam approach very closely in colour those from St. Paul’s Rocks in the Central Atlantic, and have the legs and wings rather paler than the head and neck. As regards dimensions, Mathews’s statements require some qualification. So far from Australian birds being larger than typical birds, the measurements given for S. l. rogersi (wing 374 mm., culmen 84) are smaller than those of the vast majority of the species that we have measured, that of the culmen being absolutely the smallest. The following being a summary [only fully adult birds in perfect plumage are included | :— Wings. Culmen. Range. Mean. Range. Mean. Atlantic Ocean... 95 3871-416 38986 91-108 972 72 8938-428 = 408°7 93-116 102°7 Pacific Ocean.... 65 387-407 394:8 93-98 95°7 5@ 400-424 409°0 99-110 102-0 Indian Ocean.... 5d 363-400 381°6 90-95 92°3 92 3878-420 403°0 89-102 97:0 It will be seen, therefore, that, taken as a whole, there is little difference in size between the birds of the three Oceans, those from the Indian Ocean being the smallest and those from the Atlantic the biggest. As with other birds of cosmopolitan range, in each area we find that the various breeding-colonies differ inter se in certain minor characters. In this particular case we have selected size as the only one that readily admits of quanti- tative expression, but intensive examination of large series would certainly reveal other differences. What is true of Oceanic birds is probably true also of certain sedentary land- birds, such as some of the Hemipodes, and we seem to have a case of strains developing within the area of what is con- ventionally recognized as a subspecies. How these should 65 | Vol. xlviil. be treated from a nomenclatural point of view, and to what _ extent their existence can be demonstrated, is an interesting subject for investigation and discussion. Mr. Hua Wuistier forwarded the following description of a new subspecies of Skylark :—— Alauda arvensis ticehursti, subsp. nov. Resembles A. a. guillelmi Witherby, but is even darker than that race and has more of a rusty-buff tinge in the plumage of the upper surface. The underparts are buffish with less white on them, and the gorget is more suffused with buff; the throat is more spotted and the spots composing the gorget are heavier. Bill shorter than in gullelmi. Bill from skull, ¢@ 15-16°75 mm., 2 15°5; wing, 3 106-114°5, 2 103°5. Nine males and one female from San Miguel de Oya (sea-level) and Santiago de Compostello (1800 feet). Type in the British Museum. Adult ¢, No. 6877. San Miguel de Oya, near Vigo, W. Galicia, May 10, 1927. Collected by Hugh Whistler. Observation :—The breeding-race of Galicia Province, _N.W. Spain. Examination of a series of A. a. sierra, A. a. guillelmi, and the new subspecies shows a regular gradation of colouring through the three races, A. a. guallelm being really an intermediate between the other two. Named after Dr. Claud B. Ticehurst, who helped to obtain the above series. A topotype of taite from near Lisbon has been examined, and, curious as it may seem, it is quite different to the Galician bird and is apparently the same as serre. Mr. P. F,. Bunyarp exhibited a number of interesting water-colour drawings of birds etc. by Denham Jordan, which formerly belonged to Mr. J. King, many years head gardener at Oakdene, Holmwood, Surrey. Jordan, who was a working naturalist, came from a village on the edge of the North Kent marshes and for many years lived in Dorking. Vol. xlviii. | 66 In collaboration with Mrs. J. A. Owen (Mrs. Owen Visger) he wrote several books on natural history under the pseudonym of ‘A Son of the Marshes” (‘ Bibliography of British Ornithology,’ p. 320), and in the first of these (‘ Woodland, Moor, and Stream’) there is mention of a picture of a dead Curlew which he had drawn on a slate. I can find no reference to Jordan as an artist, though it is well known in Surrey that he frequently drew birds from Nature. The accompanying exhibits show that he had some artistic talent, though wanting in accuracy and colour-detail. Mr. W. L. Scuater exhibited a photograph of the nest of the Social Weaver or Society-Bird (Philetairus socius) near Postmasburg, not far from Kimberley, in South Africa. These birds form communal nests in the old Kameeldorn trees formerly scattered about the open plains of Griqualand West and Bechuanaland. Since these have been cut down of recent years, the birds have taken to telegraph-poles on which to form their remarkable nests. A photograph of the old style of nest will be found in Stark and Sclater’s ‘Birds of South Africa,’ vol. i. p. 117. The photograph exhibited was taken by Professor E. Kaiser, of Munich, and sent to Mr. Sclater by Miss M. Wilman, Curator of the Macgregor Museum at Kimberley. Mr. SciaTEeR also communicated the following note on the Bulbul, Xenocichla xavieri, Oustalet :— Through the kind courtesy of Mr. J. Berlioz, I have been privileged to examine the type of Xenocichla xaviert, Oustalet (‘ Naturaliste,’ 1892, p. 218: Bangui, 7.e. Ubanghi River, Belgian Congo), now in the Paris Museum. This bird, a female, was obtained by M. Jean Dybowski on 1 November, 1891, and has been mounted. It is therefore somewhat faded, and the feathers at the base of the bill are much worn, making the bill appear to be longer than it really is. With the assistance of Mr. T. Wells, I have compared it with our series of Green Bulbuls and we are quite satisfied that it is 67 [Vol. xlviii. identical with Argaleocichla ieterina icterina ( Trichophorus icterinus Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 262, 1850: Guinea), of which the Museum possesses a good series from various localities in West Africa from Liberia to Gaboon and eastwards along the northern Belgian Congo to the Upper White Nile. NOTICES. The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 1928, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1. The Dinner at 7 p.m. Members intending to dine are requested to inform the Hon. Secretary, Dr. G. Carmichael Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W. 1. Members are reminded that the Subscription for the Session £1 1s. Od., is now due. The Treasurer hopes that those not paying by banker’s order will now send him this without further notice. Members who intend to make any communication at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to give notice before- hand to the Editor, Mr. N. B. Kinnear, at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, S.W.7, and to give him their MSS., for publication in the ‘ Bulletin,’ not later than at the Meeting. The attention of Members is drawn to the fact that the March Meeting, which wili be held on Wednesday, March 14, 1928, in conjunction with the British Ornithologists’ Union, will be devoted principally to the exhibition of lantern-slides. - The Hon. Secretary,.will be glad to hear from any Member who has slides to exhibit; in order that the necessary arrangements may be made. ) Bs. ace ri: hea da ode | dato icc (ht ara Py i rs Pedi ra sete gee Ach week. e. CREE bee yur yout 7 bya iy 2) fa era ZaX\\SH Moye JRE OVS, (+ 7 om “s\ oe 7 teas LLETIN —O *~,, “ ae OF THE Pe ish URN OULOGISTS \eLue. No. CCCAXTI. Tus three-hundred-and-sixteenth Meeting of the Club was held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1, on Wednesday, February 8, 1928. Chairman: Dr. P. R. Lowe. Members present: —W.SuHore Baty; H.C. Stuart BAKER; D. A. Bannerman; F. J. F. Barrinaron; Miss M.G.\S. Best; ‘P. F. Bunyarp; Hon. G. L. CHartreris; Col. STEPHENSON R. CiuarKE; R. H. Deane; A. H. Evans; A. Ezra; Miss J. M. Ferrier; Dr. E. Hartert; R. E. Heats; Rev. F.C. R. Jourpain; N. B. Kinnear (Lditor) ; Dr. G. CarmicnazL Low (Hon. Sec. & Treas.); N.S. Lucas; Admiral H. Lynzs; ©. W. Mackworru-Praxzp ; Dr. P. H. Manson-Baur; E.G. B. Meape-Watxpo ; D. W. MusseLwuirte ; J. L. CHawortH Musters; T. H. Newman ; ©. OtpHam; H. L. PopHam; G. H. R. Pyz-Smitrue; C. B. Rickett; H. C. Ropryson; Lord Roruscnuinp; W. L. SciaTer ; D. Seta-SmitnH ; Major A. G. L. Suapen; B. W. Tucker; H. Wuistuer; H. F. Wirsersy. ( February 25, 1928. | a VOL. XLVIII. Vol, xviii. | 70 Guests present:—Admiral Sir Grorae Horr; F. J. MussELWuHite; KH. Vary. PODICEPS GRISEIGENA HOLBOELLIZ IN THE BririsH [SLEs. The CHarrman said that some members present might remember that at the meeting of the Club held last December he had exhibited an example of the American race of the Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps griseigena holboellit) which had been sent to the British Museum by Messrs. Betteridge, of Birmingham, for identification. This example was stated to have been shot at Aultbea in Ross-shire, but there was some uncertainty at the time as to who had obtained it and as to whether, for that reason, it could be accepted as a bona fide British record. Since then the Chairman had been in correspondence with Mr. J. MacGregor of Aultbea, who had shot the bird and who had sent him the following letter :— Gruinard by Aultbea, Ross-shire. P. R. Lowe, Esq. 27th Jan., 1928. Dear S1R,— I have just received your letter re Grebe. It was shot by me here about twe years ago, but I don’t remember the date; I suppose Mr. Betteridge can give you the date. I observed it in the Bay here for a few days before I shot it, and, although I examined it carefully with my telescope, I couldn’t make it out; which made me keen to secure it _for scientific purposes. I have a fair knowledge of British birds myself, and I compared it with a Red-necked Grebe which I have set up, and I thought they were not the same specimens, and I am pleased to learn that experts are of the same opinion, IT will be glad if you will let me know what specimen it is. It was an expert diver, and seemed to get its food in a sandy bay here. Yours faithfully, Joun MacGrecor. P.S.—It was actually killed in a wild state here.—J. MacG. It was thus established that the bird had been taken within the British Isles, and the Chairman understood that the (ih [ Vol. xlviii. record kad now been accepted by the B.O.U. List Com- mittee, who had seen the letter. The following measurements of the specimen in question are appended :— Bilt; (a) Exposed culmen, s2ure.. <.. od mm. (6) Depth at baseie a. ewe ae 04 Om arso-metatarsus .. ' Pr U P : eam \¢ - Ww oF + G aX Py “Y a - ' 1 . , 4 4 VU i} ee 3 N ie { i we . Blot ns aes 4 S ss 5 : 7 r .- 2& rh - ae er 5 ra or rane © Se wes AP A 55S Se bd io WF i : ae a § j ee re : re * a . | ow cop ¥ i > . ee Au eee a at to ~ [ = hark : ee - + “ we a er ist) i, EME a we RAL SJ ube iS s * ier or es dere Rha eae ss x 4 rete ee ry } : 2. ¢ ; a at ony zo jidbdis v * aid Me i ee ' a 4 “s : ' a a ¥) « uw" \ a . Vs > ‘ — ¥ n . oo = , 7 , “ { 4 ‘ i cn e « - Wy s Atl oy re ad t ay oe f , , “~, we ore TEA. . wer, - t 7 ‘ ‘ - * * 7 & iy & c&. j ’ AAS MURS AS % "Ry, % 7 See sak Ds) ear 4 BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB. Wo. CCCX XII. Tae three-hundred-and-seventeenth Meeting of the Club was held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1, on Wednesday, March 14, 1928, in conjunction with _ the Annual Dinner of the British Ornithologists’ Union. Mr. W. L. Scuarer, the President of the B.O.U., took the Chair during the Dinner; and Dr. P. R. Lowe during the subsequent proceedings. Members of the B.O.C. present: —W.Suore Bairy; H.C. STUART Baker; D. A. Bannerman; F. J. F. Barnrine- Ton; Miss M.G. 8S. Bust; H. B. Bootn; A. W. Boyp; G. Brown; P. F. Bunyarp; A. L. Butter; Hon. G. L. CHARTERIS; Col. 8S. R. Cuarke; Capt. H. L. Cocuraneg, R.N.; N. B. Courart; Sir Percy Cox; R. H. Deane; A. Ezra; Miss J. M. Ferrier; J. M. Furemine; Major S. S. Frowrer; W. E. Guzee; A. F. Grirritu; 8. H. meser > Dr. Eo bsprece > he FE. Hara; Mrs. 7. 5. Hopekin; Rev. F. C. R. Journain; N. B. KInneEar (Editor); G. C. Lampert; Dr. G. CarmicHaEL Low (Hon. Sec. §& Treas.); Dr. P. R. Lows (Chairman) ; { March 29, 1928. | VOL. XLVIJII. Vol. xviii. ] 80 N.S. Lucas; Admiral H. Lynrs; J. H. McNeILte; ©. W. MackwortH-Prarp ; Lt.-Col. H. A. F. Macratrs; G. M. Maruews; J. L. CO. Musters; C. OtpHam; B. B. Osmas- Ton; C. H. Pearson; H. L. Porpnam; G. H. R. Pyne SmitH; B. B. Rivizre; H. C.. Ropinson; Lord Rors- sco ; W. L. Scrarer; D. Sera-Smira ; Major A. G. L. SLADEN ; Col. R. Sparrow ; Capt. H. 8. Stokes; W. J. StuagT-MeEnteru ; C. G. Tatsot-Ponsonsy ; THE Marquis oF Tavistock ; A. L. THomson; B. W. Tuckzr; Miss H. L. TurNER ; H. WuistLteR; V. Wicuiams; H. F. WirHersy; ©. DE WorRMS. Members of the B.O.U. present :—C. E. Baker; Miss Barciay-SmitH; K. J. A. Davis; H. J. 8. Dovuenas; J. S. Dyson; F. H. Epmonpson; Lord Hypr; Miss Kwnoset; Mrs. F. E. Lemon ; Mrs. A. H. Murron; K. J. Orton ; Lt.-Col. A. L. Owrn; Lt.-Col. W.A.Payn; A.N.T. Rankin; F. R. P. Srrincer ; Mrs. Roszk Haic Tuomas ; I. M. THomson ; Capt. L. R. Waup; T. Weuzts; Capt. J. A. C. WHITAKER. Guests present:—Mrs. Raymonp Asquirx ; Mrs. SHore Baity ; Miss SHorE Baity; Mrs. C. HK. Baker; Mrs. E.C. Stuart Baker; Miss Baker; Mrs. D. A. BANNERMAN ; Mrs. P. F. Bunyarp; Miss Bunyarp; H. H. Gorpon Cuark ; Lady Percy Cox; Mr. Ferrier; Miss Ferrier ; Mrs. FrowEer; Mrs. Guecc; Mrs. A. L. Gopman; Mrs. Harrert; Mrs. R. E. Heata; BH. Hinpue; Mrs. E. Hype; Miss M. Hopexin; Dr. Howarp; Mrs. G. CarmicHarn Low; Mrs. Lucas; Miss Lynes; A. J. MacCiymont ; Mrs. MackwortH-Prarp; D. H. Meares; F. Piz; R. BE. M. Pircuer; Mrs. W. L. Scuatrer; Mrs. D. Seru- Smita; Rev. C. Squire; Mrs. StrincEeR; THe MArcutoness or Tavistock; Mrs. WaistteR; Mrs. Wirnersy; F. J. WEYDELIN ; and nine others. The Annual Dinner of the B.O.U., held in conjunction with the B.O.C., was smaller than last year, 128 members of the Union, Club, and their guests attending, as against 144 in 1927. 