2. Prioxiturits verticalis, sp. n. 



P. similis P. flavicanti, seel macula vertical! scarlatina nee 

 coccinea, pileo argentesceati-cyaneo nee cseruleo, et 

 gastraeo flavicanti- viridi distingnendus. Long. tot. 13"0 

 poll., alse 7'2, caudse S'-i:, rectr. med. 5-8. 

 Hab. Tawi-Tawi, Bongao and Sibiitu Islands. 



3. DiC.EUM SIBUTUENSE, Sp. n. 



B. simile D. ti'igonostigmati, sed. gutture saturate schistaceo^ 

 macula dorsali aurantiaca distinguendum. Long. tot. 

 6 2 poll., culm. 0-45, alte 2*0, caudse 0*85, tarsi 0"5. 

 Hab. Sibutu Island. 



4. Edoliisoma everetti, sp. n. ■ 



Mas a mari E. rnorionis ex insula Celebensi vix diversus. 

 FcEm. tamen gastrseo toto cinereo concolore facile dis- 

 tingueada. 

 Hab. Bongao Island. 



Mr. W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., stated that he had recently 

 examined an adult specimen of Circus spilonotus from Moul- 

 mein. 



A communication was read fi'om Mr. Abel Chapman on 

 his experiences of the genus Lagopus in the British Islands, 

 Scandinavia, and Spitsbergen. He considered that Lagopus 

 hyperboreus, Sund. (L. hemileucurus , Gould), of Spitsbergeu, 

 was much more closely allied to the Willow-Grouse (Z. 

 albus) than to the Ptarmigan [L. miitus, Montin). It was a 

 larger bird than the Ptarmigan, with stronger beak and feet, 

 browner summer plumage, inhabited comparatively low 

 ground, and uttered a Grouse-like " bec,^' quite unlike the 

 " croak " of the Ptarmigan. 



(Signed) 



P. L. SCLATER, Pt. BOWDLER ShaRPE, HoWARD SaUNDERS, 



Chairman. Editor. Sec. ^ Treas. 



The next Meeting will take place on December 20th, at 

 the Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, at 8.30 o'clock. 

 The Dinner will be at 7 p.m. 



