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Mr. J. D. La Touche sent the description of a new 

 Flycatcher from Folikien^ China; which he proposed to 

 call 



NiLTAVA DAVIDI^ Sp. U. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to N. sundara, Hodgs., but 

 larger and with purplish -blue back and scapulars ; the sides 

 of the head^ neck^ chin, and throat with a very strong Avash 

 of blue^ the neck-spot cobalt-blue, and the lesser upper 

 wing-coverts of a very slightly lighter tint than the back. 

 Iris dark brown ; bill black ; legs purplish with pale claws. 

 Total length ca. 7*0 inches ; wing 3-75. 



Adult female. Differs from the female of N. sundara in 

 being considerably larger, and in having the neck-spot of 

 the same cobalt-blue as in the male. Wing 3*5 inches. 



Hah. North-west Fohkien. 



Mr. CoLLiNGWooD Ingram exhibited eggs of the following 

 birds from Japan, which he believed to be either new to 

 science or hitherto imperfectly identified : — 

 Gallinago australis. 

 Emberiza yessoensis. 

 Geocichla varia (3 clutches) . 

 Pericrocotus cinereus. 

 Phylloscopus coronatus. 

 Parus varius. 

 In most instances the female (shot at the nest) accom- 

 panied the clutch. 



He wished to point out a curious feature in the eggs of 

 Geocichla varia. In every clutch there appeared to be one 

 Q^^ of a more '^ spotted " type than the others, the typical 

 examples being of a more or less uniform greyish-red colour. 

 Mr. Ingram remarked that the eggs of Parus varius were 

 also interesting, as one or two examples showed distinctly 

 paler lilac underlying markings. 



Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead exhibited specimens of some 

 rare species of birds from Kohat, including examples of 

 ^githaliscus leucogenys (Moore), Phylloscopus snbviridis, and 



