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Hon. Lady Members of the B. 0. U. : — Miss Dorothi 

 Bate ; Miss Maud Haviland ; Miss A. C. Jackson 

 Miss E. L. TuRNisii. 



Mr. W. L. ScLATER^ who, in the absence of the President, 

 had acted as Chairman o£ the Anniversary Meeting of the 

 British Ornithologists' Union, occnpied tlie Chair at the 

 conjoint dinner of the B. 0. IJ. and B. O. C. Having 

 proposed the Health of His Majesty The King and that 

 of "Absent Ibises," iMr. Sclater vacated the Chair iu 

 favour of Lord Rothschild, Presideiit of the Club. 



Lord Rothschild and Dr. Ernst Hartert described a 

 a new subspecies of Mijzomela as follows : — 



Myzomela eichhorni interposita, subsp, nov. 



Differs from M. eichhorni eichhorni from Kulambangra 

 and Gizo in the shape of the glossy red patch on the throat, 

 which is mucli more elongated in both sexes, at least 5 ram. 

 longer iu the male. Otherwise there is no difference either 

 in coloration or size. 



Hab. Rendova and New Geortiia in the Solomon Islands. 



Type: (J ad. New Georgia, 15. iii. 1904. No. A 1465,. 

 A. S. Meek collection. 8 ^ , 4 ? compared with 15 of 

 M. €. eichhorni. 



In our articles on the Solomon Islands collections in 

 ' Novitates Zoologicse ' we had united this form with 

 M. eichhorni eichhorni, thinking that the shape of -the spot 

 might be altered through the preparation of the skins, but 

 a close examination shows that this is not the case. In the 

 shape of the red patch M. eiclihorni interposita agrees with 

 M. eichhorni airata from Vella Lavella. It is curious that 

 Kulambangra and Gizo should have different forms from 

 New Georgia and Rendova, but there are a number of 

 instances. 



