291 Bulletin of the British 



white^ with slate-coloured bases ; entire throat and fore-neck 

 slate-colour. Under wing- coverts white, slate-colour near 

 the bend ; inner webs of quills with a white margin towards 

 the base. Breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white. 

 Wing 50 mm., tail 43, tarsus 16, bill 12. 

 Cachabi, North Ecuador, 500 feet. 



Mr. W. P. Pycraft exhibited the skulls of the principal 

 forms of the Steganopodes, and pointed out the characters by 

 which these birds could be distinguished, not only by a 

 comparison of the skulls, but also of the pelvis, the 

 shoulder-girdle, and other portions of the skeleton. 

 Phaethon appeared to be the least specialized, and was 

 probably the most archaic of the Order. 



No. LI. (February 26th, 1898). 



The fiftieth Meeting of the Club was held at the Restaurant 

 Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 16th of 

 February, 1898. Chairman : P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. Twenty- 

 one Members and two guests were present. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent for exhibition the 

 types of the following three new species : — 



Pitta dohertyi, sp. n. 



$ ad. Top of the head and nape brownish red, darker on 

 the forehead, in the middle of which, at the base of the 

 culmen, are a few pale bluish feathers. Entire throat and a 

 ring round the neck black ; the feathers in the middle of the 

 throat having concealed white bases. A broad band across 

 the lower throat and upper back — interrupted on the sides of 

 the neck — pale blue, followed by a broad black band across 

 the upper breast. Lower breast, entire abdomen, and under 

 tail- coverts red, with white and black bases to the feathers. 

 Back and scapulars olive-green, darker in the middle of the 

 feathers. Least wing-coverts dark olive-green, the remainder 

 pale blue with lighter edges, those near the shoulder with 

 white bases. Rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail pale blue. 



