302 BnUetin of the British 



Myzomela pallidior, sp. n. 



Both sexes alike in coloration and somewhat resembling 

 the female of M. albiyula, but above slightly more brownish : 

 below lighter^ the breast not much darker than the abdomen, 

 the whitish throat not sharply in contrast with the chest. 

 The red streak on the throat is distinct in the male, but not 

 in the female; fore-neck with an ill-defined blackish spot 

 just below the pale throat, d , wing 73 ; ? , wing 67 mm. 



Hub. St. Aignan Island. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent the description of a 

 new subspecies of Cassowary as follows : — 



CaSUARIUS CASUARIUS INTENSUS, Subsp. U. 



^ ad. The casque differs from that of C casuarias in 

 being very high and much more erect, the wattles almost 

 entirely blue instead of dark red; the blue of the head and 

 neck uniform and very dark ; the orange of the hind-neck 

 much restricted and separated at the upper end from the 

 blue by a black crescent-shaped patch ; naked sides of lower 

 neck entirely uniform blue instead of red, bordered anteriorly 

 with blue. 



Hah. Unknown. 



Mr. Kothschild also sent the description of a new 

 Cormorant : — 



Phalacrocorax TRAVERsr, sp. n. 



Adult. No crest ; crown, back of neck, and upper parts 

 greenish steel-blue, much duller than in P. onsloivi, and not 

 showing a dorsal white patch ; white alar bar broad and well- 

 defined; tail-feathers black and twelve in number; throat 

 and all under surface white; middle under tail-coverts 

 black ; feet reddish orange in skin. Nasal caruncles well- 

 developed. 



This species is exactly intermediate between P. atriceps 

 and P. vet'rucosus in the disposal of the black and white 

 on the sides of the head and neck. In P. atriceps the ear 

 is situated in the middle of the Avhite area, while in 

 P. verrucosus the ear is in the middle of the black area. In 



