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The proposal was unanimously accepted by the Committee 

 subject to the following restrictions : — 



1. That the various subjects to be discussed should be 



selected by the Committee, who would invite Members 

 of the Club to make suggestions. 



2. That the Discussions which it was proposed to hold 



should not unduly interfere with the systematic work 

 of the Club. 



3. That the proposal should be submitted for final decision 



to the Members present at the Meeting of the Club 

 held on the 9th of December. 



The proposal was then put to the Members present and 

 carried unanimously. 



The Chairman announced that a Committee Meeting 

 would be held on the 23rd of December for the purpose 

 of drawing up the necessary regulations to govern the 

 Discussions. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild and Dr. Ernst Hartert 



exhibited a new form of Dicceum, which they described as 

 follows : — 



Dicseum geelvinkianum rosseli^ subsp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to D. g. niiidum Tristr. 

 from Sudest Island, with which it had been erroneously 

 united (c/. Nov. Zool. 1899, p. 80, id. 1903, p. 215), although 

 certain differences in size had been noticed.. D. g. rosseli 

 differs from D. g. nitidum in being lai'ger and paler, with 

 the back moi-e greenish and less washed with metallic-blue,,, 

 the forehead not so dark and of a duller red ; while thd 

 red of the upper tail-coverts is lighter, and the imderside 

 altogether paler. The wing measures 57-60*5 mm. as com- 

 pared with 55-58 mm. in D. g. nitidum. 



Hah. Rossel Island, Louisiade Group. 



Type in the Tring Museupi : ^ ad,, no. 1362. Rossel 

 Island, 3. ii. 98. A. S. Meek coll. 



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