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Mr. F. M. Ogilvie he had compared the above specimen with 

 the series of C. islandica in the British Museum, and that 

 he was certainly of opinion that it was an immature male of 

 that species. The greater depth of the upper mandible at 

 the forehead and the abrupt manner of its descent, the 

 larger measurement of the wing, and the purple gloss on 

 some of the feathers of the throat, all seemed clearly to 

 indicate that the bird was not an immature example of 

 C. glaucion. The patch below the eye, though more rounded 

 like that of C. glaucion, was at present only partially defined 

 and did not seem to afford any reliable evidence. 



Mr, C. Ingram exhibited and described a new species of 

 Hemipode from Yule Island, British New Guinea : — 



TURNIX HORSBRUGHI, Sp. U. 



Adult female. Most nearly allied to T. maculosa, Temm., 

 but conspicuously smaller and darker. It resembles that 

 species in having a distinct chestnut-red nuchal collar, but 

 approaches T. saturata, Forbes, in the deep rufous colour of 

 the underparts. The dark chestnut-red of the hind-neck 

 extends down the sides of the breast (concealed by the 

 closed wings) ; but there is very little of this colour visible 

 among the mottlings of the back, as is usually the case in 

 T. maculosa. Culmen 0*5 inch; wing 2'9; tail ]*2; 

 tarsus 0*8. 



Hab. Yule Island, British New Guinea. 



This bird is named in honour of Mr. C. B. Horsbrugh, 

 who assisted Mr. W. Stalker in making a collection of birds 

 in British New Guinea. 



Mr. C. E. Hellmayr sent descriptions of three new 

 species and subspecies of South American birds, which he 

 proposed to call : — 



FORMICIVORA MELANOGASTRA BAHIiE, Subsp. n. 



Myiothera superciliaris, Wied (nee Licbt.), Beitr. Naturg. 

 Brasil. 3, ii. p. 1072 (1831, 'Mm Sertong der Provinz 

 Babia''). 



