Xll 



from that locality, I find Canon Tristram^s surmise to be 

 right, and have much pleasure in naming the species after 

 him 



Gallinago tristrami, Rothschild, sp. n. 



The new species is nearest in pattern to G. aucklandica, 

 Gray, but differs from its three allies in its deeper rufous- 

 brown colour and its much larger size. Under surface 

 brownish buff, with the flanks barred as in G. huegeli, Tristr., 

 and not lunulated as in G. aucklandica, Gray, and G. pusilla, 

 Buller. Wing 4*4 (4 in G. aucklandica, about 3-8 in G. 

 pusilla, 4'2 in G. hvegeli) , bill 2*6 (2'3 in G. aucklandica, 

 1*6 to 1"9 in G. pusilla, 2*25 in G. huegeli), tail 2"2 (1-75 in 

 G. aucklandica, about Vo in G. pusilla, TG in G. huegeli). 



Hah. Antipodes Island. 



Mr. Hartert remarked that the locality given by Mr. 

 Ogilvie Grant for Lophophorus sclateri in his recently pub- 

 lished volume of the ' Catalogue of Birds ' (vol. xxii. p. 282) 

 required a slight alteration. The locality was given as 

 the " Hills east and south-east of Sadiya,"" but Mr. Hartert 

 stated that he believed that the species was entirely con- 

 fined to the high Mishmi Hills, which form part of the 

 Himalayas to the north of Sadiya. The hills to the east 

 and south-east of the last-named place do not rise to any 

 great height, and during a residence of two mouths at 

 Sadiya he never heard of any specimens being brought from 

 any other locality but the Mishmi Hills. 



Mr. Howard Saunders described a new species of Great 

 Skua from Victoria Land. Five specimens were in the 

 British Museum, two of which had been recently bequeathed 

 by the late Dr. McCormick, R.N., who procured all the 

 above specimens during the Antarctic Expedition of 1841. 

 The name proposed by ]\Ir. Saunders was 



Stercorarius maccorniicki, sp. n. 

 Similis S. antarctico, primariorum albedine magis- extensa, 

 sed gastrceo dilutiore, pallide grisescenti-brunneo, nuchD, 

 et coUo undique dilute stramineo striolatis distin- 

 guendus. Long. tot. 22 poll., alee 16. 



