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pale feathers surrounding it, as in ^. melanotis, yE. melano- 

 cephalus, and jE. arfakianus. The pale spots on the tips of 

 the wing-coverts not very distinct, and of a dusky buff colour. 

 Throatj breast, and uppermost part of abdomen black, with a 

 small central buff spot in each feather, while in jE. melanotis 

 (from the Aru Islands) and jE. melanocephalus these feathers 

 are buff or whitish, with narrow black borders. The breast 

 is much greener in JE. arfakianus from Mt. Arfak. Lower 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts butf with dusky margins, 

 shaded here and there with green. In all other respects 

 most similar to ^S. melanocephalus, but the feathers on the 

 sides of the neck just behind the ear-coverts are almost 

 uniform buff, having nearly lost their dark margins. Culmen 

 I'd inch, wing 65, tail 54, tarsus I'GS. 



Hab. Island of Jobi, New Guinea, where it was procured 

 by the hunters of the late Mr. Bruijn. Type in Rothschild 

 Museum. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant exhibited skins of some rare Fran- 

 colins collected at Nassa, on the south-eastern shore of the 

 Victoria Nyanza. One of these was Pternistes rufopictus, 

 Reichen., a remarkably handsome species, belonging to the 

 bare-throated group of Francolins. A second species was new 

 to science, and he proposed to call it 



Fbancolinus hubbardi, sp. n. 

 ^ . Similis F. coqui, Smith, sed gastraeo toto concolore, pal- 



lide fulvo, minime nigro transfasciato. 

 ? . Prsepectore fere griseo, minime rufescente distinguenda. 

 Long. tot. 10 poll., alee 5*6, caudee 2"6, tarsi 1*6. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant also described a new species oiRhizo- 

 thera, from examples in the British Museum, as 



Rhizothera dulitensis, sp. n. 



^ . Similis R. longirostri, sed prsepectore et pectore totis 



griseis, gastrseo reliquo albicante : pedibus schistaceis. 



Long. tot. 13 poll., alpe 7'7, caudse 3, tarsi 2'25. 

 $ ad. Similis R. longirostri $ , sed tectricibus alarum fere 



saturate brunneis, maculis fulvescentibus rarioribus 



distinguenda. 



