1881.] MR. SCLATER ON TWO BIRDS FROM NKW BRITAIN. 451 



It appeared therefore that in two years these four animals had 

 increased as follows : — 



Height Circumference 



at shoulder. of front foot. Weight, 



ft. in. in. cwt. qr. lb. 



JungPershad 10 4 14 1 



SuffaCulli 8 1 8 1 12 



Rustum 4 3 20 2 



Omar 10 4 8 16 



The Secretary also read an extract of a letter from the Maharajah 

 of Bulrampur, dated 23rd October, 1880, addressed to Sir Joseph 

 Fayrer, K.C.S.I., which showed the exact age of Suffa Culli. It 

 stated that she was born in the Maharajah's kheddah after her 

 mother's capture, on the 23rd of April, 1871. 



Jung Pershad had been given to the Prince of Wales in the Terai of 

 Nepaul by Sir Jung Bahawdur in Feb. 1 876, at which time he was 

 believed to be about six years old. 



Mr. Sclater laid on the table five birdskins which had been acci- 

 dentally misplaced among other collections of the ' Challenger Ex- 

 pedition,' and consequently had not been included in his reports on 

 this subject. 



These skins, which had been obtained by the Rev. G. Brown, 

 C.M.Z.S., from the island of Rotumeh, and presented to the Natu- 

 ralists of the ' Challenger,' belonged to the following species : — 



1. Pinarolestes vitiensis (Hartl.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 299 ; or 

 a subspecies of this form. 



2. Lalage pacijiea (Grm.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iv. p. 97. 



3. Myzomela chermesina, G. R. Gray; Forbes, P. Z, S. 1878, 

 p. 351, et 1879, p. 273. Two examples of this fine species. 



4. Strepsilas interpi-es, Linn. 



Mr. Sclater observed that three species were thus to be added to 

 the list of known birds of Rotumeh as given by Mr. Forbes, P. Z. S. 

 1878, p. 351. 



Mr. Sclater also laid upon the table two birds which had been 

 obtained in New Britain by Mr. Kleinschmidt, the collector of the 

 Museum Godeffroy in New Britain, and had been forwarded to Mr. 

 Sclater for determination by Mr. Schmeltz, of the Museum Godeffroy. 



Mr. Sclater considered both these birds to be referable to unde- 

 scribed species, and proposed to characterize them as follows ; — 



1. Trichoglossus rubrigularis, sp. nov. 



Trichoglossus rufigularis, Kleinschm. in litt. 



Supra viridis, alls intiis nigris extus dorso concoloribus, subtus 

 dilutior, et jircecipue in gutture et in lateribus flavicantior ; guld 

 summd coccineo-rubrd ; capitis lateribus Icctc gr amine o-viridibus ; 

 ularum pagind inferiore schistaveo-nigrd, remigum pogoniis inter- 



