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It is reiuarkable that this bird should Ijc closely allied to 

 the continental M. iyrari/ralus rather than to M. oberi of the 

 ^^ iiidward Islands, which is quite a distinct sjDecies. It maV; 

 peiliaps^ he considered a subspecific form of M. tyrannulus. 



Chrvsotis rothschildI; sp. n. 

 C. similis C odirojjterde, sed rostro miaore, mars^inis cubitalis 

 colore rubro magis extenso, et colore flavo capitis^ 

 meuti et alarum tectricum minoram minus extenso 

 distinguendus. 

 Hub. Island of Bonaire. 



Xo species of Chrysoiis is found on Curacao^, but Bonaire 

 and Aruba each possess a species^ the latter island having 

 C. ochrojjtera of Venezuela. The new species is named after 

 the Hon. AV alter Ptothschildj who took the greatest interest 

 in the author's expedition to Venezuela and the Vest Indian 

 Klands. 



SxillX FLAMMEA BAHGEI, Subsp. n. 



S. minima : similis 5". flavi/aea \er2e, sed multo minor et alis 

 valde brevioribus distinguenda. Long. tot. 12^ alse 9'7, 

 caudas 4-3, tarsi 2-2. 



Hab. Island of Curacao. 



This is a very small insular form, totally unlike the 

 ordinary Barn-Owl of the West Indies. It is more like 

 typical S. flammea, but is very much smaller and has such 

 short M"ings that it is impossible to unite it to that species. 

 It is named after Mr. Harry Barge, Governor of the Dutch 

 West India Islands. 



The next Meeting of the Club will be Ijeld on the 21st of 

 December. 



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