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types of some new species {Rallicula forbesi, Melirrhophetes 

 batesi, &c.), purchased ; examples of ten species of birds from 

 the A.rfak Mountains^ N.W. New Guinea (including some of 

 Oreopsittacus arfaki and Drepanornis bruijni) , purchased ; the 

 type of Platalea intermedia from S.E. New Guinea, presented 

 by Lord Walsingham, F.R.S, ; and specimens of Paradisea 

 augustee-victoriie and Cyclopsitta edwardsi from N.E. New 

 Guinea, purchased. 



Mr. Bowdler Sharpe has forwarded us the subjoined 

 extract from a letter lately received from Mr. F. J. Jackson, 

 F.Z.S. :— 



" Ulu, Ukumbani, E. C. Africa, 

 " March 2nd, 1889. 



" On the march up here in November to December, 

 Quails {Coturnix delagorguei) were in great numbers, evi- 

 dently migrating north or north-west, as in January 1887 

 they were equally numerous at Kilimanjaro. At Teita, on 

 the River Voi, I obtained a pair of Francolins which I had 

 not seen before. I also saw and heard them as far north as 

 the River Tiwa, but none since. The species is larger than 

 F. granti, but not so large as Pternestes clappertoni ; the male 

 has the breast beautifully mottled with black, the female brown 

 or chestnut ; the legs are bright coral-red, the upper mandible 

 dusky, the lower one dull carmine. They are essentially a 

 bush bird. I have also got two very fine male specimens of 

 Floriken, but I am puzzled as to whether they are of the same 

 species in different states of plumage or distinct. One has 

 a grey neck and white breast, with the crown of slate-colour 

 mixed with brown, bordered with black. The other more re- 

 sembles the female of the first, but has a black throat, the 

 feathers tipped with white, which gives it a silvery appearance ; 

 there is a deep black line down the throat to the breast and 

 abdomen, which is a rich brown-black. The legs of both are 

 a dull yellowish white, and both are fully adult, from dissec- 

 tion. I hope to make a fair collection of the game-birds. 

 1 have already got three kinds of Francoliu that I had not 

 got before. The Vulturine Guinea-fowl was fairly plentiful 



