306 Bidleth) of the Brifish 



such had been recorded in many ornithological Morks as the 

 single instance of the occurrence of the species in Hungary. 

 Dr. Sharpe identified the specimen as CE. incerta (Schl.). 



Mr. F. W. Styan described three new species of Chinese 

 birdsj as follows : — 



Pyctorhis gracilis, sp. n. 



Similis P. altirostri, sed minor : sordide fulvescenti-brunnea, 

 pileo vix rufescentiore : cauda cinnamomea : facie laterali 

 brunnea, regione parotica anguste albido striolatfi : 

 supercilio griseo vix evidente : gula et gastrreo medio 

 albis : pectore et hypochondriis cervino lavatis : crisso, 

 tibiis et subcaudalibus rufescentioribus. Long. tot. 

 6"0 poll., culmen 0*4, alse 2*0, caudse 2*8, tarsi 0*9. 

 Hub. Lung An, N.W. Sechuan (10,000 feet). 



Proparus fucatus, sp. n. 



Similis P. cinereicipiti, sed Isetius coloratus : capite brunneo, 

 dorso castaneo, uropygio Isete rufo, hypochondriis et 

 subcaudalibus liet^ rufescentibus distinguendus. Cul- 

 men 3 poll., alse 2'2, caudal 2*2, tarsi 0'9. 

 Hab. Ichang, W. Hupeh. 



SCHCENIPARUS VARIEGATUS, Sp. 11. 



Similis S. dubio, sed minus rufescens, pileo minus rufescente : 

 corporis lateribus olivascentioribus, I'ostro nigro dis- 

 tinguendus. Long. tot. G'O poll., culmen 0*55, alse 2'3, 

 caudae 2*8, tarsi 0'95. 

 Hab. Suiyang, Kweichow. 



Mr. Styan also exhibited specimens of some other rare 

 species of birds from the north-west frontier of China, among 

 them Sitta przeivalskii, Acredula fuUginosa, &c. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent for exhibition the 

 nest and egg of a Bird of Paradise, CnemopMlus macgregurice 

 De Vis, which was found by native collectors on Mount 

 Knutsford (alt. 11,000 feet), in British New Guinea. The 

 nest was a well-built structure about 90 mm. high, ISO- 

 ISO mm. wide, and with an inside cup of from 75 to 85 mm. 



