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obscura, Berezowski & Bianchi, hitlierto represented only 

 in the St, Petersburg Museum ; and (2) an example of the 

 species described as Calliope davidi by Oustalet. He was^ 

 however, of opinion, that the latter should be referred to 

 Larvivora rather than to Calliope, if these genera were kept 

 separate. 



Dr. Hartert also exhibited and described a new Fly- 

 catcher from New Guinea as follows : — 



P(ECILODRYAS NIGRIVENTRIS, Sp. U. 



S ad. Above and. below black, a patch of silky feathers 

 on the sides of the chest, widely tipped with white ; upper 

 tail-coverts and tips of the feathers of the lower rump white; 

 distal portions of the under tail- coverts and a patch on the 

 under wing-coverts white. Iris brown; bill and feet black. 

 Wing 87-5-91 mm. 



Hab. Lower Mombare Biver, near the north coast of 

 British New Guinea. Type in the Tring Museum : 

 No. A 2813, 5. V. 06. Obtained by Mr. Albert S. Meek. 



Obs. This form is probably a subspecies of P. bimaculata 

 from the Owen Stanley Mountains, but differs in having the 

 abdomen and belly entirely black, and a smaller white patch 

 on either side of the chest. The range of P. bimaculata 

 seems, however, to extend to Northern New Guinea, and as 

 that of P. nigriventris is at present very imperfectly known, 

 it is better not to offer any definite statement about the re- 

 lationship to one another of these two forms. 



It may be added that the black colour of PoRcilodryas 

 nigriventris is deeper and somewhat more pure than in 

 P. bimaculata. 



Mr. C. E. Hellmayr exhibited and described the following 

 new birds from Brazil : — 



SCLATERIA SCHISTACEA HUMAYTHtE, Subsp. U. 



^ ad. Similar in coloration to S. s. leucostigma (Pelz.), 

 but with a considerably shorter tail. Wing 70-75 ; tail 

 51-54 ; bill 20-21^ mm. 



$ ad. Differs from that of S. s. leucostigma in having 



