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Type ^ , No. 110511 in the Tring Museum : collected by 

 Mr. H. Watson. 



Obs. Nine specimens, including adults of both sexes and 

 young birds, were collected by Mr. Watson near Frances^ in 

 October and November 1905. 



Mr. Hellmayr also exhibited a male of Leucuria pha- 

 lerata, Bangs, from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta^ 

 Colombia, the first specimen of this beautiful Humming-bird 

 seen in this country. He pointed out that it was in every 

 respect a typical member of the genus Helianthea, most 

 nearly allied to, but perfectly distinct from, H. eos, of the 

 Merida Mountains, Venezuela. The specimen had been 

 received in exchange from the American Museum of Natural 

 History, of New York. 



Mr. Hellmayr then made some remarks on the habitat 

 of Coccycolius iris, Oust. This beautiful Starling was 

 hitherto supposed to be confined to the Loss Islands, ofi^ the 

 west coast of Africa, although Dr. Hartert had already 

 questioned the correctness of this locality. When in 

 Paris last winter^ Mr. Hellmayr made the acquaintance of 

 Dr. Maclaud, who had just returned from the French Colony 

 of Fouta Djallon, bringing with him a good collection of 

 birds. Besides many other interesting species, there was a 

 large series of Coccycolius iris, collected by himself and his 

 hunters in the interior of Fouta Djallon, about 250 kilo- 

 metres from the coast. Dr. Maclaud told the speaker that 

 the species^ though rather local, was by no means uncommon 

 in the hinterland of the colony, and that in former years 

 skins were not infrequently brought to the markets of the 

 seaports, where they were known as '^ Merles des isles de 

 Loss.^" It was therefore evident that the real habitat of 

 C. iris was French Guinea, while its occurrence on the Loss 

 Islands had still to be proved. 



Dr. ScLATER exhibited a small collection of birds from 

 South-eastern Rhodesia, a part of South Africa which had 

 as yet been little explored by ornithologists. The collection 

 had been made by his son Mr. Arthur L. Sclater and his 



