for identification hy Mr. W. C. J. Ruskin.Butterfi.eld^ of 

 St. LeoDard^s. The specimen had been shot near Hastings 

 on the 13th of November, and ■vras a male in full winter 

 plumage. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant exhibited specimens of two appa- 

 rently undescribed birds. from the Owen Stanley ^Mountains, 

 in S.E. New Guinea : — 



OkEOPSITTACUS GKAXDIS, sp. n. 

 d similis 0. arfaki 6 , sed multo major, et plag^ abdomi- 



naii rubra absente distinguendus. Long. tot. G"3 poll., 



culm. 0"7, alas 3'5, caudas 3'3, tarsi 0"65. 

 5 simihs 0. arfaki $ , sed multo major et abdomine viridi 



concolore distinguenda. 



Melipotes atriceps^ sp. n. 

 Similis M. gymnopi, sed subtus minime albo notata, et 

 subalaribus paliide cervinis distinguenda. Long. tot. 

 8'0 poll.^ culm. l"92j alee 4-3, caudse 3"9, tarsi L2. 



Captain G. E. Shelley gave some details of his projected 

 Yiew ' Handbook to tlie Birds of Africa/ of which the first 

 volume is nearly readv for issue. 



The next Meeting of the Club will take place on Wed- 

 nesday, the loth of January, 1896,' at the Restaurant 

 Frascati, 32 Oxford Street; the dinner at 7 p.m. 



(Signed) 



P. L. ScLATER. R. BowDLER Sharpe, Howard Sauxders, 

 Chairman. Editor. Sec. ^* Treas. 



