Vol. xxxvi,] 66 



Lord Rothschild coranmnicated the following note on 

 Scolopax sat'urata Horsf. and Scolopax saturata rosenbergi 



ScLl. :— 



" Having been able to compare a large series o^ rosenbergi 

 from New Guinea with several from tlie Malay ArchiDclago, 

 I can now clearly state that the latter^ the true sahirata, 

 is not identical with rosenbergi. Mr. Ogilvie-Grant had 

 already hinted at this, and Mr. G. M. Mathews positively 

 affirmed it. I, however, thought the material they had for 

 comparison was insufficient. 



" Fresh material enables me to define the differences. 

 S. s. saturata differs from S. s. rosenbergi in having much 

 narrower and darker rufous markings on the feathers of 

 the upper surface, but especiallj'^ on the upper wing-coverts ; 

 the tail is less rufous, and the dark bars on the underside 

 are much narrower." 



At the request of Messrs. H, C. Robinson and C. Bowden 

 Kloss, Mr. Ogilvie-Grant described a new species of Cettia 

 from the highlands of Sumatra : — 



Cettia sumatrana, sp. n. 



Lusciniola fuligiiiivetitris Nicholson (nee Hodgs.), Ibis, 

 1883, p. 246. [Mount Dempo, Sumatra, 9000 feet : H. O. 

 Forbes ColK] 



Adult male and female. Most nearly allied to C. oreophila 

 Sharpe from Mt. Kina Balu, North-west Borneo, but easily 

 distinguished by the raw umber instead of dark Dresden- 

 brown colour of the upper parts and the much darker under- 

 parts, the breast and sides being inch brownish olive, with 

 only the middle of the belly whitish. In C. oreophila the 

 sides are isabella-colour, and the breast whitish tinged 

 with brown. The first primary-quill is about half the 

 length of the second, which is considerably shorter than the 

 thii'd ; the fifth and sixth are subequal and very slightly 

 longer than fourth and seventh. Wing. 50-52 mm, ; tail 

 47-52. Iris hazel ; bill dark horn, gape and basal half of 

 the lower mandible yellow ; feet brown. 



