3 [Vol. xxxvi. 



Hab. Bali. Examined 5 c? , 1 ? , collected by William 

 Doherty and Erwin Stresemann. Compared with four 

 specimens from Java in the Triug Museum. 



Type: $ ad. Bali, collected in April, 1896, by W. 

 Dolierty. 



Obs. Cyanoderma melanothorax melanothorax is a very 

 rare bird. It was overlooked by Sharpe, though described 

 long ago by Temminck, and thus left out of the ' Catalogue 

 of Birds in the British Museum.' Sharpe, however, called 

 attention to this in an article in the ' Annals and Magazine 

 of Natural History.^ So far the only specimens known to 

 me in any collection in Great Britain are those four col- 

 lected by Mr. Prillwitz in West Java. 



Mr. H. F. WiTHERBY exhibited a young Black-necked 

 Grebe and a hybrid Linnet-Greenfiuch in juvenile plumage, 

 both of which were obtained in Ireland and had been sent 

 to him for inspection by Mr. W. J. Williams of Dame Street, 

 Dublin. Mr, Witherby made the following remarks : — 

 " In the October issue of 'British Birds ' (vol. ix. p. 125), 

 Mr. W. J. Williams made an announcement respecting the 

 breeding in the summer of 1915 of the Black-necked Grebe 

 {Colymbus n. nigricollis) in the west of Ireland. As the 

 extension of the known breeding-range of any species seemed 

 to me of the greatest importance, and as the proof of 

 breeding rested in this case upon a young bird which was 

 obtained, I asked Mr. Williams if he would allow me to 

 exhibit this bird to the members of the Club. The bird 

 was received by Mr. Williams in the flesh on August 25th, 

 1915. It was obtained in the west of Ireland on a lake 

 about fifty miles from the sea. You will see that the bird 

 has just moulted from the down stage to the juvenile 

 plumage, and that there are filaments of down still adhering 

 to the tips of some of the feathers. All the wing-feathers 

 are in quill and only about half-grown. It might have been 

 possible for the bird to have flown a very short distance, but 

 I think you will agree with me that it could not possibly 

 have reached this lake from the sea some fifty miles away. 

 It seems to me, therefore, certain that the bird was bred in 

 the neighbourhood. The species has been known to breed 



