Ornithologists' Chib. 259 



unclerparts are buflF, barred with black, especially ou the 

 sides and flanks, the chestnut markings so conspicuous in 

 F. levaillanti being at most merely represented by one or 

 two scattered red spots on the outside flank -feathers. 



Total length about 12 inches, culmen 1*45, wing 6'8, 

 tail 3-1, tarsus 2*0. 



A letter was read from Professor Menzbier, correcting 

 some errors which had appeared in the account of the new 

 Syrnium described by him at the Meeting of the Club on 

 October 21, 1896 (see Bull. B. O. C. no. xxxviii. p. vi ; suprh, 

 p. 113). The name of the species should have been printed 

 Syrnium loillkonskii, and the sentence '' collari albo vel 

 cinereo, etc.'' should read " colare albo vel, etc." 



Mr. Howard Saunders exhibited, on behalf of Mr. J. T. 

 Proud, of Bishop Auckland, a specimen of the Roseate Tern 

 [Sterna dougalli) and two clutches of the eggs, obtained by 

 the latter gentleman on the coast of Wales last year. 



A paper was read from Dr. Shufeldt on the attitudes of 

 Loons and Grebes when on land. This paper was intended 

 for publication in 'The Ibis.' 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent for exhibition by 

 Mr. Hartert the type of Loboparadisea sericea, which had 

 been described at the last meeting of the B. O. Club, and 

 which would be figured in the 'Novitates Zoologicse'; also 

 an adult and a young male of the remarkable Aemophihs 

 macgregoria (De Vis), and a series of skins of Loria lorice, 

 respecting which he sent the following note : — ■ 



" Dr. Bowdler Sharpe, in Part VI. of his ' Monograph of 

 the Paradiseidse,' still leaves the identity of Loria maria 

 (De Vis) and Loiia loria, Salvad., an open question. Since 

 he had my series for comparison, I have had two more males, 

 one from Mount Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, and one from 

 the Arfak Region. The Mount Victoria bird shows the 

 naked line very large and distinctly, and also that the 

 apparent presence or absence of this character is entirely 



