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ochraceisj facile distinguenda. Long. tot. c. 270 raillim., 

 al. 150, caud. 75, capitis rhachid. vexill. 110 (in P. sex- 

 penni 170), rostr. culm. 19, tars. 46. 

 Hab. Nova Guinea, in montibus ad flumen Amberno, 



Mr. Henry Seebohm exhibited skins of two new species 

 of birds from the interior of Formosa, collected by Mr. Hoist. 

 The first was a Tit of the subgenus Machlolophus, which he 

 proposed to call 



Parus holsti, sp. n. 

 Pileo cristato tergoque viridescenti-nigris : macula nuchali 

 alba : gastrseo toto Isetissime flavo. 



The second was a Rail, which he named 

 Rallina formosana, sp. n. 

 Similis, ut videtur, R. sepiario, Stegn., sed multo minor : 



pileo dorso concolore (an jr. ?), R. euryzonoidi jr. 



similis, sed valde saturatior. 



A full description of these species, will appear in 'The 

 Ibis.' 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpe stated that he had since discovered 

 that the Plover described by him as DefiUppia burrowsli 

 (above, p. 138) was the Vanellus leucopterus of Reichenow 

 (J. f. O. 1889, p. 265), and the species must therefore be 

 known as Deflippia leucoptera (Reichen.). 



Mr. A. Trevor-Battye, who had landed in England on 

 the previous evening, received a cordial welcome from his 

 brother members. He gave an interesting account of his 

 explorations in the Island of Kolguev and of his subsequent 

 journey to the Petchora and Archangel. 



XIII. — Notices of recent Ornithological Publications. 

 1. Bendire on new Birds from Aldabra Island. 



[Description of Nests and Eggs of some new Birds, collected on the 

 Island of Aldabra, North-west of Madagascar, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvii. p. 39.] 



Dr. W. L. Abbott, well known for his researches in the 



