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latter species was easily distinguished from F. bottegi and 

 also from F. gofanus by having the feathers of the mantle 

 and upper-back chestnut, marked along the shaft and on 

 each side near the extremity with black and white ; whereas 

 in the two last-named species the feathers of those parts 

 were black with concentric white lines. Inter se, F. gofanus 

 was distinguished from F. bottegi by having the ground- 

 colour of the rufous-tipped feathers on the sides of the 

 chest and breast conspicuously grey with white markings, 

 instead of white with black markings. Further remarks on 

 these species by Professor Neumann were to be found in the 

 'Journal fiir Ornithologie/ 1904, pp. 353-354; 1905, 

 pp. 146-148, where the three forms had been correctly 

 distinguished. 



The Hon. Walter Eothschild, Ph.D.;, F.R.S., exhibited 

 the eggs, hitherto unknown, of the following species of birds 

 from German New Guinea. The eggs had been collected 

 in the Eawlinson Mts. by Herr Keysser : — 



Drepanornis alhertisi geisleri, Meyer. 



Astrapia rotlischildi, Foerst. 



Diphyllodes magnifica Imnsteini, Knscli & Meyer. 



Paradisea guilielmi, Cab. 



Eupetes geislerormn, Meyer. 



Mr. Rothschild also exhibited an egg of Drepanornis 

 albertisi cervinicauda, Sclat., from British New Guinea, and 

 that of Ptilonorhynchus violaceus (Vieill.) from Australia. 



Mr. PcOTHscHiLD further exhibited forty-five skins of the 

 following Birds of Paradise and Parrots collected by Mr. A. 

 S. Meek in the mountains of southern Dutch New Guinea: — 



jSilurosdus melanotis arfakianus, Meyer. 



„ stonei, Sliarpe. / 



Amblyornis inornatus (Schlegel). 

 , Lohoparadisea sericea, Rothach. 



Loria lories, Salvad. 

 Parntia carolce meeki, Rothscli. 

 Pteridophora alherti, Meyer. 

 Ptilorhis magnifica magnifica (Vieill.). 



