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78. North on a new Pachycephala. 



[Description of a new Species of Pachycephala. By Alfred J. North, 

 C.M.Z.S. Bee. Austr. Mus. vol. v. pt. 2 (1904).] 



The species described is P. howensis, from Lord Howe 

 Island, allied to P. gutturalis, but distinguished by its olive- 

 green tail, with a smaller and less distinct subterminal 

 blackish-brown band. 



The name " meridionalis " is suggested for the darker- 

 grey-tailed form of the group of P. gutturalis from South 

 Australia and West Victoria, in case it may be thought 

 necessary to distinguish it from the West-Australian 

 /\ occidentalis. 



71). Wood and Finn on Birds from Upper Burmah. 



[On a Collection of Birds from Upper Burmah. By Lieut. II. Wood 

 and F. Finn. J. A. S. B. lxxi. part ii. pp. 121-131 (1902).] 



The collection there described was made by Lieut. Wood 

 in the hilly districts of Upper Burmah, between 22° and 

 20° 15' N. lat., and presented by him to the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta, where it was specially acceptable as containing 

 examples of several rare species. After a general description 

 of the country, the localities visited are mentioned, and 

 their exact positions are given. The list enumerates 

 77 species, among which Parus palustris and Babax 

 lanceolatus are new to the Indian Fauna. In case the 

 Bat/ax should prove to be different to the Chinese bird of 

 David and Oustalet, the alternative name B. woodi is 

 suggested for it. A male specimen of Phasianus hnm'ue, 

 obtained at Kampetlet, differs slightly from the typical form 

 of Munipur. 



XXXV. — Letters, Extracts, Notices, S$c. 



We have received the following letters addressed to " The 

 Editors of < The Ibis ' " :— 



Siks, — As in last year's c Ibis' (1903. p. 140) the announce- 

 ment of the scientific expedition sent out by the Imperial-Royal 



