192 Bul/efin of the British 



j\rr. BovD Alexander described a new species of Chloro- 

 flijta tVoiu the Zambesi river as follows : — 



Chlokodyta neglecta, sp. n. 



Similis C. Jtavidce ex terra Damarensi, sed uropy<;io et inter- 

 scapulio concoloribus, genis, gutture toto, et sub- 

 alaribus albis, niiiiinie flavis, subcaudulil)us albis, uec 

 flavisj et tibiis grisesceiiti-albis, distiiiguenda. 

 Hub. S.E. Africa to Mozambique. 



Mr. J. I. S. Whitakek sent the descri[)tion of a new 

 species of Chat in the British jNIuseum Collection. The bird 

 had been wrongly identified as S. nursta Licht. He there- 

 fore proposed to call it 



SaXICOLA CUMMINGl^ Sp. U. 



Adult. Closely allied to S. xanthoprymnu H. & E., but 

 distinguished by having the basal part of the tail-feathers 

 rusty red like the upper tail -coverts, instead of white. From 

 S. nicest a to be at once distinguished by having the top of 

 the head and. nape brownish grey like the back, the rump 

 and ui)per tail-coverts rusty and the rufous on the outer 

 tail-feathers extending to within 0*7 inch of the extremity. 

 Total length 6*5 inches, culmen 0*78, wing 3 7, tail 2'45, 

 tarsus 0"95. 



Hab. Fao, Persian Gulf {IV. D. CiDiiminy). 



Mr. W. li. OoiLViE Grant exhibited some of the more 

 interesting birds obtained by Major Wingate during his 

 recent expedition from the Yang-tze-kiang tbrough Southern 

 China to Bhamo. One of the most striking of these was 

 a fine adult pair of Merganser squamatus (Gould) , previously 

 known only from an immature male described in 1861. 



Mr. Grant also exhibited and made remarks on some of 

 the more remarkable new birds obtained by the late Mr. John 

 "Whitehead on the Five-finger Mountains in the interior 

 of Hainan. Most of these, such as the splendid Silver 

 Pheasant {Genncetts whiteheadi) and the new Night- Heron 

 [Nydicorux magyiijica), had already been described in the 



