Ornithologists' Chh. 303 



the new species the ear is exactly on the border, half in the 

 white and half in the black area. 



Wing 305 to 310, tail 145, culmen 65, tarsus 65, outer 

 toe and claw 110 mm, 



Hab. Macquarie It^lands. Sent by Mr. Henry Travers. 



A note was read from Dr. Bowdler Sharpe calling 

 attention to the differences exhibited by the Robin-Fly- 

 catchers {Petroeca leggii) from Southern and Western 

 Australia. The examples from the latter country seemed 

 to be distinct, and Dr. Sharpe proposed for them the 

 name of 



PETRffiCA CAMPBELLI, Sp. U. 



Similis P. leggii, sed fascia frontali alba minore, et albedine 

 alarum magis restrict^. 

 Hab. W. Australia. 



Mr. F. J. Jackson, C.B., sent for exhibition specimens of 

 two apparently new species from Nandi in Equatorial Africa, 

 for which he proposed the names of 



Pholidauges sHARPir, sp. n. 

 P. purpurascenti-iiiger : speculo alari albo nullo : gutture 

 albicante, prsepectore et corpore reliquo subtus dilute 

 cervinis : subcaudalibus quoque cervinis : subalaribus 

 et axillaribus nigris. Long. tot. 72 poll., culm. 0*55, 

 alse 4" 15, caudse 2'6, tarsi 0-85. 



Parus nigricinereus, sp. n. 

 6 . Similis P. funereo, Verr., sed tectricibus alarum albido 



minute apicatis : capitis plumis schistaceo marginatis ; 



gutture toto scliistaceo-plumbeo, hand nigro, distin- 



guendus. Long. tot. 5*5 poll., culm. 0*5, alse 3"2, 



caudse 2*2, tarsi 0"9. 

 $ . Clarius schistaceo-plumbea : gastrseo toto schistaceo. 



Mr. E. LoRT Phillips described two new species of birds 

 from Somaliland : — 



Caprimulgus torridus, sp. n. 

 C. similis C. nubico et C. fervido, sed maculis notaei rufis 

 magnis conspicuis et alis rufescentibus distingueiidus. 



