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for identification by Mr. W. C. J. Ruskin-Butterfield, of 

 St, Leonard's. The specimen had been shot near Hastings 

 on the 13th of November, and was a male in full winter 

 plumage. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant exhibited specimens of two appa- 

 rently undescribed birds from the Owen Stanley Mountains, 

 in S.E. New Guinea : — 



Oreopsittacus grandis, sp. n. 

 d similis O. arfaki 6 , sed multo major, et plaga abdomi- 



nali rubra absente distinguendus. Long. tot. 6*3 poll., 



culm. 0*7, alse 3*5, caudse 3'3, tarsi 065. 

 $ similis O. arfaki ? , sed multo major et abdomine viridi 



concolore distinguenda. 



Melipotes atricepSj sp. n. 

 Similis M. gymnopi, sed subtus minime albo notata, et 

 subalaribus pallid^ cervinis distinguenda. Long. tot. 

 8-0 poll., culm. 1-92, alse 4*3, caudse 3-9, tarsi 1*2. 



Captain G. E. Shelled gave some details of his projected 

 new * Handbook to the Birds of Africa/ of which the first 

 volume was nearly ready for issue. 



No. XXXII. (Jan. 31st, 1896.) 



The thirty-first meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 

 15th of January, 1896. 



Chairman: P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 



Members present: — G. Barrett-Hamilton, E. Bidwell, 

 Lt.-Col. C. T. Bingham, F. E. Blaauw, F. E. Beddard, 

 F.R.S. , Philip Crowley, A. H. Evans, W. Graham, 

 W. R. Ogilvie Grant, Dr. A. GtJNTHER, F.R.S., G. H. Caton 

 Haigh, R. Nesham, Chas. E. Pearson, H. J. Pearson, 

 F. Penrose, Howard Saunders [Treasurer) , W. L. Sclater, 

 Dr. R. BowDLER Sharpe [Editor), Capt. G. E. Shelley, 

 F. Styan, W. B. Tegetmeier. 



Visitors : Dr. F. D. Druitt, J. Mitchell, Arnold Pike. 



