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1'6 to 1'9 iu G. pusilla, 2"25 in G. huegeli), tail 2"2 (1*75 in 

 G. aucklandica, about 1*5 in G. pusilla, 1*6 in G. huegeli). 

 " Hab. Antipodes Island/' 



Mr. Hartert remarked that the locality given by Mr. 

 Ogilvie Grant for Lophophorus sclateri in his recently pub- 

 lished volume of the ' Catalogue of Birds ' (vol. xxii. p. 282) 

 required a slight alteration. The locality was given as 

 the " Hills east and south-east of Sadiya/"* but Mr. Hartert 

 stated that he believed that the species was entirely con- 

 fined to the high Mishmi Hills^ which form part of the 

 Himalayas to the north of Sadiya. The hills to the east 

 and south-east of the last-named place did not rise to any 

 great height, and during a residence of two months at 

 Sadiya he had never heard of any specimens of this species 

 being brought from any other locality but the Mishmi Hills. 



Mr. Howard Saunders described a new species of Great 

 Skua from Victoria Land. Five specimens were in the 

 British Museum, two of which had been recently bequeathed 

 by the late Dr. McCormick, R.N., who had procured all 

 the specimens duriug the Antarctic Expedition of 1841. 

 The name proposed by Mr. Saunders Avas 



- Stercorarius muccorniicki , sp. n. 

 Similis S. antarctico, primariorum albedine magis extens^, 

 sed gastreeo dilutiore, pallide grisescenti-brunneo, nucha 

 et collo undique dilute stramineo striolatis distin- 

 guendus. Long. tot. 22 poll., alae 16. 

 Hab. Possession Island, Victoria Land. Lat. 71° 14' S., 

 long. 171° 15' W. 



A communication from Dr. Th. Pleske was read, describing 

 some new species of Tits from the collection of the St. 

 Petersburg Museum. Dr. Pleske proposed the folioAving 

 names : — 



1. Acredula calva, sp. n. 



Allied to A. glaucogularis , Swinh, Forehead, lores, and 

 a patch on the crown white, instead of clay-colour ; back 



