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(Gniel.), Avocettula recurvirostris (Swains.). Lophornis qonldi 

 (Less.), Tkrenetes cervinicauda (Gould), and Microcerculvi^ 

 mnrcfinatus, Scl. There were also large series of Gono- 

 jjophaga roberti, Helhn., and Agi/rtrid nitidifrons, Gould. 

 Mr. Hellinayr also laid on the table specimens of 

 Hypocnemis p. poecilonota. Cab., H. p. lepidonota, Scl. 

 and Salv., H. p. (jriseiventris (Pelz.), and H. p. vidua, 

 Helhn., and called attention to the liii,''hly interesting- fact 

 that the males of these four forms were scarcely dis- 

 tinguishable, while the females presented strongly marked 

 diiferences in coloration. 



The Hon. Walter Eothschild exhibited proofs of some 

 of the plates drawn to illustrate his paper on extinct birds. 

 These had been printed by the three-colour process on 

 permanent linen-paper by Mr, A. C. Fowler, and were 

 much admired by the Members present. 



Mr. W. P. PrcRAFT exhibited a remarkably fine male 

 hybrid between Black Game and Pheasant, kindly lent 

 for the occasion by Mr. Eowland Ward, F.Z.S. It had 

 been shot at Ringford, Kirkcudbrightshire, by Mr. Walter 

 M. Neilson. 



Ill this bird the characters of the males of the parent 

 species were about equally divided. The head, neck, and 

 underparts were of a rich glossy black with green 

 reflections, but the Hank feathers, when examined in a 

 strong light, showed distinct traces of the mahogany-red and 

 black tips to the feathers characteristic of the Pheasant. 

 There was, however, no sign of the notched feathers of the 

 neck and breast. The scapulars were freckled with black 

 and brown as in the young Black Cock, while the back 

 feathers showed a mixture of black and brown unlike the 

 pattern in either of the parent species. The tail was fan- 

 shaped, mottled with fine markings of black and brown, 

 and without distinct bars. The quill-feathers were like 

 those of the Pheasant, but the coverts, like the back, 



