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that, so far as at present known, the young from New Guinea 

 were always black, showed that we had to deal with at least 

 two distinct races. These birds had been sent to Mr. Roth- 

 schild by Mr. Herbert C. Robinson, of Liverpool, who wished 

 them to be exhibited to the Club. 



Mr. H. J. Pearson exhibited, on behalf of Mr. P. Musters, 

 a pair of Lesser White-fronted Geese [Anser erythropus) , 

 with the eggs, taken by the latter gentleman in the north of 

 Norway. 



Mr. P. Crowley exhibited some photographs of interesting 

 eggs from his collection. 



The remainder of the evening was devoted to an exhibition 

 of lantern-slides of birds and nests. 



No. LXIX. (February 28th, 1900). 



The sixty-eighth Meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Weduesday, the 

 21st of February, 1900, Chairman : P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 

 Thirty-three Members and six guests were present. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited an example of a 

 new species of Hemipode from North Queensland, sent to 

 him by Mr. Herbert C. Robinson, who had described it as 

 follows : — 



TuRNix oLivii, sp. n. 



2 . Most nearly allied to T. castanonota (Gould) $ and 

 resembling it in general coloration, but differing in its much 

 larger size, in having the forehead grey without white tips 

 to the frontal feathers, and with the superciliaries and sides 

 of the face not conspicuously marked with white ; the 

 feathers of the lower neck and breast with a decided wash of 

 oily greyish-green and with slightly indicated bars of dull 

 greyish, without white centres as in T. castanonota. '^Iris 

 yellow ; feet yellow ; bill brown " (dull greenish olive in 

 skin). 



