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the Common Monaul ; so I am obliged to record all the 

 skius exhibited as varieties of Lophophorus refulgens" 



Mr. Hartert exhibited specimens of Geocichla peroni and 

 of a nearly related new species of Thrush which he named 



Geocichla audacts, sp. nov. 



Similar to G. jjeroni of Timor, but with the upper surface 

 more uniform and of a much deeper chestuut-rufous colour; 

 chest and sides of body darker and more chestnut-rufous 

 than in G. peroni; wing shorter, not more than 102-104 mm., 

 while it is at least 110 in G. peroni. ^ and ? not materially 

 different. 



Hab. Dammar Island, in the south of the Banda Sea. 

 Collected by Heinrich Kiihu. 



Mr. Hartert also showed a pair of Erijthrura forhesi from 

 Dammar. This species was hitherto ouly known from the 

 type specimen in the British Museum, from the Tenimber 

 Islands. 



Mr. ScLATER stated that he had been staying in the Riviera 

 during the past four weeks, and wished to call attention to 

 the appalling deficiency of bird-life in that otherwise charming 

 country. Although out every day on the hills round Cannes 

 and Nice, and always on the look-out, he had seen but very 

 few birds, and those mostly of the commonest sorts and 

 always shy and timid. Even Sparrows were only occa- 

 sionally to be met with. In the beautifully kept gardens 

 of the villas not a bird's note was to be heard, and very 

 rarely was a single Tit or Robin to be seen. Mr. Sclater 

 attributed this scarcity of birds (which was deplorable, not 

 only from an aesthetic but still more from an economical 

 point of view) to the prevalence of the " chasse ''' during the 

 autumn and winter months and to the sale of small birds of 

 every sort for food in the markets ; and expressed a hope 

 that every Member of the B.O.U. would do all he could to 

 shelter and protect bird-life in the country, lest we should 

 fall into the same condition. 



