BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB, 



KTo. VII. 



The sixth meeting of the Club A^as held at the Kestauraut 

 Prascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 15th of 

 March, 1893. 



CJiairman : St. George Mivart, F.R.S. 



Members preseiit : — E. Bidwell, P. Cro-wley, H. E. 

 Dresser, W. R. Ogiltie-Grant, F. Penrose, Robert H. 

 Read, P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. , J. T. Tristram-Y^lextine. 



Guests: E. Hartert, C. Hose, Prof. G. Martorelli. 



On behalf of the Hon. Walter Rothschild, Mr. E. Hartert 

 exhibited the type specimens of a new genus and species of 

 Fringilline bird from the Sandwich Islands. Mr. Rothschild 

 proposed for it the name of Pseudoncstor ooaiithophrys. 



PsEUDOXESTORj gcn. noT. 

 This genus is nearest allied to Psittaciroslra, but differs in 

 the follovriug points : — 



1. Male and feraele are similar in colour and markings, 

 whereas they are quite diff'erently coloured in Psittaci rostra. 



2. The female is considerably smaller than the male, 

 whereas the sexes are similar in size in Psittacirostra. 



3. The principal diff'erence is that, whereas the female of 

 Pseudunestor has a beak similar to that of Psittacirostra 

 though much more curved, the male of Pseudoncstor has an 



[Ilarch 2Sik, 1893.] 