81 [ Vol. xlviii. Mr. Ian M. Toomson began the evening by exhibiting a series of very good slides of the nests etc. of the Bittern, Water-Rail, Montague’s Harrier, and Bearded Tit. Before showing his photographs Mr. Thomson read a few notes on the habits of the Bittern made during the past two seasons :— “Tt was in June 1923 that I first heard and saw a Bittern. One night after dinner we heard a curious booming note, which I suggested might be a Bittern. We at once set out in the direction of the sound, and calling in on a farmer on the way were informed that it was the boom of the Bittern we had heard. “On reaching a large stretch of water surrounded by reed- beds we again heard the boom several times. It sounded ventriloquial, but that may have been because the mere was surrounded by rising ground, as I do not remember noticing that in flatter country elsewhere. “Not knowing anything about the habits of the Bittern, except what we had read, we were unable to find the nest or young, and only saw the old bird flying from the feeding- ground to where we imagined the young were. “Later, on July 11, I was fortunate enough to be shown a young Bittern in another locality. This young bird was about a fortnight or three weeks old, and I imagine must have been the last to hatch from a very late nest. “In March 1927, a good friend of mine informed me he had found a Bittern which had just begun to sit on five eggs. After leaving the bird for a fortnight a hide was built close to the nest, and five days later I began to take photographs. As I left the nest on that day I found that one egg was chipped, and expected to see the first chick hatched by the next day, but it was not till the following that it emerged. I noticed that each of the chicks took forty-eight hours to hatch after the egg first started to chip. “ Fortunately there were more or less still periods during the time I was waiting by the nest. More than once I heard the female bird stealthily approach the nest, and could always hear her trampling down the reeds as she drew near. Vol. xlviii. | 82 At first she was rather shy, but later, until the young were a fair size, she became much less timid. “‘T had hoped to find out if possible whether the male bird visited the sitting female, but was unable to do so. | “‘T should mention that one day when in the hide, and the female Bittern was on the nest in a half-asleep condition, I heard a trampling sound among the reeds, which resembled the noise made by the sitting bird when returning to the nest. ‘‘ As this noise drew nearer the female appeared to become interested and to behave as most sitting females do when the male approaches. The trampling came close, then stopped, and I imagined I could see a Bittern in the reeds. Quite an interval elapsed, and then the sound of the trampling began to go away, and almost immediately I heard the intake of air preparatory to the boom of the male Bittern. Four times the bird boomed, and then once again after it had gone further away.” Mr. Seton Gorpon showed an instructive series of films of various birds, including the Golden Eagle, Curlew, Dunlin, and Blackcock. That of the Curlew calling its young on to the nest was particularly pleasing, but the most interesting was the unique film of the Blackcock displaying. Mr. Seton Gordon was careful to explain that this display, which usually takes place in March, was not a nuptial display. Two or three cocks were shown on their chosen ground, and, though excellent as far as it went, the pictures suffered from having been cut and pieced together, and in consequence the antics of the birds could not be followed to their conclusion. The birds appeared to run about rather aimlessly, and showed little inclination to fight. Mr. Seton Gordon told the audience that when the first rays of the sun fell upon the displaying ground the birds immediately forgot the presence of others and commenced feeding quietly. The Rey. F. C. R. Jourpatn exhibited a series of slides from photographs taken in Algeria, showing the type of country inhabited by Bonelli’s Eagle, the Bald-headed Ibis, 83 [ Vol. xlvui. the Waldrapp (Comatibis eremita), and various other North African birds. Mr. Jourdain accompanied his slides with a most entertaining discourse on his travels in that land, and his listeners showed their appreciation of this type of exhibit and Mr. Jourdain’s witty remarks in no uncertain fashion, although in no single case was an actual bird shown on the screen. Mr. SHore Batty’s exhibition consisted of slides of four different species of Eagle-Owl, taken in his own aviaries. The evening was brought to a close by Mr. E. C. Sruarr BAKER showing a charming series of coloured slides illus- trating the nesting-places of a large number of Indian birds. The standard of the exhibits was a very high one, and the large meeting showed its appreciation by hearty applause from time to time. Mr. Grecory M. Matuews sent the following :— Sipodotus, gen. nov. Differs from Todopsis Bonap. in having a thinner and narrower bill and distinctly different coloration. Sexes alike in colour, whereas in Vodopsis they differ. Type, Todopsis wallace: Gray. Hylochelidon nigricans papua, subsp. nov. Differs from 7. n. timoriensis (Sharpe) in being larger, the flanks more fulvous, and in having the upper parts distinctly more glossy. Wing 107 mm. Type in the British Museum. 6. Kei Islands, Moluccas, 15 July, 1909. Collected by W. Stalker. Brit. Mus. Reg. 1910, 12.28.170. Distribution. New Guinea and Kei Islands. Dr. Ernst Hartert sent the following description of a new Green Pigeon :— Sphenocercus sphenurus oblitus, subsp. nov. In Nov. Zool. 1910, p. 193, I mentioned a single female from Hainan as Sphenocercus sororius, subsp. nov. ?, and ever Vol. xlviii. | 84 since I have not attempted to name it, as no more specimens from Hainan have come to us, nor did we have the nearest allies from the Continent. As the latter are now available in the British Museum, and all known forms are quite different, I name the Hainan form as above. S. s. oblitus differs from S. s. sororius of Formosa by much smaller size and the greater extent of the green colour on the underside. It seems to be nearest to S. s. annamensis and is of about the same size, but is of a much brighter green, and yellower on the breast, head, rump, and upper tail-coverts. It is also near robinsoni, but underneath much brighter and yellower, also on the crown, tail, and upper tail-coverts. Wing 168 mm. Type in the Tring Museum: ? ad. Mt. Wuchi, Hainan, 5. iv. 19038. Collected by Katsumata. Mr. N. B. Kinnear communicated the following :— In his ‘Systema Australasianarum,’ Mr. Mathews gives the distribution of Hypocharmosyna placentis placentis as “New Guinea (Fly River to the West Coast),” although Salvadori had recorded specimens in the Catalogue of Birds from Amboina, Ceram,Gilolo, and Batchian. Hypocharmosyna placentis was originally described from Utanata River in Dutch New Guinea, and the examples collected by the B.O.U. Expedition on the Mimika River may be considered as typical. On comparing specimens from Batchian and Gilolo with these birds, I find that the former are larger, darker green above and below in both sexes, and, in addition, the blue ear-coverts in the male are of a deeper tint. For these birds I propose the name :— HyYPoCHARMOSYNA PLACENTIS INTENSIOR, subsp. nov. Type in the British Museum. . Batchian. Collected by A. R. Wallace. British Museum Reg. No. 73.5.12.1517. 85 [ Vol. xlviii. Specimens from Ceram and Amboina, though not quite so dark, are nearer the new form than LH. p. placentis. | Measurements of wings :— Dutch New Guinea: 5 ¢ 83-88 mm. (one 94), 3 ? 85- 89 mm. Batchian and Gilolo: 3 ¢ 91-97 mm., 4 ? 91-97 mm. Ceram: 3 ¢ 88-90 mm., 4 2? 83-91 mm. Amboina: 1 ¢ 91 mm. NOTICES. The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, April 11, 1928, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1. The Dinner at 7 p.m. Members intending to dine are requested, to inform the Hon. Secretary, Dr. G. Carmichael Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W. 1. Members who intend to make any communication at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to give notice before- hand to the Editor, Mr. N. B. Kinnear, at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, S.W.7, and to give him their MSS. for publication in the ‘ Bulletin,’ not later than at the Meeting. 3 APR 1928. BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB: Wo. CCCXXITI. Tue three-hundred-and-eighteenth Meeting of the Club was held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1, on Wednesday, April 11, 1928. Chairman: Major 8. 8. Flower. Members present:—H. OC. Stuart Baker; F. J. F. Barkineton; Miss M. G. 8S. Bust; G. Brown; Sir Percy Cox; A. F. Grirrita; Rey. J. R. Hate; B. Guy Harrison; Dr. KE. Hartert; R. HE. Heata; H. Hueuss- OnsLtow; N. B. Kinnear (/ditor) ; N.S. Lucas ; C. Macg- WORTH-PRAED; Capt. W. EH. F. Macmiunan; Dr. P. H. Manson-Baurek; G. H. R. Pyt-Smita; D. W. MusseEt- wHitE; C. B. Rickretr; H.C. Ropinson; Lord RoTHscHILp ; D. Serse-SmirH ; H. Srevens ; Marquess oF TAVISTOCK ; H. F. WirHersy. Guest :—F. T. Davies Goopson. Description of a new Cassowary by Lord RoTuscHixp, F.R.S. :— Casuarius rogersi, sp. nov. This species belongs to the “‘Mouruk” (C. bennetti) section of the genus—.e., it has a casque depressed posteriorly and no wattles. It is a fairly young bird, having a con- siderable amount of brown mixed in the plumage of the hinder half of the body. [April 24, 1928. ] VOL, XLVIII, Vol, xlviii. | 88 Naked skin of head and neck very heavily wrinkled bright flesh-pink, darker between the wrinkles ; lower sides of neck deeper rose-pink. ‘This is the first Cassowary which has the head and neck practically unicolorous. At the base of the casque on the occiput the flesh-colour is more whitish. Bought alive from Mr. Rogers of Liverpool ; no indicated locality, but probably from one of the more isolated coastal ranges east of Geelvink Bay. The type is at present living in the Zoological Society’s Gardens, London. Lord Rorascuinp further exhibited a new Otidiphaps (Ground-Pigeon), which he described as follows :— Otidiphaps nobilis aruensis, subsp. nov. Agrees in the colour of the upperside with O. nobilis nobilis, except that the patch on the nape is not bronzy-green, but white with a grey tinge, while the underside is only purplish on the lower abdomen, getting greenish towards the jugulum, which is dark metallic green with a steel-blue tinge. It thus resembles underneath more O, n. cervicalis, which is there greenish with a purple sheen on the lower throat. Above it differs from O. n. cervicalis in having the rump and upper tail-coverts purplish instead of greenish, and the nape-patch is not light grey, but almost pure white. One adult specimen, said to be a male. Wing 192 mm. ; tail 197 ; metatarsus 67. Type in the Tring Museum. Hab. Aru Islands, where it was obtained by W. J. C. Frost in June 1914. Dr. Ernst Harrert exhibited a new subspecies of Pachy- cephala from Java, which he described as follows :-— Pachycephala pectoralis javana, subsp. nov. This Pachycephala of the melanura-pectoralis-group is outwardly nearest to P. p. fulviventris Hart. from Sumba, the underside of the male being yellowish-brown nearly all 89 [Vol. xviii, over, except on the vent and under tail-coverts which are yellow, but it is not so deep fulvous as fulviventris, and the white throat-patch is more extended. The back and outer edges of the wing-feathers are slightly more greenish, the feet and legs are less strong. Its geographically apparently nearest ally, P. p. fulvotincta Wall., from Alor, Pantar, Lomblen, Flores, and Sumbawa is underneath yellow, and has only a fulvous-yellow band across the chest; it will probably also be found on Lombok. Both Doherty and Stresemann got one juvenile on Bali; whether they belong to javana or to fulvotincta I could not say, but, judging from our one adult female from Java, which is more yellowish on the abdomen than those of fulvotincta, and a young male which is slightly striped on the breast and darker on the abdomen, it seems to belong to fulvotincta—which would be peculiar. Wing of P. p. javana, g 83-84, 2 ad. 81 mm. Type in the Tring Museum. Mt. Ardjuno, Hast Java, Sesh Lc | Hab. Java. Mr. Menden sent six males, 1 female, and 1 g juv., from Mt. Ardjuno. Mr. Robinson had also, some time ago, collected specimens on Java. It is interesting that a subspecies of this group extends its habitat so far westwards. Lord Rotuscaiup kindly brought up from Tring a series of birds as illustrations of the recent discussion (B.O. C. cecxxl., Feb. 8) on hermaphrodite and gynandromorphic birds, and also the assumption of ¢ plumage by 2 2? and 2 plumage by 3 og :— A bipartite ¢ Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula) from Russia. An hermaphrodite Reeves’ Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesi) which hada spur on one leg,a complete mixture of plumage, and an elongated tail, though of female coloration. A ditto ? assuming ¢ plumage, and normal ¢ and 2? for comparison. Vol. xlviii. | 90 A series of 5 2 2 Common Pheasants assuming ¢ plumage; the two in complete ¢ garb, however, lacking the dark tips to the feathers of the flanks and underside. A seriesof 3 g¢ ¢ Common Pheasants assuming ? plumage. (In both these series the change is due to disease of, or injury to, the genital organs.) Two 2 2 Golden Pheasants (Chrysolophus pictus) in almost complete ¢ plumage, and normal ¢ and ? Golden Pheasant for comparison. A ? Amherst Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiew) assuming 3 plumage, and normal ¢ and ¢? for comparison. (In both Golden and Amherst hens in ¢ plamage there is always present a crimson bar behind the black transverse bar on the feathers of the collar which is never found in normal ¢ ¢.) A series of ¢ ? in various degrees of assuming 3 plumage of Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) with normal ¢ and @ for comparison. A series of 3 ? ? Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) assuming 3 plumage and 1 very old § assuming ? plumage, with normal ¢ and ¢ for comparison. 7 & 2 2? Black Grouse x Capercaillie (= Rackelhahn, Tetrao medius auct.), to show differences from ? 3 in ¢ plumage. The late Dr. A. B. Meyer has figured in his “ Unser Auer-, Rackel- und Birkwild” the ¢ Capereaillie in ¢ plumage as the hybrid Capercaillie g xX Black Grouse ¢ and the Rackelhahn as the hybrid Black Grouse § x Caper- caillie 9. The facts are that the hybrid Capercaillie ¢ x Black Grouse ? has not been found. In all recorded Black Grouse x Capercaillie hybrids the Black Grouse was the ¢ parent. Mr. A. F. Grirrira exhibited a Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) in its original rough case in which it was mounted by W. C. Unwin, the Lewes bird-stuffer. It was shot August 31st, 1840,at Kingston, just outside Lewes. More recently it came into the hands of Whitcombe, of the 91 [Vol. xviii, Bear Inn, Lewes, from whose widow it was bought in 1902 by the Misses Julia and Florence Davis, who have now given it to the Booth Museum. He alsoreported that he had learnt from Mr.Charles Mosley, the Curator of the Tolson Memorial Museum, Huddersfield, who has had access to first-hand information, that the Anda- lusian Hemipode (Yurnix sylvatica), recorded by Gould (‘Birds of Britain,’ vol. iv. no. 16) as having been obtained near Huddersfield in April 1865 was, in fact, mounted from a foreign skin belonging to a Mr. North, and has no claim to be British-killed. From the Beaumont Collection it passed into that of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, on the dispersal of which, in the winter of 1925-26, it was acquired for the Booth Museum at Brighton, where it was duly cased (Case 321). It has now been dethroned and relegated to the general collection in the Church Road Museum. Mr. Grecory M. MAtueEws sent the following descriptions of new races of I'lycatchers from the Papuan region :— ’ Gerygone chrysogaster guineensis, subsp. nov. d Differs from G. c. chrysogaster in being darker on the head and upper surface. The lower surface and vent are a much paler yellow, almost lacking the green tinge. Type in the British Museum, ¢, Wakatimi, Mimika River, Dutch New Guinea, 10 May, 1911. Collected by C. H. B. Grant. Brit. Mus. Registered no. 1911.12.20. 1124. Distribution. New Guinea (Mimika River district). ' Setosura maculipectus mimika, subsp. nov. Differs from S.m. maculipectus (Gray) in having the white spots on the breast-feathers larger and the white on the ~ ehin extending further down; from S. m. saturata (Sal- _vadori), from Salwatti, in not having the white stripes from the base of the mandible meeting and enclosing a black patch of feathers as in that bird. Vol. xlviii.] 92 Type in the British Museum. ¢. Mimika River, Dutch New Guinea, 18 May, 1911. Collected by C. H. B. Grant. Brit. Mus. Registered No. 1911.12.20.$9. » Setosura threnothorax nove#-guineensis, subsp. nov. Differs from 8S. t. threnothorax (Miller) in having the under surface distinctly darker and the white spots on the chest smaller. Type in the British Museum. ¢. Mimika River, Dutch New Guinea, 12 February, 1910. Collected by G. C. Shortridge. Brit. Mus. Registered No. 1911.12.20.1292. - Rhipidura rufidorsa nova, subsp. nov. | Differs from &. r. rufidorsa Meyer, in having the head a darker grey and the under surface more suffused with buff. Type in the British Museum. ¢@. Mimika River, Dutch New Guinea, 7 November, 1910. Collected by C. H. B. Grant. Brit. Mus. Registered No. 1911.12.20.1319. - Rhipidura montana, sp. nov. Adult. Head reddish-brown, back and rump deep chee nut ; tail-feathers red at the base, then a broad band of rata and tipped with reddish-buff for about a quarter of the length ; primaries dark brown edged on the outer web with reddish, and on the inner with buff; lores and ear- coverts like the head; throat brownish, abdomen, sides of the body, and under wing-coverts buff; under tail-coverts like the ramp. Wing 70mm.; bill from nostril 5 ; tarsus 94 fail 92. Probably comes near J. lepida H. & F. Type in the British Museum. Mt. Albert Edward, South- east New Guinea. Brit. Mus. Registered No, 98.5.31.13. ‘ Leucocirca leucophrys amboynensis, subsp. nov. 3 Differs from L. 1. atripennis (Gray) from Aru Islands (wing 100-102 mm.) in its larger size, wing-measurement 103-111 mm. 93 [ Vol. xlviu. Type in the British Museum. @ . Pokka, Amboyna, April, 1911. Collected by C. B. Kloss. Brit. Mus. Regis- tered No. 1913.6.10.118. Distribution. Amboyna, Ceram, Goram, Buru, Waigou, Salawatti, Gilolo, Misol, and Batchan Islands. Piezorhynchus alecto woodlarkensis, subsp. nov. The female differs from the typical female from Ternate in havine a larger and longer bill; the grey on the nape is darker in colour and the red of the upper back much brighter. : Type in the British Museum. ¢. Woodlark Island, 16 April, 1897. Brit. Mus. Registered No. 98.4.30.30. * Piezorhynchus alecto longirostris, subsp. nov. Differs from the typical bird in having a much longer bill, not so wide as in that of woodlarkensis. The grey on the nape is reduced in extent, and the upper surface is of a deeper richer chestnut. Type in the British Museum. 92. Larat, Timor Laut, 5 September, 1882. Collected by H. O. Forbes. Brit. Mus. Registered No, 83.5.30.76. - Piezorhynchus alecto nove-guineensis, subsp. nov. Differs from the typical female in having a smaller bill and the upper surface of a lighter chestnut. Type in the British Museum. 92. Mimika River, Dutch New Guinea, 12 March, 1911. Collected by C. H. B. Grant. Brit. Mus. Registered No. 1911.12.20.1448. Dr. C. B. Ticenurst forwarded the following communi- — cation :— Se In the recent volume of the ‘Fauna of British India,’ ed. il. vol. iv. two recognisable races of Woodpeckers seem to have been omitted : (1) LeropicUS MAHRATTENSIS AUROCRISTATUS (Tickell) (J.A.S. B. u. p. 579, 1833 Borabhum).. Behar and Orissa, Vol. xlviii.] 94 North Central Provinces, Kandeish, United Provinces, Raj- putana, Punjab, N.W.F.P., Sind. Wing, g, 100-111 mm.; bill 25-30°5, mostly 27. ? 2, wing 100-108 mm. ; “bill 23-26, mostly 24-25, (Very large series examined, over 100 of the two races.) Remarks. The vast majority are easily separable from the southern bird by measurements of wings and bill, and the white of the upper parts occupying more space in the feathers. As may be expected with a bird of wide con- tinuous distribution, no hard-and-fast boundary between the races can be defined, odd birds in the south are larger than normal, and a few in the north are smaller. Birds from Burma (blanfordi) have the same whiteness of upper parts, but appear to have smallerbills (¢ 23-26 mm.); but I have seen too few to make sure whether blanfordi is distinct. (2) DRYOBATES MACEI WESTERMANI (Blyth) (‘ Ibis,’ 1870, p- 163, Himalayas). N.W. Himalayas. Wing, 3, 113-118 mm. ; bill 27-30. About 15 examined and a large series of macev. Remarks. This is distinguished from the typical form (Bengal) by its longer wings and bill. The typical race measures, ¢., wing 100-109 mm., few to 113; bill 22-26. Picus wagleri (Cat. Bremen Mus. 1844, p. 91) is a synonym of macei; the types are still in the Bremen Museum, and Prof. Shauinsland informs me that they came from Bengal ; their wing-measurements correspond to those of macei. Blyth evidently named a western Himalayan bird in the Amsterdam Museum, since he said it was like macez but larger—wing 4°625=117°9 mm. 95 [ Vol. xlviil. NOTICES. The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, May 9, 1928, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1. The Dinner at 7 p.m. Members intending to dine are requested to inform the Hon. Secretary, Dr. G. Carmichael Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W. 1. N.B.—Special Notice:—A Special General Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, May 9, 1928, immediately after the Dinner. The new rules recently drawn up by a Sub- Committee appointed by the Committee, will come up for approval. A draft of these has already been circulated. Members who intend to make any communication at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to give notice before- hand to the Editor, Mr. N. B. Kinnear, at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, S.W.7, and to give him their MSS. for publication in the ‘ Bulletin’ not later than at the Meeting. j _* bo Pat A LASLU , r Tait & at 2 a ee ‘s ; marity en: ott eptoh th OF) mas ren aitihy ot, ae Fa r _ a mM 4 4 a 4 eau wu xe wg Ps 43 Us oN: x w yn Inhibilion of S characters by ovary i a ee e— Embryonic —» lefe — Ferod of preclominance of Spa? anh PprécLominance of * OY) Fie. 3.—Graph illustrating tentative explanation of conditions in the female fowl. (After Crew.) substance from taking effect, and the bird begins to be modified in the direction of maleness. How far this modi- fication may proceed I shall have occasion to consider in a moment. Theoretically, the effect which the cvary and testis un- doubtedly exert might be exercised through hormones, or it might be exercised without hormones owing to the ovary requiring for its maintenance and nourishment certain par- ticular conditions in the internal chemistry or metabolism of the body which differ from those which prevail where testis is the gonad, and are definitely inimical to the development of male features. Crew, of the Animal Breeding Research Department at Edinburgh, the leading British authority on these matters, definitely rejects the idea of hormones in birds, and favours the latter of the two alternatives I have Vol. xlviii.] 110 just mentioned or something essentially similar. Lillie, one of the most eminent of American workers, on the other hand, dismisses Crew’s view as untenable, and I must say that, so far as I can judge, it does seem to me that the latest work makes it extremely difficult to get away from the conclusion that definite specific male and female organs are at work. At any rate, while recognizing that the matter is still sub judice, | think the evidence is sufficient to warrant us in assuming, for purposes of discussion, that it is by means of such hormones that the gonads exert their effect, though the hormones have not, as it were, taken complete control, as they have in mammals. I now come on to the final phase of the subject, that of actual sex-reversal in the fowl. We have seen—in fact, you are all well aware—how a hen which, either by artificial meaus or in the course of nature, has lost its ovary develops male plumage and other male features. But the change may go further than this, and in certain circumstances an appar- ently normal hen may undergoa complete transformation into a cock and, furthermore, can breed in the new condition. ‘That a hen which has laid fertile eggs and produced chickens should become modified into a cock and become the father of a new generation is so startling and so opposed to our preconceived notions about the fixity of sex in the higher animals that I was not surprised, when I alluded to this strange phenomenon at the February meeting, to notice a certain scepticism amongst some of my hearers! But it is established at least in the cases of one Pigeon and, still more indisputably, of a fowl described by Crew. The history of Crew’s bird was accurately known. It began as an appar- ently normal Buff Orpington hen, a good layer and the mother of chickens, and it was under observation during almost the whole process of transformation into a functional cock from a quite early stage when it had recently ceased laying, but the plumage was still completely henny, and only the comb and wattles were a little larger than in a normal hen *. * For fuller details, see ‘ Proceedings of the Royal Society,’ vol. xcv. (1923), and Crew, ‘Genetics of Sexuality in Animals’ (Camb. Univ. Press), 1927. iia [ Vol. xlviii. This bird was paired to a virginal hen, was found to be producing a few normal spermatozoa, and in due course became the father of two chickens! After death, examina- tion confirmed the conclusion that it possessed functional testes in a phase of reduced activity, and the ovary was practically destroyed by tuberculosis. Lest there should be any misapprehension, I may emphasize that all this was earried out under the most careful supervision of a highly competent man of science: there is no doubt about it. A query which these remarkable facts may well suggest is: What would be the effect of artificially destroying or removing the ovary by an operation? ‘To anticipate a little, I may say that Benoit in France and Zawadowsky in Russia have both described complete Sex-reversal in hens following such an operation. A change in the male direction always follows in such cases, but normally it does not proceed so far. Castrated fowls of both sexes are very similar. The plumage is cock-like, but looser and more luxuriant. The comb and wattles are pale and shrunken, and their behaviour may be described as neutral. The cocks do not fight other cocks and take no interest in hens, and the hens are equally indifferent. Gonads of the opposite sex grafted into these castrated birds result in their assuming the plumage and head-furnishings of that sex. But if gonads of the opposite sex are grafted into normal birds whose own organs have not been removed the results are different. A cock with an ovary-eraft develops a plumage which is hen-like but richer- coloured and with the tail-feathers intermediate, while the head-furnishings remain cock-like. A hen with a testicular graft is practically the same in plumage and head-furnishings as a cock with an ovarian gralt. From this it seems clear that a cock-like plumage would be present in the hen but for the ovary holding it in check. The effect of the testis is to tighten up the plumage and cause the development of cocky head-furnishings. The effect of the ovary is to induce hen-feathering and, in the absence of testis, henny head-furnishings, but when testis and ovary Vol. xlviii.] 