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greatly assisted Mr. Oates in his ornithological work on 

 Mount Byingyi. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited specimens o£ the 

 extinct Chcetoptila angustipluma from Hawaii, Loocops wol- 

 stenholmei from Oahu, and also the adult male, female, and 

 young male of Drepanornis bruijnii. 



Mr. W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., made some remarks on the 

 Owls of the Indian Region, with special reference to the 

 following species : — Strix de roepstorffi, (not to be separated 

 from S. flammea) , Canne pulchr a [to be united to C. brama), 

 GJaucidium radiatum and G. malabaricuw, (not specifically 

 distinct), Nhiox lugubris, N. burmanica, and N. scutulata (to 

 he united) ; Scops modestus { = S. balli), S. lempiji, S. mala- 

 haricus, S. (/rise us { = S.bakhamana), and S. lettia all belong 

 to one species ; S. pennata ( = -S. giu) and S. sunia must also 

 be united; and S. nicobaricus—S. sunia. The genus Huhua 

 must be kept distinct from Bubo. 



Captain Shelley exhibitedsomespecimensof African birds, 

 amongst which were some new species, which he described 

 as follows : — 



1. P.EOPTERA KENRICKI, Sp. U. 



Brunnescenti-nigra, vix metallica, seneo paullulum adum- 

 brata. Long. tot. 7'5 poll., alse 4, 

 Hub. Usanibara Mts. Type in Shelley collection, 



2. AllTAML\ CO-MORENSIS. 



Similis A. bicolori, sed major : supra concolor : saturate 

 cyanea, vix lilacino lavata. Long. tot. 6'5 poll., alse o'75. 

 Hab. Great Comoro Island [Kirk). Type in Shelley col- 

 lection. 



Captain Shelley further proposed the name of Enne- 

 octonus reichenovi, an emended title for Lanius affinis, 

 Reicheuow, J. f. O. 1884, p. 261 (nee Legge, Str. F. 1876, 

 p. 243). 



He also made some remarks on Malacouotus poliocephalus, 



