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for about ^ inch bright gamboge-yellow ; bill pale whitish 

 blue, tip and lateral edges whitish ; feet pale greenish 

 chrome, claws milky blue " [A. L. Butler). 



Hah. Gunong Ijau, 3000 feet. Named in honour of 

 Mr. Walter Rothschild, at Mr. Butler's request. 



Cryptolopha butleri, sp. n. 



$ ad. Crown of the head dark rufous, with a broad deep 

 brown lateral stripe ; sides of the head and back ashy grey ; 

 lower back, rump, scapulars, smaller upper-wing-coverts, 

 edges to the primaries and rectrices, yellowish green ; larger 

 upper-wing-coverts blackish, with a greenish w^ash and 

 greenish-yellow tips ; throat and fore-neck to the chest pale 

 grey; middle of the abdomen white; sides of body, under 

 wing-coverts, axillaries, vent, and under tail-coverts lemon- 

 yellow. " Iris reddish brown ; bill dusky, mandible yellowish 

 flesh ; feet brownish yellow " {A. L. B.) . 



Wing 51-54 mm., tail 42-45, bill 6-5-7, tarsus 16-16-5. 



Nearest to C. castaneiceps, but easily distinguished bj its 

 darker rufous crown and grey back, besides other differences. 

 Named in honour of Mr. Butler. 



Hab. Gunong Ijau, 4000 feet. 



Mr. Hartert also announced that Mr. A. H. Everett, 

 M.B.O.C., had returned to England, and was at 88 Great 

 Portland Street, W., suffering from his long and arduous 

 labours in tropical climates. It was unanimously resolved 

 that an expression of the sympathy of the Club should be 

 conveyed to Mr. Everett, whose illness would, it was hoped, 

 soon pass away; meanwhile he was quite able and anxious to 

 receive visits from his brother-ornithologists. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent the following com- 

 munication : — 



The expedition sent out to the Galapagos Islands by 

 Frank Blake Webster, at my suggestion, has been very 

 successful, and the collection of birds is the largest and finest 

 yet made in that group. The collectors stayed one day at 

 Clarion Island and procured 85 birds, among which was a 