112 are present together each exerts its own effect. The testis causes a cocky comb and wattles, and the ovary modifies the plumage towards the henny type. But this effect of the ovary on plumage is not entirely uninfluenced by the presence of a testis in the body at the same time, for the plumage in such circumstances shows a certain tendency towards lengthening and a warmer colouring than is found in normal hens. It is clear, then, that the plnmage and head-furnishings are very closely dependent on the gonads. But there are other sex-characters which are not, or but little, affected. Such characters are the size, general form, instincts, and behaviour of the bird. Birds with both ovary and testis retain the characters of their real sex in these respects, and similarly a masculinized hen (ovary removed and testis grafted in) can be distinguished at once from a real cock by anyone in the least familiar with fowls, owing to its being smaller and shorter in the leg and carrying itself rather differently, and its behaviour is stated to remain more like a hen’s. : You will see, then, that, although the chromosome consti- tution can be over-ridden to a great extent under particular conditions, it cannot ordinarily be over-ridden completely. But what about the hens which developed into cocks? We have seen that ordinarily after ovariotomy male plumage is assumed, but not male head-furnishings or instincts. But Benoit and Zawadowsky, in three instances out of a quite small number of experiments, have described complete sex- reversal in such operated birds. We shall now have to consider this sex-reversal a little more fully. Until quite recently the position was that we had these three cases of sex-reversal following ovariotomy and at least two properly authenticated cases of such a change completed in the course of nature, together with several other cases earefully studied by Crew and Fell in which the change was more or less considerably advanced. But these were all more or less isolated instances, and obviously what was needed more than anything was an extensive study of a 113 [ Vol. xlviil. much larger aumber of birds under controlled conditions. Such a study has now been carried out by Domm in Lillie’s Jaboratory at Chicago. Nothing on anything like such a large scale had been attempted previously, or the birds and their behaviour so fully and carefully observed. The investi- gation has extended over several years, and over a hundred birds were operated on and studied. The results were only published last summer*. This most important enquiry has considerably extended our knowledge, and, although some of the results had already been obtained by earlier workers, this new investigation has supplemented and amplified them, in addition to adding others that are new. ‘To sum up,it is found that when the ovary of a hen is successfully removed, the bird develops, as we have seen, male plumage anda pale and shrunken comb. It is quiet and shy in its behaviour. But after a varying interval, a remarkable change takes place. The bird reassumes female plumage ; butat the same time the head-furnishings become cock-like, and so does the behaviour. Such birds commonly crow, fight other cocks, are generally (as it is rather pleasingly described) ‘‘ courteous to females,” and one which has been under observation is actually known to tread hens. It is found that after ovariotomy the right gonad undergoes a compensatory development. It is commonly said that the right ovary is absent in birds, but this is not strictly true ; it is there, but very small and undeveloped. When the ovary is removed this rudimentary right gonad hypertrophies, as I have said, but it gives rise not to an ovary, but to an organ which in form and microscopic structure is testis-like, though it has never actually developed germ-cells in any of the Lirds examined by Domm. It is under the influence of this organ that the bird assumes henny plumage and male instincts and head-furnishings. Under its influence the oviduct is also reduced, and the male ducts, which are apparently always present in a rudimentary, undeveloped * * Journal of Experimental Zodlogy,’ vol. xlviii. (1927). Vol. xlviii. | 114 form in the hen, as they are in the females of many other animals, enlarge. That these effects are really due to the compensatory right gonad can be shown by removing it, when the characters revert to the same condition as just after ovariotomy, 2. e., male plumage and shrunken head- furnishings. Sometimes when the operation of ovariotomy has not been quite successful, and a little bit of ovary is left in, this will regenerate. Generally it gives rise to a testis-like structure like that on the right, and exerting the same effect on the characters; but in a good many cases it became an ovary, and intwo cases (out of about 65) an ovotestis. In general, the degree of development of the characters dependent on the regenerated testis-like organs shows a pretty good agreement with the degree of develop- ment of those organs. The explanation which Domm and Lillie give of the origin of a testis-like organ from the right rudimentary gonad is as follows :—We know definitely that the ovary arises in two distinct stages. The cells of the first proliferation, correspond- ing to that which in the male gives rise to testis, stop short in their development and do not give rise to germ-cells. A second proliferation of cells forms the true ovarian tissue or cortex of the ovary, which surrounds the products ot the first proliferation, which form the medulla or core of the ovary. These latter cells have the character of embryonic testis-cells, and according to this view possess the capacity of producing the male hormone, but this capacity is normally kept in abeyance by the presence of the ovarian cells. . The tiny right gonad is also formed of cells from the first pro- liferation, and normally its further development is inhibited before it begins to form any cortex at all. According to this view, the tissue forming the undeveloped right gonad and the medulla or core of the ovary constitutes a sort of potential testis, and if the inhibition is removed will develop along testis-like lines and produce a hormone resembling the male hormone in its effects. If the onset of the inhibi- tion in the early life of the chick was a little delayed, the right gonad might have time to begin forming a little cortex. iE [ Vol. xlviii. It is known from a study of normal birds that this actually happens occasionally, and such an occurrence will account for the very few cases observed amongst Domm’s birds, in which ovarian tissue was formed on the right. Again, the varying results of regeneration on the left after incomplete ovariotomy would depend, on this view, on whether the fragment or fragments left behind were cortex or medulla or both. ‘This hypothesis is thus consistent with the experi- mental facts. It is also consistent with the fact that no one has ever found a cock undergoing transformation into a hen*. Whether it is actually the correct explanation remains for further investigation to settle. Crew would rather say that the internal conditions of the body—the internal environ- ment, in zoological language—are only favourable for the development of an ovary during embryonic life and that where conditions are normal any new proliferation of cells arising later will give rise to testis. The problem of exactly how and from what source the testicular cells arise in an originally female bird involves certain questions of great importance in zoology, but they need not detain us here. The upshot of this very careful investigation, in which a large number of ovariotomized hens consistently developed a testis-like organ from the right rudimentary gonad, but in no case got as far as producing actual male germ-cells, is that Domm and lillie are not prepared to admit the possibility of such an occurrence in normal hens. The recorded cases are not disputed, but it is held that these cases are due to some constitutional abnormality, compar- able, perhaps, to that of Goldschmidt’s Gipsy-Moth inter- sexes, and that such a complete sex-reversal is not, as Crew has held it to be, a possible eventuality in any normal hen whose ovary becomes either diseased or exhausted. * In the absence of a much fuller knowledge of the internal organs than is available, I do not think that Lord Rothschild’s three Pheasants which have the appearance of cocks assuming female plumage can be admitted as cases of such a transformation, such an interpretation being in opposition to all the other evidence.—B. W. T. f Vol. xlviii.] 116 I do not think that the time is ripe for attempting a further discussion of these alternative views. I would merely observe that cases like Crew’s of a hen becoming transformed into a complete functional cock, with all the characters of that sex, including plumage, evidently do not come under quite the same category as these operated birds which develop a testis-like organ inducing male instincts, but hen-feathering. The cases of Benoit and Zawadowsky are, however, more difficult to understand in the light of Domm’s work. I think I must end on the note I have already touched several times this evening—namely, that more and still more: experimental work is needed before the time arrives when we can reach a complete and satisfying solution of the whole problem; but the vigour with which such work is being prosecuted at the present time encourages one to hope that that time may not be very far off. Col. R. MEINERTZHAGEN forwarded the following descrip- tion of two new birds :— Columba livia dakhle, subsp. nov. The palest of all Rock-Pigeons. From breast to vent very pale pearl-grey—almost white. Shoulder of wing and mantle pale pearl-grey, lower back pure white. In other respects generally much paler than C. livia gaddi. , Wings of seven males and females, 195 to 215 mm. y® Type in the Tring Museum. 2. Dakhla Oasis, Lybian Desert, 24.11.1928. ul Seven examined. 6) Obs. Only known as yet from Dakhla Oasis, where it is resident. Birds, possibly of this race, also occur rarely in Kharga Oasis. Streptopelia senegalensis dakhle, subsp. nov. Differs from S. senegalensis egyptiacus in having the upper parts generally paler, with much more isabeJline colour, especially on the wings. Underparts paler and not so deep vinous on the breast. Lig [ Vol. xlvili. Is nearer S. senegalensis sudanensis, from which it differs in having the upper parts more sandy than rufous isabelline. The lower parts are darker than in sudanensis with less vinous and more isabelline tinge. From S. senegalensis equatorialis it differs in having the back not brown with faint isabelline markings but rich sandy isabelline. | Wings of two, male 149, female 139 mm. Type (temporarily) in our collection. Male, Dakhla Oasis, Lybian Desert, 25.111.1928. Two examined. Obs. Only known as yet from Dakhla Oasis, in the Lybian Desert, where it is resident. Dr. C. B. Ticknursr forwarded the following descrip- tion :— ~ Sturnus vulgaris persepolis, subsp. nov. Differs from caucasicus in having entire throat green ; belly more green, less purple ; mantle, rump, and most upper tail-coverts more purpie than green ; edges to greater coverts and secondaries and flanks strong bright green with slight violet gloss instead of red or violet purple. Differs from porphyronotus in having the upper and under tail-coverts and edges of tail green not purple-red; edges to coverts and secondaries and the flanks a brighter green instead of a bronze-green. 3g. Wing 127°5-129. Type-locality and distribution. Shiraz and L. Niriz in §&. Persia. Type in the British Museum. 6, Baba Hazi, 19 m. S.E. of Shiraz, Oct. 7, 1918. J. EH. B. Hotson coll. Registered No. 1923.12.23.187. ‘Ten specimens examined. N.B.