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tl)at xhere v,as v/lnte at the tips of tlie second pair of tail- 

 leaThers (as well as ou the first pair) at all ages in the Water- 

 Pipit, but never so iu AaiJivs obscurus, nor in the Scandinavian 

 ji. rapestriii. 



'My. Philip Crot\-ley exhibited an interesting albino speci- 

 men of a Starling [Siurmis vulgaris) -u-hich l^ad been shot 

 at Mer.^tham^ near Pteigate^ on the 2Sth of Februar}' last. 



ISlv. Ernst Hartert exhibited an example of anew species 

 of Humming-Bird^ -sTliich lie described as follows : — 



Phaethokxis stuarti, n. sp. 



Top of the head broAvn^ -yTith mure or less of a metallic 

 gi'een gloss. Hind-neck^ interscapulium, back^ and upper 

 wing-coverts metallic green. Rump and uppjer tail-coverts 

 rusty cin)}amou. Rectrices dark purplish brown, with dark 

 bronzy-green bases and white tips, the central pair about 10 

 millimetres longer than the next, and nearly all bronzy green 

 with white tips. Wings deep purplish brown. Chin and 

 upper throat buffy white or whitish buflf. Ptest of u]ider surface 

 tawny ochraceous, the under tail-coverts lighter, almost 

 white. Breast with a bunch of broad and elongated feathers 

 of a bronzy-brown colour, with paler edges and a sub- 

 terminal darker line. Auriculars black. A whitish-buii' 

 superciliaiy line, beginning above the eye, but not before. 

 Maxilla and tip of naandible black; mandible, except the tip, 

 yellowish flesh-colour (in skin). Total length about 95 mm. ; 

 wing 41-42 ; tail — central rectrices 38-39, next pair 9-10 

 mm. shorter, lateral pair only about 15-17; bill 22-23. 



Mr. Hartert made the following remarks : — 



'^This new species belongs to the section of the genus 

 Phaethornis which most authors separate as Pygmornis. In 

 the Pygmornis section it must be grouped with the species 

 which have a dark pectoral zone (Section b in the ' Key" of 

 Pygmornis, Salvin, Cat. B. xvi. p. 280). From the three 

 forms in that section described iu the ' Catalogue of Birds ' 

 it differs principally in having broad ivhite tips to the 

 rectrices, and in its large size. The tail beneath is darker 



