43 rvoi. 



XIX. 



Mr. E. Gibson exhibited a partial albino of a Hangnest 

 (Trupialis defilippii, Bouap.) from the Province of Buenos 

 Ayres, Argentine Republic. 



On behalf of Mr. S. A. Buturlin, Mr. H. E. Dresser 

 exhibited and made remarks on examples of nine Siberian 

 birdsj which the former considered to represent new species 

 or subspecies. 



Mr. C. E. Hellmayr described a new species of Cardinal 

 from the interior of Brazil as follows : — 



Paroaria baerIj sp. n. 



Adult female. Upperparts black, with a strong metallic- 

 blue gloss ; the feathers of the forehead and anterior portion 

 of the crown with dark carmine-i'ed tips, which form a 

 large frontal patch. Lores, sides of the head and neck black, 

 glossed with metallic blue. Cheeks and throat carmine-red, 

 the extreme bases of the feathers being black ; feathers of 

 the fore-neck glossy black, each with a minute carmine-red 

 spot on the extreme tip. Under surface pure white, the sides 

 of the breast being indistinctly barred with black. Thighs 

 black with white tips. Lesser upper wing-coverts metallic 

 blue-black, like the back ; remaiuing wing-coverts, quills, 

 and rectrices dull black, slightly glossed with oily greenish 

 along the edges. Axillaries and under wing-coverts white. 

 Bill black, basal half of lower mandible dull reddish j feet 

 black. Wing 83; tail 81 ; bill 13| mm. 



Hub. Bio Araguaya, State of Goyaz, Brazil. 



Type in the Tring Museum : $ ad., No. 2398, August 

 1906. Obtained by Mons. G. A. Baer. 



Obs. " Two adults and one young specimen of this 

 Cardinal were obtained in August 1906, on the banks of 

 the Ilio Araguaya, Brazil. Ic is perhaps most nearly allied 

 to, but quite distinct from, P. gularisJ" 



The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesdaj^, 

 the 20th of February, 1907, at the Restaurant Frascati, 



