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montium,' Tie Vis (Ann. Queeusl. Miis. No. 2, p, 6). This 

 species had been discovered hy Sir William ]\IcGregor on 

 Mount Suckling, and placed by Mr. De Vis in the family 

 Siurmdce ; but it -was doubtful whether its affinities lay with 

 the] Starlings. The bird will be figured in 'The Ibis ^ for 

 April 1893. 



The Hon, Vr alter Plothschild sent for exhibition a typical 

 specimen of a new Duck, which he proposed to call 



Anas laysanensis, sp. n. 



Bill blackish ; top of the head and hind neck deep blackish 

 brown ; sides of the head more mottled with brown ; round 

 the eye a white ring; interscapular region, scapulars, and wing- 

 coverts light rusty brown, boldly variegated with blackish ; 

 feathers of the back and rump blackish, edged with rufous 

 brown and with more or less conspicuous pale shaft-lines ; 

 upper tail-coverts and rectrices light brown, barred with 

 blackish; primaries pale brown, with very light edges; chin 

 whitish ; feathers of the rest of the lower parts light rusty- 

 brown, irregularly barred and spotted with darker brown; 

 feet yellow. In the male there is a cons23icuous deep green 

 and black speculum, bordered with white below ; in the 

 female the speculum is only indicated, the primary-coverts 

 being edged with white. Total length 15 to 17 inches, wing 

 7"5 to 7-7, tail 3'5, culmen 1'6, tarsus 1*9. 



Hab. Island of Laysan. 



Mr. Henry Seebohm exhibited two examples {,$ and ? ) 

 of a species of Crossoptilon which he regarded as representing 

 au undescribed species. He proposed to call it 



Crossoptilon leucurum. 



C. similis C. tibeiano, sed rectricibus albis nigro terminatis 

 ( J' ) aut marginatis ( $ ) distinguendum. 

 These examples had been obtained by Captain Bower and 

 Dr. Thorold in Eastern Tibet between the Sok Pass and 

 Chiamdo. Similar examples had been obtained by Prince 

 Henry of Orleans and Monsieur Bonvalot on the plateau 



