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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Gkant said that with the assistance 

 of Mr. Claude Grant he had now been able to make a more 

 thorough examination of the fine collection of birds formed 

 by the Members of the B. O. U. Expedition to Dutch New 

 Guinea, and had discovered several interesting forms which 

 he believed to be undescribed. He said that he was also 

 much indebted to Mr. Walter Rothschild and Dr. Hartert for 

 placing at his disposal the splendid series of New Guinea 

 birds in the Tring Museum, and also for their valuable 

 assistance while making his comparisons. 



He described the following species : — 



Casuarius claudii, sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to C. j^apuanus, Schl., and 

 C edivardsi, Oustal., but at once distinguished from both 

 by having the occiput and sides of the face entirely black. 

 Between the gape and the ear a patch of deep plum-colour; 

 upper half of the back of the neck electric-blue, shading 

 into violet-blue on the sides and fore-part of the neck, 

 including the throat ; lower half of the back of the neck 

 orange-chrome_, this colour extending down the upper 

 margin of a bare magenta-coloured area situated on each 

 side of the feathered part of the neck. Iris rich brown ; 

 legs and toes olive-brown, lighter olive on the front of the 

 tarsi and joints. Culmen 59 mm. ; tarsus 255 ; middle 

 toe and claw 165. 



Hab. Iwaka River, 4000-5000 ft. 



The type is in the British Museum : J , No. 918. 25. 1. 11 

 {C.H.B. Grant). 



Obs. This dwarf species of Cassowary, which is named in 

 honour of Mr. Claude Grant, was met with by him on 

 several occasions on the Iwaka River, but only one specimen 

 was obtained. In the Tring Museum there is a head of 

 a more adult example of this species, obtained by A. S. Meek 

 on the Oetakwa River, at the i)ase of the Snow Mountains, 

 on the 1st of November, 1910. 



Rhipidura streptophora, sp. n. 



Adult male and female. Nearest to R. dryas, Gould, but 

 much larger ; the chestnut of the forehead paler and extending 



