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bestow a natne on this apparently larger subspecies on tlie 

 evidence of a single example. We have now found two 

 more specimens in a bottle of spirits, which confirm our 

 former supposition. 



" Ceijx solitaria was described by Teraminck from a 

 specimen obtained at Lobo in New Gninea. In more 

 than thirty specimens from New Guinea the wing mea- 

 sures from 5r5 to 56 mm., the latter measurement being 

 rarely attained. On the other hand, the wings of birds 

 from New Planover measure 60, 60'5_, and 61 mm. respec- 

 tively, and their bills are much more robust. The back 

 seems to have a lighter line along the middle, but this is 

 uncertain, as our examples have been in spirits ; we have, 

 however, a skin made from a spirit-specimen from Triton 

 Bay, New Guinea, which does not show this lighter colour 

 on the back. We propose to name the New Hanover King- 

 fisher 



" Ceyx solitaria mulcata, subsp. n. 



"Type in the Tring Museum: Ad. New TTanover, 

 18.ii. 97. C. Webster coll. 



" In 1901 we also called attention to a very large female 

 from Salwatti collected by Dr. Powell, with the wing 

 59 mm. in length. We are convinced that a slightly larger 

 form also inhabits the Western Papuan Islands, but it is 

 necessary to compare a larger series before bestowing a 

 name on this race. We possess four skins from Waigiu 

 having wing-measurements of 58, 57'5, 55, 56'2 mm. 

 respectively. One example from ]Misol has the wing 

 54"5 mm., Avhile Stresemann mentions specimens from the 

 same island with wings of 53"5 and 55 mm/^ 



The Eev. F. C. R. Jourdain exhibited clutches of three 

 and two eggs of Gorsachius goisagi (Temm.), taken near 

 Fuji, Hondo, Japan, by Mr. A. Owston's collectors in June. 

 In appearance these eggs are white, almost devoid of gloss, 

 obtuse-oval in shape, and average 47 8xo79 mm. in size. 

 The largest eggs of a series of seven measure 49'7x39"2 



