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uiidej'parts a little \):-i\er ;isiiy Ijrown, rji.tst (if tlie f(.'atlicr.s 

 with sli^iitly ]ialer ed.ses, thus prod ucinir a faintly sti-eaked 

 apjjearauce. Under vviuji-coverts vrliitisli i;'rey. Bill; lei:s, 

 aud feet blaek. Wing 75. tail 53, eulrnen from forehead 

 2u'5, tarsus 20 mm. 



5 ail. Smaller and jjalei', the abdomen tdmost ■whitish; 

 throat whitish^ in s^harp etjntia^^t to the dark ehest. A^ iug 

 OS, tail 53. culmen 21 mm. 

 Hub. Rossel Island. 



!MyZ0.MLLA VAiAADion. sp, n. 



13(jth sexes alike in coloration aiul somewhat resembling 

 the fenjale of Jl. oJoir/i'/a, but afiove slightly more browmish : 

 belou lighter; t!ie breast not much dai'ker than the abdomen, 

 the flhltish throat not sharply in conti'ast v.ith the chest. 

 The red sti-eak on the throat is distinct in the male, but not 

 in the female; fore-neck -with an ill-defined blackish spot 

 just below the pale throat. c , wing 73 ; 2 , wing 67 mm. 



Hub. St. Ai-nau I,.land. 



The Hon. Waltek RoxHscniLn sent the description of a 

 new stibspecics of Cassowary as follows : — 



CaSU.VKIVS CA.SU.AR1US IXTENSUS, Subsp. Vi . 



J ad. The casque dilfers from that of C. ca.suar/us iri 

 being ve]"y higli and mtich more erect, the ^.^attles almost 

 entirely blue instead of dark red ; the blue of the head and 

 neck uniform and very dai'k ; the orange of the hind-neck 

 much restricted and separated at the ujiper end from the 

 blue by a black crcscent-sliaped patch ; naked sides of lower 

 neck entirely itniform blue instead of red^ bordered anteriorly 

 Avith blue. 



Hub. Unknown. 



. i\Ir. Kotlischild further sent the description of a new 

 Cormorant : — 



Phalacrocorax TitAVEKsr, sp. n. 



Adult. No ci'cst : crown, back of neck, ajid n])per paits 

 frreenish steel-blue, n.juch duller than in P. o'/i$/oiri, and not 



