Ornithologists' Club. 191 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent fur exhibition 

 specimens o£ a new form of Lory, which he described as 

 follows : — 



"Eos VARIEGATA OBIENSIS, Subsp. nOV. 



" Adult examples of this species from Obi Major differ 

 from adnlt specimens from Batjan, Halmahera, and Ternate 

 in the absence of the purple occiput and purple collar 

 ronnd the neck, and in having all the greater wing-coverts 

 and scapulars black. Other_, probably younger, individuals 

 from Obi Major exhibit a wide collar and a purple 

 patch on the occiput, the latter, however, not being con- 

 nected with the collar in any of my specimens. These 

 individuals can only be distinguished from typical E. varie- 

 gata by the greater extent of the black colour on the wings. 

 I have eight examples from Obi, collected by Doherty, Lucas, 

 and Guillemard, and a good series from Ternate and Batjan. 

 With regard to the specific name of this Lory, I think 

 there can be no doubt that Psittacus variegatus, Gm., ex 

 Latham ("Variegated Lory ^^), must be accepted. The tail 

 and scapulars are, as in Eos boniea {=E. rubra, auct.) 

 sometimes distinctly greenish, at least in specimens kept in 

 captivity ; therefore Latham^s description must be regarded 

 as sufficiently exact to refer to this bird." 



Mr. Rothschild further sent for exhibition an interesting 

 series of Scohpax saturata from New Guinea and a specimen 

 of Neoscolopax rochusseni from Obi Major. Of the latter 

 species only two examples were hitherto on record, one in 

 the British Museum and the type in Leyden. 



Mr. W. B. Tegetmeiek exhibited some verv interestiiiy; 

 specimens of Pheasants. One was a Kalij Pheasant said 

 to have been shot in Hertfordshire, and belonging to 

 Mr. Cecil Braithwaite. The second was a very dark- 

 coloured hen bird, supposed to be a hybrid between a Black 

 Grouse {Tetrao tetrix) and a female Phasianus colchicus, 

 Mr. Tegetmeier regarded it as a dark variety of an ordinary 

 hen Pheasant. 



