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the abdomen, and is much less extended than in C. 

 cijoniithopsis. 



Colonel G. RipPON forwarded descriptions of two new 

 species of birds, from Mt. Victoria in the Chin Hills, 

 Burma. 



Ianthocincla victoei^, sp. n. 



Ad. Similis I. austeni (Jerdon), sed subtus albicans, 

 plumis singulis albis, versus basin rufescenti-brunneis^ 

 quasi squamatis : dorso postico et uropygio olivascentibus, 

 nee sordide castaneis distinguenda. Long. tot. 9 "6^ 

 alse 3-7. 



Hob. Mt. Victoria, S. Chin. Hills, 7000—10,000 feet. 



Pybrhula victoki^, sp. n. 



Similis P. nipalensi, sed saturatior, murino-brunnea, 

 nee chocolatino-brunnea : tectricibus majoribus dorso 

 fere concoloribus, nee conspicue cinerascenti-brunneis. 

 Long. tot. 6' 6, aids 3 "3. 



Hal). Mt. Victoria, S. Chin Hills, 7000 ft., March 30, 

 1904. 



Ohs. " Four specimens were obtained by me on Mount 

 Victoria in March, 1904. One of them has the rump 

 entirely black, without any white band. This is present, 

 however, in the other three specimens." 



Mr. H. J. Pearson exhibited two remarkable photo- 

 graphs taken from the exhibition-cases in the American 

 Museum of Natural History, New York, One showed an 

 immense breeding-colony of Flamingoes (Phoenicopterus 

 ruber) in the Bahamas ; the second, an irrigated tract of 

 land covered with large numbers of Stilts and other water- 

 birds. 



Mr. C. B. TiCEHUEST exhibited an immature female 

 example of the Pine-Grosbeak {Pinicola enucleator), which 

 was one of two young birds shot by Mr. Oliver out of 



