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head was totally different^ more like that o£ P. cyanocephala, 

 whichj however, was a much smaller bird and had a blackish 

 under mandible. Mr. Rothschild hoped that Indian ornitho- 

 logists would take an interest in the question and try to 

 study the distribution of these Parrots more closely, so as to 

 discover the home of Palceornis intermedia. Recently Count 

 Salvadori {' Ibis/ 1907, p. 138) had written of P. intermedia : 

 " A doubtful species, not improbably established on a 

 hybrid ! '' The series of seven specimens in the Tring 

 Museum should certainly dispose of any doubt regardiug the 

 distinctness of P, intermedia. Mr. Rothschild added that 

 the specimens from Cachar, recorded as P. schisticeps by 

 Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker, were P. finschi, as also were all 

 those from Upper Assam : Sadiya {Hartert), Dibrughur 

 {E. C. Stuart Baker), Margherita {Coitart). 



Dr. Ernst Hartert exhibited and described an ex- 

 ample of a new species of bird from Northern China as 

 follows : — 



Larvivora ruficeps, sp. n. 



(J ad. Crown and hind-neck orange-rufous ; back and 

 rump slate-grey, upper tail-coverts slaty-black. Quills slate- 

 colour, the edges of the outer webs slightly paler, those of the 

 inner ones whitish-brown. Rectrices orange-rufous, middle 

 pair with the apical third and the borders of the outer webs 

 slaty-black. Lores, and a broad stripe under the eyes and en- 

 circling the throat, black ; throat white. Feathers below the 

 black circle, as well as those on the sides of the throat and 

 body, slaty-grey ; middle of the abdomen white. Under tail- 

 coverts white with slate-grey edges. Thighs greyish. Iris 

 russet; bill slate-black; feet piukish-bufF. Wing about 

 70-80 mm., tail about 52-56, metatarsus 27, culmen 16-I6"5. 



Hab. Tai-pai-shan, Tsin-ling Mountains. 



Three specimens had been sent to tlie Tring Museum. 

 Type No. 1217, 13. vii. 05. Procured by Mr. Owston's 

 Japanese collectors. 



Dr. Hartert also exhibited (1) a specimen of Larvivora 



