446 Bullethi of the British 



CiSTlCOLA MUELLERI, Sp. 11. 



Closely allied to C. dodsoni, Sliarpe, but differs in the 

 following particulars : — It is somewhat larger, and does not 

 possess the broad sub-terminal band of black on the tail- 

 feathers, as in C. dodsoni. The tail-feathers have no broad 

 white tips, and, with the exception of the two centre ones, 

 which are of a uniform brown, they possess a narrow dusky 

 sub-terminal marking under certain lights on their inner 

 webs only. 



Adult female. Wing 1"82 inch, culmen 0'4, tail 1*6. 



Named in memory of Mr. Miiller, who commanded the 

 rear-guard of Major Gibbons's Expedition, and who died at 

 Tete. 



Mr. Robert H. Read read some extracts from a letter 

 received by him from Dr. Cuthbert Christy, on some of the 

 birds of the Upper Niger. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent descriptions of two 

 new sub-species of Cassowaries, from examples living in the 

 Zoological Garden at Berlin : — 



Casuarius picticollts hecki, subsp. n. 



This bird bears the same relationship to C picticollis that 

 C. pajmanus edioardsi does to C. papuanus. The throat and 

 hind-neck are deep indigo-blue. Occiput pale greenish 

 blue. A small round black wattle on the fore-neck. Lower 

 sides of neck dark crimson. Casque and plumage similar to 

 those of C. picticollis. 



Hah. German New Guinea. 



This form is named in honour of Dr. Heck, Director of 

 the Zoological Garden in Berlin. 



Casuarius uniappendiculatus aurantiacus, subsp. n. 



Face, cheeks, and occiput pale sky-blue ; throat dark 

 blue. Occipital patch, fore-neck, hind-neck, and lower 

 sides of the neck deep reddish orange. Casque horny green, 

 and much more compressed laterally than in C uniappendi- 

 culatus. Long cheek-wattles absent; but the sides of face 

 distended, as in C. philipi. 



Hab. German New Guinea. 



