7/6 MR. A. ANDERSON ON THE "RAPTORIAL [Dec. 5, 



The most noticeable additions during the month of November 

 were as follows : — 



1. Four Brazilian Cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), pur- 

 chased Nov. 1 7. Of this small Cormorant of the New World no 

 examples have ever reached us before. The birds have been placed 

 in the Fish-house, next to the American Darters. 



2. A Hooded Crane (Grits monadhits), deposited by Mr. W. 

 Jamrach, November 21st, under an arrangement that it is to be pur- 

 chased on the 1st of January next if doing well at that time. 



This species, which is quite new to us, is readily distinguishable 

 from the allied G. leucauchen (also from Japan) by its smaller size 

 and the greater amount of white on the neck. Its arrival renders 

 our series of Cranes very complete, comprising, as it now does, 19 

 examples belonging to 13 species. 



The following extract was read from a letter addressed to the 

 Secretary by Count T. Salvadori, C.M.Z.S., dated Turin, November 

 28th :— 



Dr. Beccari has received from Mr. Bruijn, of Ternate, the an- 

 nouncement of the discovery of a new species of Drepanornis from 

 the most inland point of Geelvink Bay, New Guinea. This bird is 

 said to differ from D. albertisi in having the head, the hind neck, 

 the back, and the breast black. The long feathers on the sides of 

 the breast are said to be most brilliant. We hope to receive before 

 long examples of this wonderful new bird. 



The following papers were read •, — 



1. Corrections of and Additions to the "Raptorial Birds of 

 North -western India/" — Part III.* By Andrew Ander- 

 son, F.Z.S. &c. 



(Plate LXXXII.) 



[Received November 6, 1876.] 



The acquisition of two very interesting additions — the one an 

 eastern and the other a western one — enables me to lay some further 

 information respecting the Raptorial birds of these provinces before 

 the Society. It is a strange coincidence that both these stragglers 

 should have been obtained on my old collecting-ground, on the 

 banks of the Mainpuri Canal, within a few miles of each other, as well 

 as within the same month. 



The numbers and asterisk preceding the names have the same sig- 

 nificance as before. 



The two additions now made bring up my list to fifty- four species. 



* For Part II. see P. Z. S. 1876, p. 310. 