—S. v. persepolis belongs to the group with green head, throat, and ear-coverts, and purple back. It resembles some specimens of vulgaris in which the back has more purple than normal, but always differs from them in having in the Vol. xviii. | 1168 male very dark under wing-coverts with narrow white edges and the spotting of the upper parts in winter nearly white. The juvenile dress also is very much paler. I have hesi- tated for some years to name this bird, in order to make sure it was not already named. There is nothing like it in the British or Tring Museums, and Prof. Sushkin, who kindly examined these specimens, tells me that out of several hundreds collected together from various Russian museums there is not any specimen like them. S. v. persepolis is not the recently described heinrict from Masanderan, which has the same sheen as caucasicus, but is smaller (one examined Berlin Museum). Dr. C. B. Ticksurst also communicated the following :— In the J.f. O. Ixxvi. pt. 2, p. 342, Dr. E. Streseman has described as new Pica pica laubmanni from Kelat in Beluchi- stan, and transfers Bonaparte’s name bactriana to the bird from Turkestan. Now, Bonaparte’s description of bactriana was based on Blyth’s unnamed description of a bird collected at Kandahar by Hutton (Cat. Birds Mus. Asiat. Soc. p. 91). Bonaparte’s distribution “ Persia orientali” was used either widely or geographically loosely, and included Kandahar in its embrace and cannot be stretched to include Turkestan. No one has ever shown that the type-locality of Kandahar was wrong, the only condition on which a type-locality can be shifted, and Dr. Streseman’s suggestion is untenable. Kelat and Kandahar are, of course, within a comparatively short distance of one another, and examination of birds from both localities shows that both are thesame. P.p. laubmanni, therefore, is a synonym of bactriana. Tom. cit. p. 362. Dr. Streseman describes as new Mota- cilla alba transcaspica from Astrabad, Caspian Provinces of Persia, based on three specimens from that province, and compared with a series from Altai and Baikal, and a single bird from India ; it is said to differ from personata in having a slightly longer wing and tail. Now, Gould’s types of personata came from India and are still in the British 119 [ Vol. xlviil. Museum, where I have examined them. One is in summer dress, wing 95, tail 97; the other in winter dress, wing 93, tail 92 (very worn). In 1922, Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. Journal, p. 1089, I published some notes on the plumages of this bird and gave a series of measurements of correctly sexed birds as follows :— India: ¢@, wing 94°5-98, tail 98-102, bill 16°5-17°5. 9, wing 87°5—95, tail 90-100, bill 15°5-17. I have since measured many more, but have no alteration to make except that the tail may be a min. or two shorter if worn, | In addition, I have measured the following :—E. Persia, 6, wing? 99°5;) tail 102°;* Dyjarkend, Turkestan, 3: <4, wing 94°5-96°5, tail 95-99°5 ; Issykul, 4 §, 93-96, tail 96-97. 92, wing 92, tail.95.; L. Balkash, @, wing 99, tam £04207 iskan, oO, 93°5.tail (9695. 9 94° 92s talk 9S; miltad, oy wing 69°94, tal 91, 96-59, wine 91, tail’ 96: It is obvious that Dr. Streseman’s measurements for his transcaspica do not ditter from Indian birds and Turke- stan birds are also the same. Whether Altai birds are really smaller I cannot say, as I have only seen the three above. MM. a. transcaspica then becomes a synonym of personata. Tom. cit. p. 378. Dr. Streseman describes as new Sylvia communis rubicola from Kuldja in Chinese Turkestan, being like icterops but larger: 5 @, wing, 75-79; 9%, 77 as against 4 ¢, 68-72, of zcterops from Hregli, in the Taurus. and 8 ¢, 71-74, 3 2, 73-74 from Gilan. A large series from Turkestan which I have measured: 3, wing 74-78°5 ; 5 Egypt and Palestine, 6, 72-77:°5; 2 Elburz, ¢, 74-75; 3 Sind, ¢, 74-77°5. The birds from Hregli seem very small compared with those from Turkestan, but there also seem to occur in the west large birds also—maybe, Turkestan birds average larger. Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited two drawings of a Cuckoo at a Reed-Warbler’s nest, one by Prof. Rocors and the other by Miss Hdna Bunyard. These drawings had been con- structed from material supplied by Mr. Bunyard. Vol. xlviii.] 120 NOTICES. The next Meeting of the Club, the last for the Session, will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 1928, at PAGANIT’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1. The Dinner at 7 p.m. Members intending to dine are requested to inform the Hon. Secretary, Dr. G. Carmichael Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W. 1. Members who intend to make any communication at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to give notice before- hand to the Editor, Mr. N. B. Kinnear, at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, 8.W.7, and to give him their MSS. for publication in the ‘ Bulletin ’ not later than at the Meeting. FISH MUS> Sar ED @ f) my | (eS \ ® es + Dr AK\SH MUs~. Bee ba ON B U L, L y I N By OF THE 1S BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB. No. CCCXAXV. Tue three-hundred-and-twentieth Meeting of the Club was held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1, on Wednesday, June 13, 1928. Chairman: Dr. P. R. Lowe. Members present:—W. Suore Baity; E. C. Stuart Baker; D. A. Bannerman; F. J. F. Baruinetron; A. L. Burter; J. CunnincHam ; R. H. Deane; J. DELAcOouR; A. Ezra; Major 8.8. FLrower; G. H. Gurney ; Rev. J. R. Hate; H. Huauers-Onstow; Rev. F. C. R. Jourparn ; N. B. Kinnear (/ditor) ; Dr. G. CarmicnarL Low (Hon. Sec. § Treas.); N.S. Lucas ; ©. W. MackworrH-PRaump ; T. H. Newman; G. H.R. Pye-Smita ; R. H. Reap; C. B. Rickett; Lord Rotuscuitp ; D. Sera-SmirnH ; A. LANpDs- porouGcH THomson; C, R. Woop ; C. DE Worms. Guests present:—P. Browne; Dr. N. Kuropa; W. P. Lowe; W. Rowan. Lord RoruscuiLp exhibited the hitherto unknown egg of the Flightless Rail ( Atlantisia rogers: Lowe) of Inaccessible Island, Tristan d’Acunha group, and described it as follows : Greyish milk-white tinged with buff; dotted all over sparingly with rather small chocolate-rufous spots and with underlying lavender-mauve ; both the main chocolate-rufous and the underlying mauve spots are considerably more con- centrated round the apex. Length 35 mm., breadth 25 mm. ( July 10, 1928. | a VOL, XLVIII, Vol. xlviil. | i272 This egg is a typical RaIL’s eae and very large for the size of the bird; it is almost indistinguishable from some varieties of the egg of Crex crea (Linn.). The clutch consisted of three eggs, one only of which has reached. me so far, though one other is in England. Lord RoruscHiLp also exhibited the eggs of 52 other species of Rails for comparison, viz. :— Rallus aquaticus Linn. Europe. fi. elegans Aud. Eastern U.S.A. R. crepitans Gm. LHastern U.S.A. R. virginianus Linn. N. America. Rf. antarcticus King. Argentina. Rh. pectoralis pectoralis Temm. Queensland. Limnopardalis rytirhynchus (Vieill.). Argentina. LD. maculatus (Bodd.). Argentina. Hypotenidia striata (Linn.). India. HT. philippensis andrewsit Math. Cocos Keeling. Hf. ph. assimilis (Gray). Norfolk Island. HI. ph. lesouefi Math. New Britain. Cabalus modestus (Hutt.). Little Mangare, Chatham Islands. Hulabeornis pecilopterus (Hartl.). Fiji. HE. castanewwenter Gould. Queensland. Tricholimnas sylvestris (Sel.). Lord Howe Island. Gymnocrex plumbeiventris (Gray). Papuasia. Aramides chiricote (V.). Argentina. A. ypacaha (V.). 8S. Brazil, Argentina. Gallirallus australis (Sparrm.). 8S. Island, New Zealand. G. earli (Gray). N.and 8. Islands, New Zealand. G. brachypterus (Lafr.) S. Island, New Zealand. Crex crex (Linn.). Europe. Porzana porzana (Linn.). Europe. P. carolina (Linn.). N. America. P. pusilla intermedia (Herm.). Europe. P. parva (Scop.). Central and South Europe. P. exquisita (Swinh.). E. Asia. P. tabuensis tenebrosus (Gray). Norfolk Island. P. leucopyrrha (Vieill.). Argentina. P. melanopheus (Vieill.). Argentina. P. jamaicensis stoddardi (Coale). EK, and N. America, 123 [Vol. xlviii. Porzanula palmert Frohawk. Laysan Island. Poliolimnas cinereus collingwoodi Math. Philippines ete. Amaurornis phenicura (Forster). Indo-Malaya. Rougetius rougeti (Guér.). Abyssinia. Tribonyx mortiert Du Bus. S. Australia, Tasmania. Microtribonyx ventralis (Gould). Australia. Gallinula sandwichensis Streets. Hawaiian Islands. G. chloropus (inn.). Europe. G. galeata Bp. America. G. angulata Sundev. ‘Tropical Africa. Porphyriola martinica (Linn.). America. Porphyrio ceruleus (Vandelli). Mediterranean Countries. Fulica atra Linn. Europe. F. cristata Gm. S.W. Europe, Africa. Ff. americana Gm. N. America. Ff, alat Peale. Hawaiian Islands. Ff. chilensis (Des Murs)=F’. ardesiaca Tschudi. Peru. Ff. rufifrons Phil. & Landb. Argentina. F. armillata (Vieill.). Argentina. F, leucoptera (Vieill.). Argentina. The only remarks to be made on these eggs are that the two at the bottom of the box of Crex crex are most like the egg of Atlantisia. The eggs of Fulica rujifrons and F. armillata resemble more those of Gallinula, though the birds are typical Wulica. The egg of the extinct Cabalus modestus is unique, and besides the one of Porcanula exhibited the only other is a broken example, also at Tring. This egg is more like that of FRallus and less like Porzana than the one exhibited. The eggs of Porzana jamaicensis stoddardi are very unlike a Rail’s egg and closely resemble eggs of various Passerine birds in their creamy-white colour and rufous spots with no underlying markings. The eggs of T'richo- linnas sylvestris have only once been obtained before. He also exhibited a skin of Atlantisia rogersi, one of the parents of the egg described antea. He further exhibited the skins of a number of Flightless Rails and some very rare Porzanas. Among the Flightless Rails exhibited is the completely a2 Vol. xlviii.] 124 extinct Tristan D’ACUNHA GALLINULE or “IsLtAnp Hen,” Porphyriornis nesiotis nesiotis Sclat., of which a closely- allied subspecies, P. neszotis comer Allen, still exists on Gough Island. | Then the following were shown :— Pareudiastes pacificus Hartl. & Finsch. Samoa Islands. (This bird is almost extinct.) Cabalus modestus Hutton. Little Mangare Island, Chatham Islands. (Completely extinct.) Pennula milist Dole. Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands. (Com- pletely extinct.) Porzanula palmert Frohawk. Laysan Island. (Completely extinct on Laysan, but still found FERALLY in some numbers on Midway Island, being descendants of several that escaped from their cage when my collector, Henry Palmer, visited these islands in June and July 1891 and a later liberation. ) Porzana jamaicensis jamaicensis (Gm.). Jamaica. P. jamaicensis stoddardi (Coale). Eastern U.S.A. P. jamaicensis coturniculus (Ridgw.). Western U.S.A. Porzana salinazi (Phil.). Chili. Porzana spilonota sharpet Rothsch. Galapagos Islands. (Except James Island.) Hypotenidia wakensis Rothsch. Waké Island. (Completely extinct. ) Gallirallus earli (Gray). N.&. 8. Islands, New Zealand. Gallirallus australis (Sparrm.). §. Island, New Zealand. Gallirallus brachypterus (Uafr.). 8. Island, New Zealand. (The New Zealand ‘“‘ WoopHENS ” are much better known under the generic name of Ocydromus, but Gallirallus has priority. ) Megacrex inepta (Salvad. & D’Albertis). S. New Guinea. Hulabeornis castanetventer Gould. Australia. Hi. pecilopterus (Hartl.). ¥iji Islands. i. woodfordi (O. Grant). Soiomon Islands. Tricholimnas sylvestris (Sel.}._ Lord Howe Island. Mr. A. L. Burier exhibited two specimens of a rare Parrot, Pyrrhura viridicata Todd (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, xxvi. 1913, p. 174), from the Santa Marta 125 (Vol. xlviii. region of Colombia. The species is so far known only from seven other skins, all of which are in American museums, and Mr. M. A. Carriker, Jr., from whom Mr. Butler received the birds, is the only collector who has obtained it. The Rey. F. C. R. Jourpaty, speaking with reference to recent supposed records of breeding of the Fire-crest (egulus ignica illus) in the British Isles, pointed that, although tlie distinctive characters usually given were frequently useful in the case of migrants on low bushes which allowed close inspection, they were quite ineffective in the case of birds breeding high up in conifers. Here a much more useful criterion was the difference in the songs of the two species, which was confirmed by the speaker’s recent observations on Fire-crests in Algeria. It is significant that this distinction was not observed in the supposed cases of breeding in England. ‘ Sight-records” by observers unacquainted with the species in question, should be accepted only after careful investigation and confirmatory evidence regarded as essential before publication in a scientific journal. Mr. J. De_acour exhibited on behalf of Dr. Kuropa two very beautiful paintings by the Japanese artist, Mr. Kobay- ashi, of the very rare Duck Pseudotadorna cristata. These paintings were made from two skins in Dr. Kuroda’s possession which were obtained some years ago in Corea. These two specimens and the one at Copenhagen, which was exhibited at one of the meetings of the Club by Mr. Hachisuka, are the only known examples. Mr. Detacour exhibited: and described, on behalf of M. P. JaBoUuILLE and himself, tw enty-one new torms of birds collected in Indo-China during their fourth expedition in 1927-1928 :— Gennzus lewisi, sp. nov. Male. Head, with a long crest, chin, throat, fore neck, and rest of underparts glossy black, the feathers having a Vol. xviii. | 126 brownish shaft and base; the feathers of the sides have a white shaft and one or two V-shaped white lines, which are gradually reduced to a pale shaft towards the middle of the breast. Hach feather of the sides and back of the neck with three concentric black and white marks. Mantle black, lined with white, each feather having three V-shaped white bars, one very close to the shaft, which is dark, and one subterminal—these white lines being about 1 mm. in width. Primaries, secondaries, and upper tail-coverts black, with the same white lines, one centimetre distant from one another about. Under wing-coverts greyish black with white lines. Upper wing-coverts like the back. : Rectrices black, more narrowly barred with white. The central pair is buffish grey on the outer web, finely peppered with black near the shaft and the border ; the outer web barred black and greyish white, passing to greyish buff near the tip. The next pair is intermediate in colour and pattern between the middle pair and the others. The crest is rather long and the tail short. Iris orange- yellow ; skin of the face scarlet ; bill horny whitish green, with darker base, legs and feet bright crimson ; spur and nails horny white. Measurements. Wing 240 mm.; tail 300; tarsus 80; culmen 48. Female. Crest long, reddish brown, with pale shafts to the feathers ; head, throat, and neck pale greyish brown. Mantle mottled pale greyish brown and reddish brown, each feather being of the latter colour, with a whitish shaft and a heart-shaped patch of greyish at the tip; towards the lower back and on the rump, these become a broad terminal border. The whole of the feather is more or less spotted with minute dark streaks and blotches. Wing-coverts like back ; primaries reddish brown outside, blackish inside ; secondaries dark brown with a reddish outer border, peppered with blackish; tertiaries reddish brown, peppered with blackish. Rectrices bright chestnut, the central pair with lighter 127 [ Vol. xlviii. borders and tip, and much peppered with dark. brown ; upper and lower tail-coverts chestnut, with light border and tips, and peppered with brown, with light shafts. Lower parts pale greyish brown, tinged with yellowish on the sides and flanks, and white feather-shafts. Iris brown; skin of face cherry-red ; bill horny green; legs and feet crimson, nails grey. Measurements. Wing 220 mm.; tail 230; tarsus 73; culmen 26. : Types in the British Museum. ¢, Bokor (8. Cambodia, 1000 metres), 9.xii.1927, No. 699. 