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Mr. John Whitehead, who was warmly welcomed by the 

 Members on his return from his successful expedition to the 

 Philippines, gave an account of his travels in Luzon. 



Mr. Whitehead also described a new Fruit-Pigeon from 

 the highlands of Negros, as follows : — 



Ptilocolpa nigrorum, n. sp. 

 Similis P. gi'iseipectori (Bp.), sed plaga prsepectorali nigra, 

 nee cinerea, facile distinguenda. Long. tot. 13'0 poll., 

 alse 8"3, caudae 4"8, tarsi 0'85. 

 Hab. Negros, Philippine Archipelago. 

 The adult female was show^i to be similar to the female of 

 P. griseipectus. The soft parts were as follows : — '^ Base of 

 bill coral-pink, tipped with dull white j iris pale straw- 

 yellow; feet coral-pink.^' 



Mr. Hugh Warrand exhibited a specimen of Perdix 

 montana, shot by Mr. Peacock Edwardes in Nairnshire. 



Mr. Ogilvie Grant exhibited a female of the Luzon 

 Hemipode {Tiirnix ivhitelieadi), 



Mr. ScLATER explained two new technical terms, " Topo- 

 morph^' and " Lipomorph/^ which he had recently used in 

 his papers on geographical distribution. He proposed to 

 denominate natural groups that were restricted to limited 

 districts — and therefore characteristic of them by their 

 presence — as " Topomorphs,^' and those natural groups that 

 on the contrary characterized districts by their absence as 

 "Lipomorphs." Thus, in the class of Birds, Struthio and 

 Indicator were topomorphs of the Ethiopian Region, and 

 Rhea of the Neotropical Region. In the Australian Region 

 the family of Woodpeckers {Picidcs) was a lipomorph, and 

 Menura was a topomorph, &c. 



Mr. ScLATER called attention to the issue of the first part 

 of the division Aves (edited by Dr. Reichenow) of 'Das 

 Tierreich.' It contained the Podargidce, Caprimulgida, and 

 Macropterygida, an excellent synopsis of which three 



