1880.] MR. p. L. SCLATER ON A NEW CHUYSOTIS, 67 



As regards the Collocalia left undetermined in tnj account of 

 Mr. Brown's last collection (see P. Z. S. 1879, p. 447, sp. 12), 

 Count Salvadori has kindly examined the specimen and favoured me 

 with the subjoined remarks : — 



"Through the kindness of Mr. Tristram I have been able to exa- 

 mine the specimen from the Solomon Islands, attributed by him to C. 

 linehiilhh, 18/9, p. 438); and I find that it belongs to the group 

 containing C.francisca (Gm.), with the upper parts dark, almost 

 black, and with the underparts uniformly grey. Therefore most 

 probably it does not belong to C. linchi, Horsf., which appertains to 

 the Collocalia esculenta group. It seems to me that the Solomon- 

 Island specimen belongs to C. fuciphaga (Thunb.)'. I can only 

 notice that it has the upper parts blacker, and the underparts 

 of a lighter and purer grey than Javan, Bornean, Amboina, and 

 Kei-Islands specimens of C. fuciphaga. 



"A specimen from the Duke-of-York Island submitted to my 

 examination by Mr. Sclater {Collocalia sp. inc., P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 447), belongs to the same species as Mr. Tristram's specimen." 



February 17, 1880. 

 Prof. AV. H. Flower, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Secretary made the following report on the additions to the 

 Society's Menagerie during January 1880 : — 



The total number of registered additions to the Society's Mena- 

 gerie during the month of January was 89, of which .57 were by 

 presentation, 28 by purchase, 1 was received in exchange, and 3 

 on deposit. The total number of departures during the same 

 period, by death and removals, was 84. 



The most noticeable additions during the month were : — 



1. A Japanese Hawk-Eagle {Spizaetus orientalisy, from Japan, 

 being the first individual of this scarce bird of prey we have re- 

 ceived. It was presented to us by our Corresponding Member, 

 Harry Pryer, Esq., of Yokohama, and arrived, under the kind care 

 of Mr. Maries, on January 6. 



2. Two Blue-eyed Cockatoos (Cacatua ophthalmica), presented 

 by the Rev. George Brown, C.M.Z.S., of Duke-of-York Island. 

 This acquisition is of much interest, as the species was hitherto 

 believed to be pecuhar to the Solomon Islands. Mr. Brown, who 

 transmitted these birds to Mr. Ramsay's care in Sydney in Sep- 

 tember 1877, along with a pair of the Eclectus (which unfortunately 

 died at Sydney), tells me that this Cockatoo is found in New Britain, 

 but not in New Ireland. 



I take this opportunity of exhibiting a drawing by Mr. Smit (Plate 



1 "I cannot agree with Lord Walden, who (Ibis, 1874, p. 135) considers 

 C. hnchi, Horsf., to be the same as C. fuciphaga, Thunb." 



^ Teinra. et Schl. Fauna Japonica, Aves, p. 7, pi. iii. Mr. Sharpe (Cat B 

 I. p. 267) identifies this species with ^S'. nipalensis of India; but I am not quite 

 sure that this identiflcalion is correct. 