9, Bokor, 13.xi1.1927, No. 800. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1928.6.26.1 & 2. Material examined. Ten specimens (7 ¢, 3 ) from Bokor. Wings, ¢ 240 to 250 mm., ? 210 to 220 mm. N.B.—Named in honour of Mr. John Spedan Lewis, whose generosity enabled the British Museum to share in the results of the expedition. This fine new Pheasant is confined to the isolated plateau of southern Cambodia, and is not closely related to either Genneus lineatus sharpe of Siam or to G. nycthemerus annamensis of the highlands of southern Annam. Gennzus nycthemerus berliozi, subsp. nov. Male intermediate between G. n. rippont and G. n. bel, very near G. n. rujipes, but with broader and better-defined black and white bars, and a shorter tail. Femaie very similar to that of G. n. belt with a slightly longer tail and more vermiculation on the outer rectrices. Differs widely from 9 G.n. rufipes in having a practically plain brown breast. Legs of both sexes crimson. Measurements. g, wing 260 mm., tail 380. Type in the British Museum. ¢, Quangtri (Ceftral Annam, 700 metres), 8.11.1926. No. H.1808. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1927.6.5.203. Material examined. 'I'wo specimens ( g and ¢ ), and many alive in our collection. N.B.—Named in honour of M. Jacques Berlioz. Vol. xlviii.] 128 Arborophila cambodiana, sp. nov. A very distinct, not closely related to any other, species. Head bright rufous-chestnut, with black occiput and nape, and with the upper part of ear-coverts dark brown. Front and sides of the neck chestnut, the feathers being bordered with black, producing a darker appearance; hind neck black. Feathers of the mantle barred black and olive-brown, the black being predominant in some specimens on the upper back and becoming almost obsolete in others on the rump. Wings and tail as in A. brunneopectus, but of a richer tinge. Under wing-coverts buff and blackish brown. Upper breast rich uniform rufous-chestnut ; lower breast mottled black, white, and chestnut, each feather having near the tip a white centre, surrounded by a double band of black and chestnut, the base being mostly black. Flanks and sides of body black and white and chestnut, each feather being black and chestnut at the base, with a broad white patch and black tips. Feathers of abdomen white with a broad buff border, becoming paler on the lower part. Under tail-covert buffish chestnut. Iris brown ; eyelids dark purplish red; bill black; legs and feet lilac-pink ; nails pink. Female similar to male, but smaller, with lower breast less strongly mottled, and less black on upper parts. Measurements. & : wing 150 mm.; tail 65; tarsus 45; culmen 19; gape 25. @ : wing 136 mm.; tail 63; tarsus 40; culmen 18; gape 22. Types in the British Museum. ¢ ?, Bokor (S. Cambodia, altitude 1000 metres), 14 & 16.xii1.1927. Nos. 814, 849. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1928.6.26.3 & 4. Material exanuned. Nine specimens (6 ¢, 2 2,1?) from Bokor. Arborophila rufogularis guttata, subsp. nov. Very close to A. 7. tickelle, but differs in having the whole of the throat spotted with black. Measurements. Wing 145 mm. 129 [Vol. xlvin. Type in the British Museum. 6, Bana (C. Annam, 1500 metres), 23.viii.1926, No. 699. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1927.6.5.149. Material examined. Two specimens from Bana. N.B.—These birds had been so far referred to A. rufo- gularis laotiana, a darker form from Xieng-Khouang (Laos) with an unspotted lower throat. Birds from Napé, 8.E. of Xieng-Khouang, belong to the Burmese form A. r. tickella. Tropicoperdix chloropus olivacea, subsp. nov. Very closely allied to 7. c. chloropus from Tenasserim and Siam, but of a mere olivaceous, not so yellowish, brown above and on the upper breast. Lower breast less deep chestnut, fading to buftish-white towards the abdomen. Iris brown ; eyelids reddish grey; bill yellow, base red ; legs and feet greenish yellow. Measurements. Wing 161 mm. Type in the Paris Museum. ¢, Napé (Laos, 800 metres), mi 1928. No. 2476. Material examined. Fifteen specimens (11 ¢,4 2?) from Bokor (S. Cambodia, 1600 m.), Napé (Laos, 800 m.), Nong- Het (Laos, 1000 m.), and Xieng-Khouang (Laos, 1200 m.). Wings 152 to 168 mm. N.B.—This species is only found on mountains from southern Cambodia to northern Laos. Ptilolemus tickelli indochinensis, subsp. nov. Resembles P. ¢. austeni, but differs in having its central rectrices narrowly tipped with white as in P. ¢. tickelli. Throat still whiter than in P. t. austen. Bill shorter and stouter than in the other two forms, with _a less marked ridge. Iris pale brown; bill yellowish brown; feet and legs greyish brown. Measurements. Wing 315 mm. Type in the British Museum. ¢@, Khébon (N. Annam, 150 m.), 4.111.1928, No. 3226. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1928.6.26.5. ~ Vol. xlviii.] 130 Material examined. Three specimens (1 6,292). From Kheébon (N. Annam), Bana ((. Annam, 1500 m.), and Hué (C. Annam, sea-level). Chrysophlegma flavinucha annamensis, subsp. nov. Differs from C. f. pierre: from Cochin China and Cambodia in its richer and darker general colour, but is paler than C. f. styant from Hainan and Tonkin, — All specimens from Annam and laos, from Dalat to Phuqui and Xieng-Khouang, are similar. Measurements. Wing 167 mm. } Type in the Paris Museum. 6, Khébon (N. Annam, 150 metres), 4.111.1928, No. 3228. Material examined. Fourteen specimens (8 g, 6 2?) from Khebon and Phuqui (N. Annam), Napé (Laos, 800 m.), Xieng- Khouang (Laos, 1200 m.), and Dalat (S. Annam, 1500 m.). Wings 150 to 168 mm. _ Pitta cyanea aurantiaca, subsp. nov. Similar to P. cyanea, but differs in the very yellowish tinge of the sides of the head and nape. | Measurements. Wing 114 mm. Type in the Paris Museum. &, Bokor (S. Cambodia, 1000 metres), 17.x11.1927, No. 855. Material examined. Two specimens. Criniger gutturalis cambodianus, subsp. nov. ~ Closely related to C. gutturalis sacculatus, from the south of the Malay Peninsula, but duller and not so yellowish above and lighter below. , Iris brown ; bill dark brown above, grey below; legs and feet horny-flesh colour. Measurements. Wing 108 mm. Type in the Paris Museum. 6, Bokor (S. Cambodia, 1060 metres), 7.x11.1927, No. 612. Material examined. Twelve specimens (7 3,42 ,1?) from Bokor. Wings 100 to 112 mm. 131 [ Vol. xlviii. Corythocichla griseigularis, sp. nov. Difters from all forms of C. brevicaudata, to which it is allied, in having the throat and upper breast of a uniform grey colour, changing to brown on the lower breast and rufous-brown on the abdomen and under tail-coverts. Upper parts rather dark. Iris reddish brown; bill black above, grey below; legs and feet fleshy brown. Measurements. Wing 60 mm. Type in the British Museum. 6, Bokor (8. Cambodia, 1000 metres), 8.x11.1927, No. 649. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1928.6.26.6. Material ecamined. Hight specimens (3 6,3 2,27), from Bokor. Wings 58 to 62 mm. Corythocichla annamensis, sp. nov. Feathers of upper parts light olive-grey, brownish on the lower back, with blackish-brown borders, producing a squamated appearance as in other specics of the genus. Rump brown. Wings olive-brown, with darker inner webs to the feathers. Tail rather long and of the same colour. Throat spotted white and blackish brown, each feather being of the latter colour, with a large white spot on the middle of each web. Breast ashy grey, changing to dull brown on the sides and on the abdomen. Under tail-coverts rufous olive-brown. Iris reddish Lrown; bill dark horny brown above, greyish below ; legs and feet greyish brown. Measurements. Wing 78 mm.; tail 77 mm.; tarsus 28 mm. ; gape 25; 19 mm. Type in the British Museum. @, Phuqui (N. Annam, 150 metres), 23.11.1928, No. 3192. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1928.6.26.7. Material examined. Hight specimens from Phuqui and Khébon (N. Annam, 150 metres). Wings 73 to 78 mm. N.B.--This distinct new bird lives entirely amongst lime- stone rocks, as does its congener C. crispéfrons in Burma. It seems unnecessary to maintain for these two species the generic name Cursonia (= Gypsophila). Vol. xlviii.] 132 Scheniparus rufogularis blanchardi, subsp. nov. Differs from S. r. major, from Middle Laos, in its smaller size, more olivaceous, less yellowish underparts, browner breast, duller brown under tail-coverts. From S. 7. stevensi, from Tonkin, it differs in its much better-defined and brighter rufous necklace, its whiter throat, and lighter breast and abdomen. Measurements. Wing 57 mm. Type in the British Museum. ¢, Phuqui (N. Annam, 150 metres), 23.11.1928, No. 3140. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1928.6.26.8. Material examined. Three specimens (1 ¢, 2 2) from Phuqui (N. Annam) and Xieng-Khouang (N. Laos, 1200 metres). Wings 55 to 59 mm. N.B.—Named in honour of M. Blanchard de le Brosse, Governor of Cochin-China. i Erpornis xantholeuca canescens, subsp. nov. Of a duller and greyer yellowish green above than all other forms, especially on the nape and hind neck. Feathers of the crown with very apparent dark shafts and centre. Iris brown; bill brown above, lighter below; legs and feet flesh-colour. Measurements. Wing 68 mm. Type in the British Museum. 6, Bokor (S. Cambodia, 1000 metres), 7.x.1927, No. 616. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. $92 3.b.20.0. Material examined. Five specimens (1 ¢, 4 3) from Bokor. Wings 64 to 68 mm. Notodela cambodiana, sp. nov. Dark slaty bluish grey above and below, with a lighter grey tinge on abdomen. Feathers of the flanks and under tail-coverts tipped with whitish. Two white patches on the sides of the neck. Rectrices with basal part of the outer webs white, except the two central ones. Lesser wing- coverts of a slightly brighter bluish grey. Forehead without. any bright blue. Iris brown ; bill, feet, and legs black. 133 [ Vol. xlviii. Measurements. Wing 87 mm.; tail 73; tarsus 24; gape 20; culmen 15. Type in the British Museum. 4, Bokor (8. Cambodia, 1000 metres), 13.xii.1927, No. 795. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1928.6.26.10. Material examined. Two & from Bokor. Cissa concolor, sp. nov. Nearer to C. hypoleuca in its strong thick bill, short tail, and wing pattern. Head and crest yellowish green, slightly olivaceous; a broad black line from lores to nape. Mantle yellowish grass-green. Wings coppery red, with green lesser coverts ; tertiaries tipped with bluish-green. Central rectrices olive-green, with bluish tips; others olive-buff, with broad subterminal black bands and _ basal part of outer webs greenish. Whole of underparts apple-green. Tris, eyelids, bill, legs, and feet coral-red. Measurements. Wing 160 mm.; tail 156; tarsus 49; gape 39 ; culmen 34. Type in the Paris Museum. 4, Phuqui (N. Annam, 150 m.), 19.11.1928, No. 3013. Material ecamined. One ¢ only. N.B.—Also we often saw and heard Cissas of this species near Phuqui, it was impossible to secure more specimens, so wild and cunning these birds are. Bhringa remifer lefoli, subsp. nov. Nearer to b. r. peracensis from Siam and southern Annam, but with still much longer, narrower, and more tapering tail- rackets. Hemale with shorter shafts and rackets than males. Measurements. Wing 130 mm.; tail 580 (feather 125 ; denudated shaft 125 ; racket 330). Type in the Paris Museum. 2, Bokor (S. Cambodia, 1000 m.), 16.xi1.1927, No, 836, Vol. xlviii. | 134 Material examined. Hight specimens (6 6, 2 ¢) from Bokor. Wings 130 to 139 mm. N.B.—Named in honour of M. H. Le Fol, Resident Superior in Cambodia. Amandava amandava decouxi, subsp. nov. Differs from A. a. amandava from India in. its smaller size, its more carmine and deeper red tinge, fewer and smaller white spots on the wings, sides of body, and tail- coverts, its browner back, hind neck, and middle of crown. Females darker above than in A. a. amandava, with darker and more crimson upper tail-coverts, and with fewer and smaller white spots. Measurements. Wing 45 mm. Types in the Paris Museum. @, Siem-Reap (Cambodia, sea-level), 28.xi1.1927, No. 1349. 9, Saigon (Cochin- China, sea-level), 10.1.1928, No. 1613. Material examined. Hight specimens (4 6,4 ¢) from Siem-Reap and Saigon. Wings 42 to 46 mm. N.B.—Named in honour of M. A. Decoux. All aviculturists have known for many years that the so-called ‘“‘ Chinese”? Amadavats differ from the Indian one, and have designed them by different names. But no wild shot specimens had ever been collected. They are exported by the thousands as cage-birds from Saigon. Aithopyga siparaja insularis, subsp. nov. Differs from 4. s. mangini from Annam and Cochin-China in being of a slightly brighter red, and having the lower back orange-yellow instead of golden yellow. Measurements. Wing 52 mm. Type in the British Museum. 