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The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent the following descrip- 

 tion of a new Rhamphoccelus, which he proposed to call 



Rhamphoccelus inexpectattjs, sp. nov. 



Chin, sides of neck, head, hind neck, interscapulium, 

 wings, with upper and under, coverts, tail, centre of abdo- 

 men, and thighs black ; rest of plumage bright yellow. 

 This yellow is much darker than that of the rump in Rh. 

 icteronotus, Bp., but not orange as inRh. chrysopterus, Bone. 

 On the occiput are a number of scattered feathers bordered 

 with yellow ; this may or may not be the remains of imma- 

 ture plumage. Total length 155 mm., wing 82, tail 70, 

 culmen 16, tarsus 20. 



Hab. Panama. 



Mr. ScLATER made some remarks on the specimens of 

 bones of Genyornis newtoni exhibited to the Zoological 

 Society by Prof. Stirling at their last meeting. 



Mr. A. Trevor-Battye made some remarks on the 

 Bernacle Goose (^Branta leucopsis), Briinnich's Guillemot 

 {Uria bruennichi), and other species of birds observed by him 

 in Spitsbergen. 



The next ^Meeting of the Club \vill be held on the 17th of 

 March, 1897, at the Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street ; 

 the Dinner at 7 p.m. 



(Signed) 



P. L. Sclater, R, Bowdler Sharpe, Howard Saunders, 

 Chairman. Editor. Sec. &; Treas. 



