63 [Vol.xH. 



Lord Rothschild exhibited a new subspecies of " Snipe " 

 from the New Zealand subregion, which he proposed to 

 name 



Ccenocorypha aucklandica iredalei, subsp. nov. 



Differs from Coenocorypha a. aucklandica in being much 

 darker. The crown and occiput are much blacker, the brown 

 edges to the feathers and tlie pale stripes being much reduced. 

 The hind-neckj interscapular region, and back have the centres 

 of the feathers black, not brown, and the pale borders much re- 

 duced. The wing-coverts are black, not pale cinnamon-brown 

 and the paler edges are almost absent, while the other mai"king 

 are replaced by transverse narrow bands. The tertials are 

 black narrowly edged with pale buff, with a few indistinct 

 dark rufous bars, not pale buff with a large black subterminal 

 patch and two indistinct black transverse lines. The chin 

 only, not the throat, is unspotted, and the throat and breast 

 are much darker, the feathers being blackish brown edged 

 with buff, not with buff irregularly spotted and streaked with 

 brown. Tail and upper tail-coverts also much darker. 



Length of wing 103 mm., bill 50-53 mm. 



Hah. Jack Lees Island, New Zealand. 



Three specimens received from H. H. Travers. 



Type in Tring Museum. 



Dr. Ernst Hartert exhibited a new Sunbird, which he 

 described as follows, on behalf of Dr. V. Gr. L. van Someren: — 



Anthreptes yokanse, sp. nov. 



(^ ad. Forehead, throat, and upper breast dark metallic 

 blue ; rest of crown, mantle, rump, scapulars, and coverts 

 bright olive-green. Primaries, secondai'ies, and rectrices 

 grey-brown edged with yellowish-olive. Region below the 

 eye and lower half of the ear-coverts yellowish-white. An 

 ill-defined superciliary line of the same colour. Eyelids 

 white. Pectoral tufts pale lemon-yellow. Under surface of 

 body yellowish with olive wash, especially on the flanks. 

 Under tail-coverts yellowish. Bill black, 14 mm. Legs 

 grey-black. Tarsus 15 \nm. Wings 55 mm. 



