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Mr. ScLATER also exhibited two eggs oi Phibalura flavi- 

 rostris (Fam. Cotingidai), hitherto quite unknown, obtained 

 in the vicinity of Rio Janeiro, and sent to him by Dr. E. A. 

 Goeldi, with a paper describing the nesting of this bird, 

 which would, be published in the October number of ' The 

 Ibis/ 



A letter was read from Professor 0. Taschenberg, of 

 Halle-a/S., pointing out that the conclusions of Dr. Wick- 

 mann, with regard, to the origin of the coloration of bird's 

 eggs {cf. Bull. no. xv. p, xxvi), had already been insisted 

 upon by him in the ' Zoologischer Anzeiger ' for 1885 

 (vol. viii. p. 243) . 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited co-types of Eos 

 histrio talautensis, Zeocephus talautensis, Hermotimia talan- 

 tensis, Pitta inspeculata, Oriolus melanisticus, all described 

 by Messrs. A. B. Meyer and L. W. Wiglesworth from the 

 Talaut Islands, Kabruang, and Salibabu. 



Mr. Rothschild also exhibited some rare Japanese birds, 

 among them a pair of Parus owsioni, Ijima, from Miya- 

 keshima, Seven Islands.. Izu, south of Japan. The species is 

 described in ^Dobutsugaku Zasshi,' no. 62, December 1893. 

 Parus ou'stoni somewhat resembles P. varius, Temm. & 

 Schleg., but diffei's obviously in its much bigger bill and feet, 

 and its larger size altogether, by the deep rufous sides of the 

 head and forehead, the mark on the occiinit, and the colour 

 of the Ijack. It is not a strictly typical form of the genus 

 Parus. 



^Ir. Rothschild laid ou the table a typical specimen of 

 Aithunis pohjtmus (Linn.), from Jamaica, and two others 

 which had a large ruby-coloured spot on the throat. These 

 latter were collected by Mr. C. B. Taylor in one locality in 

 the district of St. Andrew, to the north of Kingston, Jamaica, 

 where he frequently met with this ruby-throated form. 

 !Mr. Rothschild considered the ruby spot to be a sufficient 



