xlii 



periophthalmica albis, plumis gutturalibus et pectoralibus 

 cinereis, uec brunneis, squamulatim albido marginatis. 

 Long. tot. 10"2 poll., alse -i'lS^ caudse -i'o, tarsi IS. 



The Hox. Walter Rothschild exhibited au adult male of 

 Paradlsornis rudolphi from the Owen Stanley Mountains, 

 two adult males of Jmblyornis inornuta with unusually large 

 crests, and two immature males of Parotia carohe. Judging 

 from the similarity of the young males to adult females iu 

 the two allied species, Parotia sea:pennis and P. laiuesi, it 

 was evident that the same identity of plumage was found in 

 the immature males and adult females of P. carolce. The 

 young male birds of the latter species had the back, wing- 

 coverts, and rump olive-brown, the outer half of the primaries 

 and secondaries chestnut-rufous, the inner half of these quills 

 and tail being dark brown. The breast, flanks, and thighs 

 were rufous buff, barred with black. The adult plumage had 

 already been assumed on the head. 



Mr. ScLATER exhibited tlii'ee beautifully made skins of 

 Falco richardsoni of North America ( ci* j c? > ? ) obtained jn 

 Lorimer County, Colorado, in Decembtn- 1891 and February 

 1892, and transmitted to Mr. Sclater by Mr. W. E. Brooks 

 for examination. Tliere was at present only one specimen 

 ( <^ jr.) of this rare Falcon in the British Museum. 



Mr. Sclater ali^o exliibired a nest and two eggs of the 

 Pale Rock-Marciu, Ptyonoprotjtie ohsoleta (see Sharpe & 

 AVyatt, Monogr. Hiruud. vol. i. pi. xvi.), which he had taken 

 on the ,25th February last from a ledge of rock in the smaller 

 rock-temple of Abu Sirabei, Upper Egy^it. The eggs appeared 

 to be quite fresh, but one of them had been unfortunately 

 broken on the journey home. The nest consisted almost 

 entirely of feathers mixed with a few dry hay-straws ; it was 

 very loosely made and placed on a slight basis of dry mud. 



^Nlr. F. E. Blaauw guve an accuuur, of the nesting of a 

 pair of Rufous Tinanious \Rhijnrh.ot^!s rnfesccns) iu hi; garden 



