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Messrs. ,C. B. Rickett and J. De La Touche sent for 

 exhibition the following apparently new species of birds 

 from China : — 



Brachypteryx sinensis, "Rickett, n. sp. 



(^ similis B. crurali ^ , sed uhique pallidior : subtus pallid^ 

 cinerea : loris et fascia lati anteoculari cinereis nee 

 nigris distinguenda. Long. tot. 5*5 poll., culm. 0'6, 

 alee 2-6, caudee 1* 9,. tarsi LIS. 



$ similis B. crurali $ , fronte, facie laterali et supercilio 

 olivaceo-brunneis, nee rufescentibus : cauda olivaceo 

 nee rufo lavata distingaenda. Long. tot. 5*4 poll., 

 alee 2-6. 

 Hab. Kuatun, N.W. Fohkien. 



Proparus guttaticollis, De La Touche, n. sp. 

 Similis P. striaticolii, Verr., sed loris albis, pileo nuchaque 

 brunneis concoloribus, minime nigro notatis, fascia 

 fumosa circumdatis. Long. tot. 4*6 poll., culm. 0"5, 

 alee 2'05, caudse 2"1, tarsi 0'95. 

 Hab. Kuatun. 



YuHiNA pallida, Dc La Touche, n. sp. 

 Y. similis Y. nigrimento, sed ubique pallidior : notaeo cinera- 

 scente : subtus Candida, \ix tulvescente tincta, 

 Eab. Kuatun. (C/. H. H. Slater, Ibis, 1897, p. 173.) 



Lepocestes SINENSIS, Rickett, n. sp. 

 (^ [vix ad.]. Similis L. pyrrhotidi, Hodgs., sed pileo pallida 

 brunnescenti-fulvo, nee castaneo, striolato : iuterscapulio 

 nisrro, fasciis au2:ustis rufescenti-fulvis notato : remiiji- 



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bus et rectricibus pallide castaneis, fasciis equidistanti- 

 bus nigris transversim notatis. Long. tot. 11*2 poll., 

 culm. 1"7, al?e 5'7, caudee 3"3, tarsi Tl. 

 Hab. Kuatun- 



Mr. ScLATER exhibited a set of fourteen photographs con- 

 taining figures of the eggs and nests of the birds of North 

 Queensland which had been transmitted to him by Mr. D. 

 Le Souef , of iMelbourne, and called special attention to those 

 representing Podarrjus papuensis, Lalage ItucomcUena, and 

 Sterna anfs.stheta, the last being placed under a Pandamis 

 palm. These photographs had been sent by ^Ir. Le Souef 



