2 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON CYANOPOLIUS CYANUS. [Jan. 20, 



Under surface of tail and l)nttocks pure white. Belly and limbs dark. 

 Height about 2-1 inches, length of tail about 9 inches. 

 Hal>. Vicinity of Ningpo, (Jhina (A. MicJne). 



Head of Cervulus crinifrons. 



Ohs. Eeadily known from all other species of Cervulvshy its bushy 

 forehead, which much resembles that of Elajthodus viichimius, and 

 by its long tail. 



2. A young male Nubian Ibex {Cnpra rmbiana), presented 

 December 30tli by Mrs. Laing, of Thornhill, f^miderland. This 

 Ibex is accompanied by a Domestic Goat, with which it has bred 

 and produced a male hybrid, which closely resembles its male 

 parent. The species is new to the Society's Collection. 



Mr. Sclater called attention to the breeding of a pair of the 

 Chinese Blue Magpie (Ci/anopolius ci/otms) in the Society's Gardens 

 in 1884, and exhibited specimens of their eggs. Six eggs were laid 

 in May in an open nest, made of sticks and lined with grass and. 

 wool, in the Western Aviary. The period of incubation was about 

 18 days, and four young birds were hatched on June II. The 

 young birds remained about three weeks in the nest. They had black 

 heads upon assuming their first j)lumage, but at first of a dull black. 

 By the end of the year they were so like their parents that it was 

 impossible to distinguish them. About a fortnigiit after the young 

 birds left the nest a second clutch of eggs was laid, but came to 

 nothing. 



The eggs were of a pale greenish stone-colour, freckled with two 