6, Island of Phu-Quoc (Coast of Cochin-China), 25.xii.1927, No. 898. Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 1928.6.26.11. Material examined, Four § specimens, Wings 52 to o7 mm. 135 [Vol. xlviii. Leptocoma braziliana emma. subsp. nov. Differs from L. 6. brazilana in its deeper violet, less pinkish, throat, its duller and darker red colour on the breast. Measurements. Wing 86 mm. Type in the Paris Museum. 4, Island of Phu-Quoc (Coast of Cochin-China), 30.xii.1927. No. 986. Material examined. Twelve ¢ Phu-Quoc, An-Binh, Tay- Ninh (Cochin-China, sea-level), Djiring (S. Annam, 1000 metres). N.B.—Named in honour of Mme E. Jabouille. Leptocoma asiatica hachisukai, subsp. noy. Differs from ZL. a. intermedia in having the upper parts of a uniform steel-blue colour, instead of having a subterminal green band to the feathers. Measurements. Wing 55 mm. Type in the Paris Museum. ¢, Kompong-Thom (Cam- bodia, sea-level), 3.1.1928, No. 1474. Material examined. Seven § from Kompong-Thom and Sambor (Cambodia) and Daban (S. Annam, 400 metres). Wings 55 to 58 mm. N.B.—Named in honour of M. Masauji Hachisuka. One specimen from Saravane (Laos) belongs to L. a. inter- media. Specimens from southern Siam and Burma are nearer to the present form. Diceum beccarii cambodianum, subsp. nov. Similar to D. beccaru from Sivlak Daras, Korinchi, Sumatra (1000 metres), but paler below, with a longer bill. Iris brown ; legs and feet black. Measurements. Wing 49 mm.; tail 22; tarsus 13; culmen oy capelt. Type in the British Museum. ¢ (breeding), Bokor (S. Cambodia, 1000 metres), 10.xii.1927, No.705. Brit. Mus, Reg. No. 1928.6.26.12. Material examined. One specimen, Vol. xlviii.] 136 Note. Correction (Bull. B.O.C. vol. xlvii.). P. 153. The type of Megalema lagrandieri rothschildi is said to be in the British Museum—it should read ‘* Paris Museum.” P.161. The type of Drymocataphus pusillus is said to be in the Paris Museum— it should read ‘“ British Museum.” P.170. The type of Picus chlorolophus harmandi is said to be in the Paris Museum—it should read “ British Museum.” Admiral H. Lynres communicated the following on behalf of Professor OscAR NEUMANN and himself :— Cisticola robusta omo Neum. & Lynes, subsp. nov. Description. Compared with typical C. 7. robusta Riipp. of the Central Abyssinian Plateau. Size, proportions, and colour-pattern similar, but coloration throughout markedly darker and richer; head-top and mantle extremely black, the pale feather-borders so narrow that abrasion ultimately causes these parts to appear not far from uniform black. Hab. S.W. Abyssinia, viz. to the southward and westward of the upper Hawash valley—more or less represented by, and confined to the higher ground of the Omo River watershed. Type in Neumann Coll., Berlin, a breeding adult male. Collected by Professor O. Neumann at Kankati in Jimma territory, S.W. Abyssinia, on 29th May, 1925. Wing (> mm., taild2: Obs. Professor Neumann collected eight breeding adults and one fledged young in Jimma during May 1925, and the new race is also represented in the British Museum Collection by six adult specimens. Note this further addition to the list of richly-pigmented birds inhabiting the Omo basin— cf. Cercomela familiaris omoensis (Neum.), Anthus gould omoensis Neum., Hmberiza forbesi omoensis Neum., etc. further details of omo will be published in my Review of the Cisticole, MS. of which is now approaching completion, 137 [Vol. xlviii. The latter will contain the first publication of a number of new names for which I shall be solely responsible. We think it best to announce “ omo”’ separately, in order that our joint authorship may be clearly indicated.—H. L. Errata. P. 110, line 6, for organs read hormones. P. 119, 3 lines from bottom, for Prof. Rocors read Prof. Rowan. NOTICES. The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, October 10, 1928, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1. The Dinner at 7 p.m. Members intending to dine are requested to inform the Hon. Secretary, Dr. G. Carmichael Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W. 1. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. This will also be held at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT on Wednesday, October 10, 1928, at 5.45 pm. An Agenda and Balance Sheet will be issued in September. Members who intend to make any communication at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to give notice before- hand to the Editor, Mr. N. B. Kinnear, at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, S.W.7, and to give him their MSS. for publication in the ‘ Bulletin’ not later than at the Meeting. 7 ae Pale SEN ahiois) a INDEX. .- | Names of new species and subspecies are indicated by clarendon type under the generic entry only. ] abdominalis, Hremomela griseoflava, 15. Acestrura astreans, 9. Aigypius monachus, 11. JEthopyga siparaja insularis, subsp. n., 134. africanus archert, Francolinus, 51. lortt, Francolinus, 51. alai, Fulica, 128. Alauda arvensis guillelmi, 65. sierre, 69. ticehursti, subsp. n., 65. alba transcaspica, Motacilla, 118. alecto longirostris, Piezorhynchus, 98. nove-guineensis, Piezorhynchus, -—— woodlarkensis, Piezorhynchus, 93. Alectoris chukar caucasica, subsp. n., 22. cypriotes, 22. ——- -—— dzungarica, subsp. n., ——— —— falki, 2a. .—— —— fallax, subsp. n., 23. -_-— —— obscurata, subsp. n., 27. — —— palilescens, 24. —— —— pallida, 24. —— ——. potanini, subsp. n., 25. —— —— shestoperovl, subsp. n., 23. subpallida, 24. alexanderi, Eremomela griseoflava, 16. -——, Poliolais, 11. ‘ lopezt, 17. aline, Eriocnenus, 11. alleni, Selasphorus, 8. Amandava amandava de- couxi, subsp. n., 134. amandava decouxi, Amandava, 134, Amaurornis phenicura, 1238. amboynensis, Leucocirca leucophrys, americana, Fulica, 123. amherstie, Chrysolophus, 90. Anas strepera, 74. -— superciliosa, 74. sf eresis Hypotenidia philippensis, 23. angulata, Gallinula, 128. anna, Culypte, 8. annamensis, Chrysoph'egima nucha, 130. , Corythocichla, 131. ——., Sphenocercus sphenurus, 84. Anser brachyrhynchus, 50. ansorget, Prinia, 18. antarcticus, Rallus, 122. Anthus gouldi omoensis, 136. Apalis lopezi, 17. aquaticus, Rallus, 122. Aquila chrysaétos occidentalis, 42. Aramides chiricote, 122. ypacaha, 122. Arboricola rufogularis laotiana, 129. a ea cambodiana, sp.n., rufigularis guttata, subsp. n., 128. archert, Kremomela griseoflava, 14. , Francolinus africanus, 51, ardesiaca, Fulica, 123. Argaleocichia icterina icterina, 67. Argya squamiceps squamiceps, 12. aristotelis, Phalacrocorax, 63. armillata, Fulica, 122. aruensis, Otidiphaps nobilis, 88. arvensis guilelmi, Alauda, 65, sierre, Alauda, 65. ticehurstt, Alauda, 65. asiatica brevirostris, Leptocoma, 12. flavi- Vol. xlviii. | asiatica chersonesus, Cyanops, 46. hachisukai, Leptocoma, 135. —— incognita, Cyanops, 46. assimilis, Hypotenidia philippensis, 99 astreans, Acestrura, 9. Atlantisia rogersi, 121, 123. atra, Fulica, 128. , atratus, Pterocles coronatus, 12. atrogularis, Turnix suscitator, 60. aurantiaca, Pitta cyanea, 180. aurocristatus, Leiopicus mahrattensis, 93. australis, Gallirallus, 122, 124. , Nyroca, 56. bactriana, Pica pica, 118. bakeri, Muscadivora, 56. banyumas limitans, Cyornis, 44. barrali, Heliotrypha, 9. beccarit cambodianum, Diceum, 135. bennetti, Casuarius, 87. berliozi, Genneus nycthemerus, 127. Bhringa remifer lefoli, subsp. n., 133. blakistoni, Turnix suscitator, 61. blanchardi, Scheniparus rufogularis, 132. blanfordi, Leiopicus mahraitensis, 94. Blythipicus pyrrhotis, 57. cameroni, subep. n., 57. Boissonneaua flavescens, 10. bontii, Coturnix indica, 59. borneensis, Chlorura hyperythra, 72. bottegi, Francolinus castaneicollis, 50. brachypterus, Gallirallus, 122, 124. brachyrhynchus, Anser, 50. brachyura chloronota, Camaroptera, 6. kelsalli, Camaroptera, 16. braziliana emme, Leptocoma, 135. brevirostris, Leptocoma asiatica, 12. brunneata, Siphia, 43. brunneatus, Rhinomyias, 43, 72. buryi, Lanius excubitor, 12. Buteo r. cirtensis, 42. Cabalus modestus, 122, 1238, 124. calliope, Stellula, 8. ; x coste, Calypte, 41. Calypte anna, 8. cost@, 8. x Stelluia calliope, 41. Camaroptera brachyura chloronota, 16. kelsalli, subsp. n., 16. cambodiana, Arborophila, 128. , Criniger gutturalis, 130. —, Notodela, 132. cambodianum, Diceum becarit, 135. 140 cameront, Blythipicus pyrrhotis, 57. canescens, Erpornis xantholeuca, 132. canorus, Cuculus, 31, 75, 119. Caprimulgus donaldsoni, 50. carolina, Porzana, 122. castaneicollis bottegi, Francolinus, 50. castaneiventer, Hulabeornis, 122, 124. Casuarius bennetti, 87. rogerst, 87. caucasica, Alectoris chukar, 22. Cercomela familiaris omoensis, 136. cervicalis, Otidiphaps nobilis, 88. Chalcophaps indica robinsoni, subsp. n., 58. chersonesus, Cyanops asiatica, 46. chilensts, Fulica, 123. chimborazo, Oreotrochilus, 41. chiricote, Aranides, 122. Chlorocharis emiliz moultoni, subsp. n., 47. . chlorolophus harmandi, Picus, 136. olivacea, Tropicoperdix, 129, chloronota, Camaroptera brachyura, 16. chloropus, Gallinula, 123. Chlorostilbon prasinus prasinus, 11. Chlorura hyperythra borneensis, 72. malayana, subsp. n., 72. chrysaétos occidentalis, Aquila, 42. chrysogaster guineensis, Gerygone, 91. Chrysolophus amherstie, 90. pictus, 90. Chrysophlegma flavinucha annamensis, subsp. n., 130. chukar caucasica, Alectoris, 22. —— cypriotes, Alectoris, 22. dzungarica, Alectoris, 26. Jalki, Alectoris, 23. Jallax, Alectoris, 23. obscurata, Alectoris, 27. pallescens, Alectoris, 24. pallida, Alectoris, 24. potanini, Alectoris, 25. shestoperovi, Alectoris, 23. subpallida, Alectoris, 24. Ciconia ciconia, 42. cinereus collingwoodi, Poliolimnas, 123. ; cirtensis, Bnteo r., 42. Cissa concolor, sp. n., 133. Cisticola natalensis, 30. —— robusta omo, subsp. n., 136. clotbey, Rhamphocorys, 42. celebs, Fringilla, 45. ceruleus, Porphyrio, 123. colchicus, Phasianus, 90, 103. collingwoodi, Poliolimnas cinereus, 123. Columba livia dakhlez, subsp. 1n., 116. — — gaddi, 116. 141 Comatibis eremita, 42, 83. comeri, Porphyriornis nesiotis, 124. communis pubicola, Sylvia, 119. concolor, Cissa, 133. coqui maharao, Francolinus, 51. corax tingitanus, Corvus, 42. coronatus atratus, Pterocles, 12. saturatus, Pterocles, 12. Corvus corax tingitanus, 42. monedula, 42. Corythocichla annamensis, sp. n., 131. crispifrons, 131. griseigularis, sp. n., 131. coste, Calypte, 8. ——, x calliope, Stellula, 41. coturniculus, Porzana jamaicensis, 124. : Coturnix coturnix japonica, 59. -———- indica bontii, 59. crawfordi, Kremomela grisecflavw, 16. crepttans, Rallus, 122. Crex crex, 122. Criniger gutturalis bodiana, subsp. n., 138v. crispifrons, Corythocichla, 131. cristata, Fulica, 123. Pseudotadorna, 1265. cristatus cristatus, Podiceps, 74. Cryptolopha ruficapilla, 13. Cuculus canorus, 31, 75, 119. cupreiventris, Hriecnemis, 11. Cursonia, 131. curvirostra, Loxia, 42. cyanea aurantiaca, Pitta, 130. cyanecula, Luscinia svecica, 11. cyaneotincta, Damophila, 9. —, Polyerata, 9. Cyanoderma erythroptera rufa, subsp. n., 47. Cyanops asiatica chersonesus, subsp. n., 46. —— ?incognita, 46. davisoni, 46. —— —— (incognita ?), 46. oorti, 46. Cyornis banyumas limitans, subsp. n., 44. policgenys saturatior, subsp. n., 43, 72. rufigastra indochina, subsp. n., 73, sumatrensis, 73. eypriotes, Alectoris chukar, 22. cam.- dakhle, Columba livia, 116. , Streptopelia senegalensis, 116. Damophila cyaneotincta, 9, daurica occidentalis, Perdia, 27. davisoni, Cyanops, 46. [ Vol. xlvii. davisont (incognita ?), Cyanops, 46. decourit, Amandava amandava, 134. Diceum beccarii cambodi- anum, subsp. n., 135. Dinopium ravent, 71. donaldsont, Caprimulgus, 50. , Turacus leucotis, 50. Drymocataphus pusillus, 136. Dryobates macet westermanni, 94. dyselius, Eriocnemis, 11. dzungarica, Alectoris chukar, 26. earlit, Gallirallus, 124. elegans, Rallus, 122. Emberiza forbesi omoensis, 136. emilie moultoni, Chlorocharis, 47. emme, Leptocoma braziliana, 135. eremita, Comatibis, 42, 83. Eremomela griseoflava abdominalis, 15. alexanderi, 16. —— —— archeri, subsp. n., 14, 16. — —— crawfurdi, 16. — —— flavicrissalis, 15, —— -—--- griseoflava, 15. —— —— karamojensis, 15. perimacha, 15. polioxantha, 15. saturatior, 15. Eriocnemis aline, 11. cupreiventris, 11. —— dyselius, 11. Erpornis xantholeuca canes- cens, subsp. n., 182. erythroptera rufa, Cyanoderma, 47. Hulaheornis castaneiventer, 122, 124. pectlopterus, 122, 124. woodfordi, 124. excubitor buryi, Lanius, 12. exquisita, Porzana, 122. Falco peregrinus, 42. pelegrinoides, 42. —.- tinnunculus, 42. Salki, Alectoris chukar, 28. fallax, Alectoris chukar, 23. Samiliaris omoensis, Cercomela, 136. fasciatus, Hieraaétus, 42. flavescens, Boissonneaua, 10. flavicrissalis, Eremomela griseoflava, 14. flavinuchaannamensis, Chrysophlegma, 133.0 flaviventris, Sylvia, 14, Hloresi, Selasphorus, 8. forbes omoensis, Emberiza, 136. Francolinus africanus archeri, subsp. n., 51. lortt, 51. castaneicollts bottegi, 50. —— coqui maharao, subsp. n., 51. Vol. xlviii.] Francolinus harwoodi, 37. Fregata magnificens lowei, subsp. n., 12. rothschildi, 12. minor nicolli, 18. Fringilla celebs, 45. Fulica alai, 123. ——- americana, 1238. ardesiaca, 123. armillata, 123. atra, 123. chilensis, 123. cristata, 123. —— leucoptera, 128. rufifrons, 123. JSulvotincta, Pachycephaia, 89. JSuscescens, Strix uralensis, 21, gaddi, Columba livia, 116. galeata, Gallinula, 128. Gallinula angulata, 128. chloropus, 128, — galeata, 123. sandwichensis, 123. Gallirallus australis, 122, 124. —— brachypterus, 122, 124. earlit, 122, 124, Garrulus japonicus hiuga- ensis, subsp. n., 19, —— -—— nakaoke, subsp. n., 19. a orit, 20. Gennzus lewisi, sp. n., 125. nycthemerus __berliozi, subsp. n., 127. Gerygone chrysogaster guine- ensis, subsp. n., 91. Glareola pratincola, 90. goudoti, Sapphironia, 11. gouldi omoensis, Anthus, 136. gouldie, Poephila, 71, 98. graueri, Prinia mistacea, 19. griseigena griseigena, Podiceps, 73. -~— holbelli, Podiceps, 53, 70. griseigularis, Corythocichia, 131. griseoflava abdominalis, Mremomela, lie. alexanderi, Hremomela, 16. archeri, Hremomela, 14, 16. crawfordi, Hremomela, 16. flavicrissalis, Hremomela, 15. —— griseoflava, Kremomela, 15. karamojensis, Kremomela, 15. perimacha, Hremomela, 15. polioxantha, Eremomela, 15. saturatior, Eremomela, 15. guillelmi, Alauda arvensis, 65. guineensis, Gerygone chrysogaster, guttata, Arborophila rufogularis, 128. gutturalis cambodiana, Criniger, 130. 