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78. Macropygia nigrirostris, Salvad. 

 St. Aignan^ Rossel Island, 



Adult female. On further acquaintance this will probably 

 appear to be a distinct species. It has a wash of grey on the 

 headj a rather strong green lustre on the neck ; the bars on 

 the tail are quite faint, and the subapical band of the external 

 remix is lead-grey. 



79. Gymnophaps albertisi, Salvad. 

 Csesar Spur. 



80. Ianthcenas albigularis, Bp. 

 Mount Gleeson, at 1600 feet. 



81. Tringoides hypoleucos, Linn. 

 Sudest Island. 



82. EsAcus magnirostris, Geoff. 

 Ferguson Island. 



VI, — On some Birds from South-eastern China, with 

 Descriptions of two new Species. By Henry H. Slater. 



(Plate I.) 



I HAVE been favoured by Mr. J. D. de La Tonche with a 

 small parcel- of Chinese birds from the vicinity of Swatow 

 and Foochow for examination. All of these are of much 

 interest, and two of them apparently belong to undescribed 

 species, whilst one or two others call for special notice. 



1, SiPHIA RUBECULOIDES sivC STROPHIATA. 



Two females, shot at Tai-Yang, near Swatow, on April 21, 

 1888, The females of the genus Siphia are apparently in 

 many cases exactly similar. I have examined the large and 

 varied series in the British Museum, and was unable to find 

 any specimens which matched exactly the two under notice, 

 though several females of S. sfrophiata and S. rubeculoides came 

 very near them. They match one another, however, except 

 that one of them has a single bright blue feather on the 

 forehead. Mr. Sharpe is inclined to think that they should 

 Idc (doubtfully) referred to S. rubeculoides, I am rather 



