91 Vol. xHi.] 



The Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain gave an interesting account 

 of Bird-Life as met with on the recent expedition to Bear 

 Island and Spitzbergen, and illustrated his remarks with a 

 striking series of lantern-slides taken by various members of 

 the expedition. In relation to the habits of the birds met 

 with these slides were most instructive. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith had a remarkable series of slides 

 depicting the breeding-habits of the Sacred Ibis as observed 

 in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. 



Lord Rothschild and Dr. Ernst Hartert sent the 

 description of a new Racket-tailed Kingfisher from New 

 Guinea : — 



Tanysiptera danse intensa, subsp. nov. 



Differs from T. dance dance in deeper coloration generally. 

 The red of underside and rump is much deeper, the under 

 tail-coverts are pink, not buff with a faint pink tinge; the 

 brown of the upperside is, as a rule, darker, the quills 

 darker, more black ; generally the blue on the wing-coverts 

 is a faint shade darker, but this is not always distinct. 

 Dimensions and colours of soft parts as in T. dance dance. 



Hah. Hydrographer Range, west of Dyke Acland Bay, 

 S.E. New Guinea, 2500 feet. 



Type, in Tring Museum, ^ , 20. iv. 1918. Eichhorn Bros, 

 coll. no. 7894. 