142 Gymnocrex plumbeiventris, 122. Gypsophila, 131. hachisukai, Leptocoma asiatica, 135. harmandi, Picus chlorolophus, 136. harwoodi, Francolinus, 37. helenore, Poliolais, 17. Heliangelus mavors, 1Q. Heliotrypha barrali, 9. luminosa, g. 10. speciosa, ‘). Hieraaétus fasciatus, 42. hiugaensis, Garrulus yaponicus, 19. hodgsonie, Perdix, 53. nanshanice, Perdizx, 27, 53. occidentalis, Perdix, 27, 53. hoevilli, Siphia, 48. holbellii, Podiceps griseigena, 53. Hylochelidon nigricans papua, subsp. n, 83. — —— timoriensis, 83. hyperythra borneensis, Chlorura, 72. malayana, Chlorura, 72. Hypocharmosyna placentis intensior, subsp. n., 84. —— placentis, 84. hypoleucos, Tringa, 75. Hypotenidia philippensis andrewsi, 122. —-— —— assimilis, 122. lesouefi, 122. —-— striata, 122. wakensis, 124. icterina icterina, Argaleocichla, 67, actertnus, Trichophorus, 67. ignicapillus, Regulus, 45, 1265. incognita, Cyanops asiatica, 46. ‘ davisoni, 46. indica bontii, Coturnix, 59. robinsont, Chalcophaps, 58. indochina, Cyornis rufigastra, 73. indochinensis, Ptilolemus tickelli, 129. inepta, Megacrex, 124. insularis, Aithopyga siparaja, 154. tntensior, Hypocharmosyna placentis, t intermedia, Porzana pusilla, 122, interrumpens, Turnix suscitator, 60, tolata, Petasophora, 11. isabellinus, Turnix suscitator, 62. jamaicensis coturniculus, Porzana, 124. jamaicensis, Porzana, 124. stoddardi, Porzana, 122, 124. jamesoni, Oreotrochilus, 41. Japonica, Coturnia coturnix, 59. japonicus hiugaensis, Garrulus, 19. — nakaoke, Garrulus, 19. 143 japonicus orti, Garrulus, 20. javana, Pachycephala pectoralts, &8. ygavanense, Tiga, 71. javanica, Turnix, 58. johnstont, Seicercus ruficapilla, 13. karamojensis, Eremomela griseoflava, 15. kelsalli, Camaroptera brachyura, 16. lagrandiert rothschildi, Megalaima, 136. Laniprococeyx plagosus layardi, 56. Lanius excubitor bury, 12. laotiana, Arboricola rufogularis, 129. latrans, Muscadivora, 56. laubmanni, Pica pica, 118. layardi, Lamprococceyx plagosus, 56. lefoli, Bhringa remifer, 138. leggei, Turnix suscitator, 62. Letopicus mahrattensis aurocristatus, 93. — —— blanfordi, 94. Leptocoma asiatica brevirostris, 12. hachisukai, subsp. n., 135. —— brasiliana emmz2, subsp n., 135. lesoucfi, Hypotenidia philippensis, 122 Leucocirca leucophrys a - boynensis, subsp. n., 92. le cogaster, Sula, 63. leucogaster, Sula, 63. —— plotus, Sula, 63. rogersi, Sula, 68. leucophrys amboynensis, Leucocirca, >) leucoptera, Fulica, 1238. leucopyrrha, Porzana, 122. leucatis donaldsoni, Turacus, 50. lewisi, Genneus, 125. limitans, Cyornis banyumas, 44, Limnopardalis maculatus, 122, —— rytirhynchus, 122. livia dakhle, Columba, 116. gaddi, Columba, 116. longirostris, Piezorhynchus alecto, 93. lopezi, Apalis, 17. alexandert, Poliolais, 17. lopezi, Poliolais, 17. lorti, Francolinus africanus, 51. lowei, Fregata magnificens, 12. Loxia curvirostra, 42. luminosa, Heliotrypha, 9, 10. Luscinia svecica cyanecula, 11. Lyrurus tetrix, 90. macei westermannt, Dryobates, 94, [Vol. xlviil. maculatus, Limnopardalis, 122. maculipectus mimika, Setosura, 91. magnificens lower, Hregata, 12. rothschildi, Fregata, 12. maharao, Francolinus cogui, 51. mahrattensis aurocristatus, Leiopicus, 93. blanfordi, Leiopicus, 94. major tatibanat, Parus, 20. wladiwostokensis, Parus, 20. malayana, Chlorura hyperythra, 72. martinica, Porphyriola, 128. mavors, Heliangelus, 10. medius, Tetrao, 90. Megacrex inepta, 124. Megalaima lagrandiert rothschildi, 136. melanopheus, Porzana, 122. merganser, Mergus, 74. Mergus merganser, 74. Microtribonyx ventralis, 123. millst, Pennula, 124. mimika, Setosura maculipectus, 91. minor nicolli, Fregata, 13. mistacea grauert, Prinia, 19. modestus, Cabalus, 122, 128, 124. mesta, Cinanthe, 42. monachus, Atgypius, 11, monedula, Corvus, 42. montana, Rhipidura, 92. mort, Strix uralensis, 21. mortieri, Tribonyx, 128. Motacilla alba transcaspica, 118. personata, 118. moultont, Chlorocharis emilie, 47. Muscadivora bakeri, sp. n., 56. — latrans, 56. Muscicapa striata, 45. nakaoke, Garrulus japonicus, 19. nanshanice, Perdix hodgsonie, 27, 53. natalensis, Cisticola, 30. nesiotis comert, Porphyriornis, 124, nestotis, Porphyriornis, 124. nicobarica, Rhinomyias, 44. nicolli, Fregata minor, 13. nigra, Strix uralensis, 21. nigricans papua, Hylochelidon, 83. timoriensis, Hylochelidon, 88. nobilis aruensis, Otidiphaps, 88. —— cervicalis, Otidiphaps, 88. He hor cambodiana, sp. n., nova, Rhipidura rufidorsa, 92. wena ne Piezorhynchus alecto, , Setosura threnothorax, 92. nycthemerus berliozi, Genneus, 127. Nyroca australis, 56, Vol. xlviii.] oblitus, Sphenocercus sphenurus, 83. obscurata, Alectoris chukar, 27. occidentalis, Aquila chrysaétos, 42. , Perdix daurica, 27. —; hodgsonie, 27, 58. (Hnanthe mesta, 42. olivacea, Tropicoperdix chlorolophus, 29. omo, Cisticola robusta, 136. omoensis, Anthus gouldi, 136 , Cercomela familiaris, 136. , Emberiza forbesi, 136. oorti, Cyanops, 46. Oreotrochilus chimborazo, 41. gamesoni, 41. ori, Garrulus japonicus, 20. Otidiphaps nobilis aruensis, subsp. n., 88. cervicalis, 88. or Pachycephala pectoralis fulvotincta, 89. javana, subsp. n., 88. pacificus, Pareudiastes, 124. pallescens, Alectoris chukar, 24. , Lurnix suscitator, 60. pallida, Alectoris chukar, 24. palmeri, Porzanula, 123, 124, papua, Hylochelidon nigricans, 83. Pareudiastes pacificus, 124. Parus major tatibanai, subsp. n., i>) 20. wladiwostokensis, 20. parva, Porzana, 122. pectoralis javana, Pachycephala, 88. -—— pectoralis, Rallus, 122. pelegrinoides, Falco peregrinus, 42, Pennula milisi, 124. Perdix daurica occidentalis, 27. ——— hodgsonie, 58. -—— nanshanice, nom. nov., Ad, Oo. occidentalis, 27, 53. peregrinus, Falco, 42. pelegrinoides, Falco, 42. perimacha, Eremomela griseoflava, 14. persepolis, Sturnus vulgaris, 117. personata, Motacitla, 118. Petasophora tolata, 11. Phalacrocorax aristotelis, 63. Phasianus colchicus, 90, 103. Philetairus socius, 66. philippensis andrewst, Hypotenidia, 122. —— assimilis, Hypotenidia, 122. lesouefi, Hypotenidia, 122. phenicura, Amaurornis, 123. Pica bactriana, Pica, 118. laubmanmi, Pica, 118. 144, Pica pica bactriana, 118. —— laubmanni, 118. pictus, Chrysolophus, 90. Picus chlorolophus harmandi, 136. wagleri, 94. Piezorhynchus alecto longi- rostris, subsp. n., 93. — — nove-guineensis, subsp. n., 93. —— —— woodlarkensis, subsp. n., 93. Pitta cyanea subsp. n., 180. ts intensior, Hypocharmosyna, a, —— placentis, 8 aurantiaca, fypocharmosyna, plagosus layardi, Lamprococcys, 56. plotus, Sula leucogaster, 63. plumbeiventris, Gymnocrex, 122. plumbipes, Turnix suscitator, 61. Pluvianellus sociabilis, 52, 57. Podiceps cristatus cristatus, 74. griseigena griseigena, 73. — — holbellii, 53, 70. ruficollis, 75. pectlopterus, Hulabeornis, 122. Poephila gouldie, 71, 98. poltogenys saturatior, Cyornis, 43, 72 Poliolais alexanderi, 17. -—— helenore, 17. lopezt alexanderi, 17. lopezi, 17. Poliolimnas cinereus 123. polioxantha, Hremomela griseoflava, 15. Polyerata cyaneotincta, 9, Porphyrio ceruleus, 123. Porphyriola martinica, 128. Porphyriornis nesiotis comeri, 124. nestotis, 124, Porzana carolina, 122. exquisita, 122. —— jamaicensis coturniculus, 124, —— -—— jamaicensis, 124, stoddardi, 122, 123, 124. ——- leucopyrrha, 122. —. melanopheus, 122. parva, 122. —— porzana, 122. pusilla intermedia, 122, salinazi, 124. —~ spilonota sharpei, 124. tabuensis tenebrosus, 122. Porzanula palmeri, 123, 124. potanini, Alectoris chukar, 25. prasinus prasinus, Chlorostilbon, 11. pratincola, Glareola, 90. Prinia ansorgei, sp. n., 18, collingwoodi, ——— ee Prinia mistacea graueri, 19. Pseudvtadorna cristata, 125. Pterocles coronatus atratus, 12. Pterocles coronatus saturatus, subsp. n., 12. Ptilolemus tickelli indcchi- nensis, subsp. n., 129. pubicola, Sylvia communis, 119. pugnax, Turniaz, 58. pusilla intermedia, Porzana, 122. ousillus, Drymocataphus, 136. pyr rhotis, Blythipicus, 57. —— cameront, Blythipicus, 57. Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula, 89, 103. Pyrrhura viridicata, 124. Rallus antarcticus, 122. aquaticus, 122. crepitans, 122. ——- elegans, 122. pectoralis pectoralis, 122. virginianus, 122. raveni, Dinopium, 71. reevesi, Syrmaticus, 89. Regulus ignicapillus, 45, 125. remifer lefoli, Bhringa, 133. Rhamphocorys clotbey, 42. Rhinomyias brunneatus, 43, 72. nicobarica, 44. tardus, 44. Rhipidura montana, sp. n., 92. —- rufidorsa nova, subsp. n., 92. Rileyornis, gen. nov., 48. robinsoni, Chalcophaps indica, 58, , Sphenocercus, 84. robusta omo, Cisticola, 136. rogersi, Atlantisia, 121, 128, , Casuarius, 87. , Sula leucogaster, 63. rostrata, Turnix, 59. ; suscitator, 61. roth-childi, Fregata magnificens, 12. -—, Megalaima lagrandieri, 136. rougeti, Rougetius, 123. Rougetius rougeti, 123. rufa, Cyanoderma erythroptera, +7. ruficapilla, Cryptolopha, 13. johnstont, Seicercus, 18. ruficollis, Podiceps, 75. rufidorsa nova, Rhipidura, 92. rufifrons, Fulica, 123. rufigastra indochina, Cyornis, 73. sumatrensis, Cyornis, 73. rufogularis blanchardi, Scheniparus, 182. guttata, Arborophila, 128, laotiana, Arboricola, 129. rufus, Selasphorus, 8. rytirhynchus, Limnopardalis, 122. 145 (Vol. xlviii.. salinazi, Porzana, 124. sandwichensis, Gallinula, 128. Sapphironia goudoti, 11. saturatior, Cyornis poliogenys, 43, 72. ——, Hremomela griseoflava, 15. saturatus, Pterocles coronatus, 12. Schoeniparus rufogularis blan- chardi, subsp. n., 123. #. Seicercus ruficapilla john- stoni, subsp. n., 13. Selasphorus alleni, 8. floresi, 8. —— rufus, 8. senegalensis dakhle, Streptopelia, 116. Setosura maculipectus mimika, subsp. n., 91. -—~ threnothorax novegui- neensis, subsp. n.,92. shurpei, Porzana spilonota, 124. shestoperovi, Alectoris chukar, 23. sierré, Alauda arvensis, 65, siparaja insularis, Althopyga, 134. Siphia brunneata, 48. hoevilli, 48. Sipodotus, gen. nov., 83. sociabilis, Pluvianellus, 52, 57. socius, Philetairus, 66. sororius, Sphenocercus, 83. speciosa, Heliotrypha, 9 Sphenocercus robinsoni, 84. sororius, 83. sphenurus annamensis, 84. —— oblitus, subsp. n., 83. sphenurus annamensis, Sphenocercus, -—— oblitus, Sphenocercus, 83. spilonota sharpei, Porzana, 124. squamiceps sqguamiceps, Argya, 12. Stellula calliope, 8. x Calypte coste, 41. stoddardi, Porzana jamaicensis, 124. strepera, Anas, 74. Streptopelia senegalensix dakhlez, subsp. n., 116. striata, Hypotenidia, 122. —.--, Muscicapa, 45. Strix wralensis fuscescens, 21. morii, subsp. n., 21. —— + Digra, subsp.. n.,.2); —— —— tatibanai, subsp. n., 21. Sturnus vulgaris persepolis, subsp. n., 117. subpallida, Alectoris chukar, 24. Sula leucogaster, 63. leucogaster, 63. -—- —— plotus, 63. rogersi, 63, sumatrensis, Cyornis rufigastra, 73. superciliosa, Anas, 74. suscitator, Tetrao, 59. , Lurnix, 58, -_—_ _ Vol. xlviii. | suscitator atrogularis, Turnix, 60. blakistoni, Turnia, 61. interrumpens, Turnix, 60. —— isabellinus, Turnix, 62. leggei, Turnix, 62. pallescens, Turnix, 60. —— plumbipes, Turnia, 61. rostrata, Turnia, 61. suscitator, Turnix, 60. - taigoor, Turnix, 62. svecica cyanecula, Luscinia, 11. sylvatica, Turnix, 91. sylvestris, Tricholimnas, 122, 124. Sylvia communis pubicola, 119, —— flaviventris, 14. Sylvietta virens: tando, subsp. Ne, fC. Syrmaticus reevesi; 89. tabuensis tenebrosus, Porzana, 122. taigoor, Turnix suscitator, 62. tando, Sylvietta virens, 18. tardus, Rhinonyias, 44. tatibanai, Parus major, 20. , Strix uralensis, 21. tenebrosus, Porzana ta!wensis, 122. Tetrao medius, 90. suscitator, 59. urogallus, 90. tetrix, Lyrurus, 90. threnothorax nove-gquineensis, Seto- sura; 92. ticehursti, Alauda arvensis, 65. tickelli indochinensis, Piilolemus, 129, Tiga javagpense, 71. timoriensis, Hylochelidon nigricans, ‘Corvus corax, 42. ialco, 42. Todopsis wallacei, 83. transcaspica, Motacilla alba, 118. Tribonyx mortera, 123. Tricholimnas sylvestris, 122, 124. Trichophorus icterinus, 67. Tringa hypoleucos, 75. Tropicoperdix chlorophus olivacea, subsp. n, 129. Turacus leucotis donaldsoni, 50. a wen in 146 Turnie javanica, 58. ——— pugnaa, 58. rostrata, 59. suscitator, d&. atrogularis, 60. blakistoni, 61. -—— —— interrumpens, subsp. n., 60. isabellinus, subsp. n., legget, 62. —-- —— pallescens, subsp. n., 60. -—— —— plumbipes, 61. rostrata, 61. - —— —— suscitator, 60. tatgoor, 62. —— sylvatica, 91. wralensis fuscescens, Strix, 21, morii, Strix, 2), —— nigra, Strix, 21. tatibanai, Strix, 21. urogallus, Tetrao, 9U. ventralis, Microtribonyx, 123. virens tando, Sylvietta, 18. virginianus, Rallus, 122. viridicata, Pyrrhura, 124. vulgaris persepolis, Sturnus, 117, wagleri, Picus, 94. wakensis, Hypotenidia, 124. westermannt, Dryobates macet, 94. uladiwostokensis, Parus major, 20, wood fordi, Kulabeornis, 124. woodlarkensis, Piezorhynchus alecto, 93. xantholeuca canescens, Erpornis, 182. aaviert, Xenocichla, 66. Xenocichla xavieri, 66. ypacaha, Aramides, 122. 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