name oi Kittlitzia for the bird. Dr..Sharpe pointed out that 

 this generic name had already been employed by Mr. Hartert 

 for the Starling of Kuschai, "^liich Kittlitz called Calomis 

 corvina (cf. Hartert, ' Kat. Vogelsamml, Senckenb. Mus.' 

 p. 75). He proposed, therefore, to change the name of 

 Kittlitzia, Hartlaub [nee Hartert), to Aphanolimnas , the 

 characters being the same as those so fully set forth by 

 Dr. Hartlaab in his paper. 



Of the second, species mentioned by Dr. Hartlaub, Pennula 

 ecavdata (King), a specimen -u-as placed upon the table from 

 the collection of the Hon. Walter Rothschild, who had kindly 

 lent it for the occasion. In his paper Dr. Hartlaub had 

 mentioned, that there were five specimens extant of this rare 

 and probably extinct species, four of which were in Hono- 

 lulu, and one in the Cambridge Museum. Mr. Rothschild 

 had stated, in a memorandum, that, so far as he was aware, 

 only one specimen remained in Honolulu, \,nd that of the 

 other four, one was in Cambridge, one in jMexico, and the 

 remaining two in his own Museum at Tring. Dr. Sharpe 

 suggested, that Dr. Hartlaub's third species of Rail, Rallus 

 sandvAchensis , Gm., — which was evidently a Pennula, and 

 should be called. Penww/a sandivichensis (Gm.) — was really the 

 same as Pennula ecaudata (King) . The fourth species — which 

 Dr. Hartlaub had also included in the genus Pennula — was the 

 Porzamda palmeri of Froliawk, a specimen of which was also 

 placed ou the table by 'Mr. Rothschild. Dr. Sharpe differed 

 from Dr. Hartlaub as to the location of this species in the 

 genus Pennula, and contended that it must be retained in 

 the genus Porzcinula, as it was much nearer to true PorzQna 

 than to any of the other Ralline genera, but possessed cha- 

 racters of sufficient generic value to warrant its separation. 



j\H'. H. O. Forbes stated that he had recently received 

 from his correspondent Mr. Hawkins a specimen of Cubalus 

 modestus of Hutton, from the island of ^langare in the 

 Chatham group. The specimen was evidently that of a young 

 bird, and Mr. Forbes had no doubt that Cubalus modestus 

 was only the young of Cubalus die^jj'enbachii. 



