Ornithologists' Club. 1.21 



a Pitta from New Hanover which agreed perfectly with the 

 description of Ramsay, and differed much from P. macMoti in 

 the absence of the black throat and breast-band, as well as 

 in having the nape and hind-neck bright red. The species 

 must therefore, for the present, bear the name of P. novce- 

 kibernice. 



Mr. Rothschild further described and sent for exhibition, 

 together with its nearest ally, N. melanotis, a pair of a new 

 Nesomimus, which he described as follows : — 



Nesomimus carringtoni, sp. n. 



Nearest to N. melanotis, from which it differs in its longer 

 bill, shorter wing, somewhat paler upper surface, and less 

 heavy black spots on the flanks. Wing, (^ 110, $ 100 mm.; 

 tail, c? 110, ? 105; culmen, (^ 84, $ 32. 



Hab. Barrington Island, Galapagos. 



Mr. Rothschild also sent for exhibition specimens of 

 Tanysiptera rosseliana, Syma megarhyncha, Salvad., Strepera 

 rosa-alba, De Vis {=Cracticus louisiadensis, Tristr.), Parotia 

 helence, De Vis, which, with the exception of the Tanysiptera 

 and Cracticus, had not before been seen in this country, nor 

 shown to the Club, and a series of Phonygammns jamesi 

 Sharpe, showing the plumages at different ages. 



Mr. Ernst Hartert described the following new birds 

 and exhibited their type specimens, together with examples 

 of allied species for comparison : — 



PODARGUS MEEKI, Sp. n. 



Intermediate in size between P. intermedins, Hartert, and 

 P. ocellatus, Q,. & G., and differing from both in the female 

 not being rufous, but apparently always brownish, and much 

 more heavily marked with black on the under surface than 

 the male and darker above. Wing 190-195 mm., tail 

 167-180. 



Discovered by Albert S. Meek on Sudest Island. 



-/Egotheles pulcher, sp. n. 



Similar to ^. insignis, Salvad., from Arfak, but differing 



