BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB, 



"No. XI.IV. 



The fortv-third fleeting of the Club ^vas held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Vrednesday, the 

 21st of April, 1897. 



CJtai'nnan : P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 



Members present : — Philip Crowley, W. E. De Wixton, 

 W. R. Ogilyie Grant, Ernst Hartert, Sir Herbert 

 Maxwell, Bart., M.P., Dr. St. George Mivart, F.R.S. , 

 H. J. Pearso.v, Frank Penrose, Howard Saunders {T?-ea- 

 surer), R. Bowdler Sharpe [Editor). W. B. Tegetmeier, 

 W. F. Urwick, John Young. 



Visitors : Admiral the Rt. Hon. Sir John Dalrvmple 

 Hay, Bart., K.C.B., Dr. Cuthbert Christy, F. E. Mugford. 



i\Ir. Osrert Salyin, F.R.S., who had recently examined 

 the collection of Tufted Owlets in the British Museum, 

 communicated the following descriptions of species believed 

 by liim to be undescribed ; — 



ScoPS iNGENS, n. sp, 

 Similis S. brasiliano, et eodem modo coloratus, sed ubique 



saturatior et Yalde major. Long. tot. 10"5 poll., alaj 



8-2. 

 Hab. Ecuador. 



Scops sanct.s-catarin^, n. sp. 

 Similis S. gvMtemalai, gastraso absque colore tiavo insignis, 

 pectoris colore clare definite, sed ab hac specie et a 



[April -iOtJ,, 1S97.J 



