1?? 



I'UtLip and upper taii-coverts. Tail ~ith the outer \^ebs mcj'M 

 olive tliau in the male. Cliiu aud throat white, witli some 

 dusky tips to the feathers ; breast and abdomen yc-Ho'n'^ sepa- 

 rated from the >Tliite throat by an ill-defined brownish band,- 

 Wing in the male 64-G8 mm., tail 68. 



Discovered by Albert S. ^tleek en P^ossel Island. 



Pack yclTii ALA albcrti, sp. n. 



Closely allied to P. gristiceji'S, G. P.. GraV; but Tritli a, 

 longer and more powei'f-.il bill; throat and breast with more 

 distinct dark shaft-lines in the adult birds^ tail with very 

 distinct dark cross-bars in certain lights^ M'ing and tail longer. 

 Wing 87-89 mm., tail 67-68. 



Discovered on Sudest Island by Albert S. Meek, in whose 

 honour it is named. It is, perhaps, only a subspecies of 

 P. griseiceps, another ^-erv distinct subspecies of which is 

 P. jubiensis, Salvad; 



CyCLOPSITTACUS IXSEFAilABltlS, sp. H. 



Mr. A. S. jMeek has sent a fine series of a new Cyclo-^ 

 psiilucus from Sudest Island^ in which the se.tes are alike iri 

 coloration, and resemble very umch the female of Cyclo- 

 psitiaciis virago, Kartert_i from FerguSsoii Island, except that 

 the sides of the head are green and not bluish as in the 

 female of C virago i In the latter species the sexes are 

 ■\vidfcly different. 



Mr. OciLtiE Gkant exhibited oil behalf of Mr. J. D; 

 La Touche an example of a new sjoecies of Short-wing ; — 



Brachypterys caroli.n.e La Touche, sp. n. 



Adult male. Very similar to the adult female of S. nipa^ 

 iensis, the chest and fore-neck being largely mixed with 

 white, Total length 5'2 inches, culmen 0--18, wing 2'4'5j 

 tail I '5, tarsus 1*1. 



Adult, female. Differs from the male in having the white 

 eyebrow-stripe neai'ly obsolete, and the fore-neck and chest 

 nearly uniform pale ochraceous-brown. Total length 5 mches^ 

 culmen 0-45, wing 2'3, tail 1'35, tarsus Dh 



As m £. nip a IctisiSj the bill is relatively slender j in the 



