67 [Vol. xl. 
that is the fact that the feathers of the cheeks and ear-coverts 
are somewhat different in godmani and cervicalis to what 
they are in desmaresti, occidentalis, and blythi, being more 
like those in salvadorii and edwardsi though not so developed. 
This being the case, for the present I will retain them as two 
distinct species, as we do Corvus corone and Corvus cornia, 
and treat the intermediate Fly River birds as hybrids. I 
fully believe, however, when the country between the Noord 
River and the Onin Peninsula is explored, that intergrada- 
tions between godmani and desmaresti will be obtained, and 
the fact of all the previously ennumerated five forms being 
subspecies of desmaresti will be proved. Thus for the 
present the five forms are as follows :—QO. desmaresti des- 
maresti Garn., O. d. occidentalis Salv. & D’Alb., O. d. blythi 
Wall., O. cervicalis Salv. & D’Alb., and O. godmant Grant. 
Lord RoruscHiLpD also exhibited a new species of Blood- 
Pheasant, which he described as follows :— 
Ithaginis clarkei, sp. noy. 
g ad. Forehead black ; crown dirty brownish white 
streaked with grey; occipital crest and ear-coverts long, 
grey, with feathers decomposed as in J. geoffroyi. Neck with 
long pointed hackles whitish grey with slate-grey edges; 
back and most of rump pale slate-grey, feathers with white 
shafts and broad shaft-stripes; scapulars more or less 
strongly suffused with apple-green, long lower rump-feathers 
edged with crimson; rectrices pale whitish grey edged 
with crimson ; wing-coverts slate-grey with white shaft- 
stripes, the outer two-thirds strongly saturated with apple- 
green ; primaries and secondaries dark slate-grey with 
white shaft-stripes and whitish outer edges ; lores and wide 
superciliary band black; cheeks, chin, and throat dark 
crimson, each feather with a dull buff shaft-line; upper 
breast earthy brownish buff, outer half of each feather and 
edges of basal half of feathers pale grey; lower breast, 
flanks, and abdomen greenish buff-grey suffused and edged 
with apple-green ; on the upper half of breast are some large 
