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ihc only fipccimen obtained by Pearce was purchaserl from liirn 

 without his knowledge while he was at Levuka, I have, 

 consequently, no means of ascertaining whether they are distinct 

 or not. The yrmnfj of this species would answer well with Mr. 

 Layard's description of M. w/ixiw/i as far as it ffoes, but Mr. 

 Layard distinctly states his specimen to be a male ; now even the 

 young males in M. nigrogularis show black on the throat, which is 

 not mentioned in the description of M. maxima. 



VlTIA RUFICAPILLA, JiO/msatJ. 



In the same collection from which I obtained the above 

 described MijioUstes I also found fine specimens of Vitiu 

 rufica/piUaj which T observe has been inadvertently re-described 

 by Dr. Finsch, under the name Drijmochaira. badiceps. 



EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Masters exhibited albino specimens of the Common 

 Magpie, Gyrrtnorhina tibicen, Tropidorhyncus bucermdes, Climacterifs 

 scandeuH, and Orallina picata, all differing very remarkably in 

 |)lnmage from the typical forms. 



MONDAY, Al/KIb 20tji, 1878. 



W. J. Stephens Esq., M.A., President, in the Chair. 



JjONATIONS. 

 From La Societe Entomologique de Belgique : Comptc Rendu 



Seric fl, Nos. 40 and 47 ; also, The Annals of the Society 



for 1877. 

 From Baron F. Von Mueller : Vol. X. Fragmenta Phytographia 



Australia). 

 From the Royal Society, Edinburgh: Proceedings 1S75-7G and 



1870-77. 

 From La Soci<ite flollandaise des Sciences a, Haarlem : Archives 



Noerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles. 

 From the Auckland Institute, New Zealand : Report for 1877. 



