pi\Tte2'ea facile distiiiguencla pilco rejrioneqnc periopli- 

 thalmica nitide saturate ochraceo-aureis, latcrum pluinis 

 elongatis^ al])is, intemis castancis vcl uigri?,. et guke 

 plurais piliformibns nitide ochraceis^ etc. Long. t(-t. 

 c. 270 millim., a]. 150, caud. 75, capitis rhachid. vexill. 

 110 (in P. seapernii 170), rostr. culm. 3 9, tars. 46. 

 Hah. Nova Guinea, in montibus ad fliiujen Amberno. 



3Ir. Hexky Seeeohm exLiljited skins of tAvo ne\>- species 

 of birds fi'om the interior of Formosa, collected by ]Mr. Hoist. 

 The first was a Tit of tlie subgenus 2IacIiIoiojj/tus_. Avliicli be 

 proposed to call 



PaRUS HOLSTI, sp. n. 

 Pileo cristato tergoque viridescenti-nigris : macula iiucliali 

 alba : gastreeo toto lietissime fiavo. 



Eallixa formosana, sp. n. 

 Similis, ut videtur, 7?. sepia?'io, Stcgn., ^ed multo minor : 

 pileo dorso concolori (an juv. ?), R. euryzunoidi juv. 

 similis, sed valde saturatio]'. 



A full desciiption of these species Avill appear iu ''The 

 Ibis.^ 



Dr. BowDLER Sharpe stated that he had since discovered 

 tljat the Plover described by him as Deflippia burrovjsii 

 (above, p. iv) uas the VaneUus leucopterus of Reichenow 

 (J. f. 0. 1889, p. 265), and tbe species must therefore be 

 knoAvn as Deflippio hv.coptera (Eeicheu.). 



Mr. A. Trevor-Battye, uho had landed in England on 

 the previous evening, received a warm "welcome from his 

 brother members. He gave an interesting account of his 

 explorations in the Island of Kolguev and his subsequent 

 journey to the Pe^tchora and Archangel. 



The next ]\Ieeting will take place on 'Wednesday, the 19th 



