﻿Ondtkoloyista' 
  Club. 
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  C. 
  numchuricum 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  Abbe 
  David 
  on 
  the 
  plateau 
  

   west 
  of 
  Pekin^ 
  were 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  table 
  for 
  comparison. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  BowDLER 
  Sharpe 
  exhibited 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  an 
  appa- 
  

   rently 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Rhlpidura 
  from 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Dammar^ 
  

   in 
  the 
  Banda 
  Sea, 
  where 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  procured 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Bassett 
  

   Smith 
  during 
  the 
  recent 
  voyage 
  of 
  H.M.S. 
  'Penguin' 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Rhipidura 
  buettikoferi, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

   7?. 
  similis 
  R.setosce, 
  sed 
  ubique 
  saturatior, 
  nigricanti-brunnea, 
  

   nee 
  grisea, 
  et 
  rectricibus 
  duabus 
  exterioribus 
  longiiis 
  

   albo 
  terminatis. 
  Long. 
  tot. 
  6"8 
  poll., 
  culm. 
  OT, 
  alse 
  3"4, 
  

   caudse 
  'S'4, 
  tarsi 
  0*65. 
  

   According 
  to 
  the 
  describer^s 
  arrangement 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Cata- 
  

   logue 
  of 
  Birds,' 
  the 
  species 
  would 
  fall 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Key 
  " 
  to 
  the 
  

   species 
  of 
  Rhipidura 
  (vol. 
  iv. 
  pp. 
  303-308) 
  close 
  to 
  R. 
  setosa 
  

   (/. 
  c. 
  p. 
  329) 
  ; 
  but 
  it 
  differed 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  in 
  being 
  blackish 
  

   brown 
  instead 
  of 
  ashy 
  grey, 
  and 
  the 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  tail 
  was 
  

   much 
  more 
  extended. 
  Under 
  Count 
  Salvadori^s 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  (Orn. 
  Papuasia, 
  ii. 
  p. 
  53) 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Rhipidura, 
  the 
  

   Dammar 
  species 
  would 
  also 
  be 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  R. 
  setosa. 
  

   According, 
  however, 
  to 
  the 
  most 
  recent 
  disposition 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus 
  by 
  Mr, 
  Biittikofer 
  (Notes 
  Leyden 
  Mus. 
  xv. 
  pp. 
  65-98), 
  

   the 
  new 
  species 
  would 
  come 
  into 
  a 
  different 
  section 
  from 
  

   R. 
  setosa, 
  because 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  could 
  never 
  be 
  considered 
  

   to 
  be 
  " 
  pure 
  ashy 
  grey 
  ; 
  " 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  

   upper 
  parts 
  was 
  dark 
  chocolate-brown, 
  almost 
  blackish. 
  Thus, 
  

   to 
  follow 
  Mr. 
  Biiltikofer, 
  the 
  species 
  would 
  come 
  next 
  to 
  

   R. 
  isura 
  ; 
  but 
  here 
  again, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  R. 
  setosa, 
  the 
  dark 
  

   brown 
  colour 
  — 
  instead 
  of 
  grey 
  — 
  would 
  at 
  once 
  separate 
  it. 
  

   Dr. 
  Sharpe 
  added 
  that 
  Count 
  Salvadori 
  agreed 
  with 
  him 
  

   that 
  the 
  species 
  was 
  new 
  to 
  science, 
  and 
  he 
  wished 
  to 
  apologize 
  

   to 
  Mr. 
  Biittikofer 
  for 
  not 
  having 
  shown 
  him 
  the 
  specimen 
  

   during 
  his 
  recent 
  visit 
  to 
  London, 
  as, 
  though 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  

   specially 
  put 
  aside 
  for 
  his 
  examination, 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  mislaid. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  BowDLER 
  Sharpe 
  also 
  exhibited 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  of 
  Hainan 
  birds 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Styan 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  

   Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Club 
  on 
  October 
  19th, 
  1892, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  

  

  