B U L L E T I N 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB 



Ho. I.I. 



The fiftieth ]\Ieetin,2: of the Club was held at tlie Restauraut 

 Frascati, 32 Oxford Street^ ou "Wednesday, the ICth of 

 February, 1898. 



Chairman : P. L. Sclaier, F.Pt.S. 



Members present : — Bovd Alexaxder, G. E. H. Barrett- 

 HamiltoNj E. Bidwell, W. Eagle Clarke^ P. Crowley, 

 W. E. De Wixton, Dr. F. D. Drewitt, J. Gerrard, W. R. 

 Ogilvie Grant, E. Hartert, J. E. Hartixg, G. E. Lodge, 



E. Neale, Heatley Noble, C. E. Pearson, H. J. Pearson, 



F. Penrose, M.D., H. Saunders {Treasurer), Johnson 

 Wilkinson, L. A. Williams, H. F. Witherby. 



Visiiors : George Evans, E. A. Learroyd. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent for exhibition tlie 

 types of the follo^viug three new species : — 



Pitta dohertyi, sp. n. 



(J ad. Top of the head and nape brownish red, darker on 

 the forehead, in the middle of which, at the base of the 

 culmeu, are a few pale bluish feathers. Entire tliroat and a 

 ring round the neck black; the feathers in the middle of the 

 throat having concealed white bases. A broad band across 

 the lower throat and upper back — interrupted ou the sides of 

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