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Mr. A. S. Meek ;it CollingAvood Bay, in the nortliern portion 

 of British New Guinea, were laid on the talile. 



Mr. E. ITartekt descriljcd a new species of Weaver- 

 Finch from JU[uatorial Africa as follows : — 



Pytklia ansorgei, sp. n. 



(^ ad. Upper surface yellowish olive, rather greener on 

 the wings ; head black ; quills blackish, externally olive- 

 green ; tail-feathers black, the outer ones rather more 

 greyish black, the central feathers edged Avith green towards 

 the base ; breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts dark grey, 

 the sides of the chest yellowish olive; under wing-coverts 

 and inner margins of quills white. 



Hab. Wemo River, Torn, Uganda Protectorate (/)r. 

 Ansorge) . 



Obs. The nearest ally is apparently Pytelia sharped, but 

 the black head and other differences in the plumage easily 

 distinguish this new species. 



Mr. Hartert also pointed out that, although Dr. Bowdler 

 Sharpe was undoubtedly right in recognizing three forms of 

 small MeHttojihagi in Africa, in contrast to the opinion of 

 Mr. Dresser with respect to M. pusillus and its allies, there 

 could be no doubt that the former author had misapplied the 

 name of M. cyanostictus, Cab., in the ' Catalogue of Birds.' 

 The bird called M. meridionalis by Dr. Sharpe was in fact 

 the true M. cyanostictus of Cabanis, as Mr. Hartert had 

 ascertained from a careful comparison of the original de- 

 scription and from a personal examination of the type in the 

 Berlin Museum. He therefore proposed for the East African 

 bird, M. cyanostictus, Sharpe et auct. (nee Cabanis), the 

 amended name of 



Melittophagus sharpei. 



Further notes on these species of Bee-eater would be 

 published in an early part of the ' Novitates Zoologies.' 



Mr. F. D. GoDMAN forwarded the descriptions of two 

 apparently new sjiecies of Peruvian birds : — 



