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breeding in the Himalayas), in having the upper surface 

 much deeper (almost sepia) brown, and the bill altogether 

 larger. 



Hab. Andaman Islands. 



Type in the Tring Museum : ^ . Port Blair, 11. xii. 06 : 

 E. B. Osmaston coll. 



Obs. This form was found breeding, and Mr. Osmaston 

 had obtained its eggs. 



Dr. P. R. Lowe described and exhibited examples of two 

 new species procured by him during his recent trip to the 

 West Indies on Sir Frederic Johnstone's Yacht ' Zenaida': — 



CCEKEBA LAURIE, Sp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to C. atrata, Lawr., but 

 without the (in life) conspicuous and tumid bright-crimson 

 rictus ; with the bill straighter ; with the exposed portion of 

 the culmen longer; and the black colour of the upperparts 

 greyer. 



The average measurements of 5 males are : — Exposed 

 culmen 14-5 mm.; wing 61 ; tail 38; tarsus 18'5. 



The average measurements of 5 females are : — Exposed 

 culmen 14-8 mm.; wing 59-5 ; tail 37; tarsus 17-5. 



Hab. Los Testigos Is., Venezuela : distant from Grenada 

 85 miles in W.S.W. direction and 43 miles from the 

 mainland. 



This bird is named in honour of Laura, Countess of 

 Wilton. 



Obs. I found this species in great numbers towards the 

 southern end of the largest island of the group. It was 

 about to nest, but did not appear to be quite so advanced as 

 its ally in St. Vincent. I saw^ none of the ordinary yellow 

 forms of this genus, such as C. saccharina (Lawr.), which is 

 found side by side with a dark form (C atrata) in the 

 islands of St. Vincent and Grenada. The discovery of 

 this second black form in the Testigos is therefore of great 

 interest. 



I had collected specimens from both St. Vincent and 

 Grenada earlier in the same month (December 1907), and 



