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form^. hitherto believed to he M. mtloinira. \\as distinct, and 

 Pr. Sharpe proposed to call it 



!-JvKMECOClCHLA YEREURYI^ Sp. n. 



Similis M. melanvrce, sed pallide cinerea, gutture et pectore 

 dilute ciucreis, miiiime viuaceo lavatis distinguenda. 

 Long, tot, 6 poll. J culmeu G'55^ alas 2>'\b, caud;e 2'35^ 

 tarsi"'0-S. 

 Hab. in Palestina. 



A communication from the Hon. "Walter Eotiischild 

 pointed out that the generic na.me of Drepanorliynckas, pro- 

 posed by Dr. Dubois for a new genus of FringiUid<s, con- 

 taining some species hith.erto I'eferred to SperrnopJiila {cf. 

 ^lem. Soc. Zool. France, vii. 1894^ p. 400), was not admissible. 

 The generic name Drepanorhynclius had been already em- 

 ployed by Dr. Keichenow for a Sun-bird from tlie Kilima- 

 njaro district in East Africa, and Mr. Rothschild therefore 

 proposed to substitute the name Spermophilopsis (nom. 

 emend.) for the Drepanorhyachus of Dr. Dubois. The three 

 species belonging to Spe?-mopItiIopsis would be S. schistacevs 

 (Dubois), S. faldrosiris (Teinm.), and S. svperciliaris (Pelz.). 



]\Ir. Rothschild also sent the following note : — " A few 

 weeks ago I received from Mr. Travers a couple of specimens 

 of Sterna vittaia, Gm._, shot in February on the Bounty 

 Islands, to the south-east of New Zealand. There can be no 

 doubt as to the identification of the species, as j\Ir. Howard 

 Saunders and i\lr. Hartert have compared the birds with 

 specimens of S. vittata in the British iSIuseum, and I think 

 that this interesting new locality for a rare Antarctic bird 

 is worth recordinsf." 



The next ^Meeting (concluding the Session) will take place 

 on Wednesday, the 19th of June, 1895. 



(Signed) 



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



Chairman. Editor. Sec. ^' Treas. 



