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The types ^vel•c foi■^\:a\lt'd to Mr. luit.liscl)i](l frura Soui'oui, 

 i]] tLe inland of Jobi, by tbe lute ]Mr. A. Bi'iiijii^ and ^^'cre 

 ])iocnred in January. IMr. Rothschild named the species in 

 lionour oi' Count Tom nia^^o Salvadori^ vlio&ekno^^ledge of tlie 

 I'amily of Pigeons is nnrivallcdj and only equalled by his 

 bjilendid work on tlie Birds of New Guinea, 



I\Ir. IIknkt Seejsohm exhibited a si)ecimen of the new 

 Ground-Thrush^ Ofi-ocuicla canaaia, De A'is, Mhich had beeii 

 lent TO him by !Mr. De ^■ is for illustration in his forthcoming 

 ' j\Ionograpli ' of the group. This species is a very inter- 

 esting one, and specimens of the allied forms were laid upon 

 the table for comparison. 



i\Ir. See}30HM like^\ise made some remarks on the occur- 

 rences of the Barred AVarbler {Si/Iria tiisaria) in the British 

 Islands^ an exam])le of the species having been obtained in 

 Yorksliire about a fortnight ago. lie gave details of all 

 the airthentic British captures of this ^Yarbler, the chief 

 intei'est being in the fact tliat four specimens had been 

 captured in Great Britain TAithin a few weeks of pach.other — 

 (;ne being taken in Ireland, one in Scotland, and two in 

 England, only one previous occurrence in this country having 

 been known. 



Count Salvadori read some notes on a rare Parrot^ 

 Connri/s rt/britorques of Sclater. The species was described 

 by Dr. Sclater from a specimen which lived in the Zoological 

 Gardens, and the typical skin, in not very perfect condition, 

 passed into the collection of the British Museum. "When 

 writing the volume of the ' Catalogue of Birds ^ which dealt 

 with the species, Count Salvadori thought that the red feathers 

 on the throat and neck were due to a lasus vaturce; and this 

 conclusion was enlianced by the fact that in allied species_, 

 especially in C. uayleri, red feathers wej'e occasionally found 

 on the throat, sonjetimes forming a red collar. Tims the 

 Count concluded that C. rnbriiorqucs was an accidental variety 

 of C, L(jl(jchIori's. Beeeiitlv. lio\veve]'. 2\less)'s. SaJvin and 



