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in Phylloscopus rufus) ; under tail-coverts pale bright yellow, 

 Ijiit less bright than the upper tail-coverts. Wing 2*28- 

 2*35 inches ; tail 1'6 ; tarsus 0'65-0'7. 



Hab. Lithgow, New South Wales. 



Obs. Two examples of this species were presented to the 

 British Museum in 1903 by Lord Leigh, who was at that 

 time Governor of New South Wales. The species has been 

 named in his honour. 



Mr. Boyd Alexander forwarded the following descrip- 

 tion of a new species of Parrot from Princes Island, West 

 Africa: — 



PsiTTACUS PRINCEPS, Sp. n. 



Adult male and female. Similar to P. enthacus, Linn., but 

 larger and darker. Entire upper- and underparts very dark 

 grey, almost blackish; feathers, especially of the under- 

 parts, edged with dark blue, giving the bird when viewed in 

 certain lights the appearance of being strongly washed with 

 inky blue. 



Male. Wing 235-238 mm. ; tail 100-114. 



Female. Wing 230-235 mm.; tail 105. 



Hab. Princes Island, W. Africa. 



The following lantern- slides were then exhibited : — 



By Mr. P. H. Bahr:— 



I. Ospreys {Pandion halia'etus) from a series taken on Long 

 Island, U.S. America, in July 1903, where the species 

 nests in large colonies. In the present instance the 

 colony numbered from 150 to 200 pairs. 



1. Osprey above its nest in a tree, balancing itself on a 



branch while grasping a large fish. 



2. Nest on a rock out at sea, showing also in the back- 



ground the male bird perched on the stake of a 

 tisliing-net, whence he poached the imprisoned fish. 



3. A large nest on the ground nearly 5 feet in height, 



and added to from year to year, the whole pile 

 being: a collection of rubbish. This situation had 



