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^Madarasz, of the Hungarian Natioral Museum at Budapest. 

 This was the specimen Tvhich had been determined as 

 (E. hfPsitata [cf. Eagle Clarke, Ibis, 1884, p. 202), and as 

 such had been recorded in many ornithological works as the 

 single instance of the occurrence of the species in Hungary. 

 Dr. Sharpe identified the specimen as (E. incerta (Schl.). 



Mr. F. W. Stya.v described, three new species of Chinese 

 ])iids, as follows : — 



PvcroRHis GRACILIS, sp. n. 

 Similis P. a/tirostri, sed minor; sordide fulvescenti-brunnea. 

 pileo vix rufescentiore : cauda cinnamomea : facie laterali 

 brunnea, regione parotica anguste albido striolata : 

 supercilio griseo vix evidente : gula et gastraeo medio 

 albis : pectore et hypochondriis cervino lavatis : crisso, 

 tibiis et subcaudalibus rufescentioribus. Long. tot. 

 6"0 poll., culmen 0*4, alee 2'0, candte 2'8, tarsi 0'9. 



Hab. Lungan, N.W. Sechuan (10,000 feet). 



Prop.arus fucatus, sp. u. 



Similis P. cinereicipiti, sed l^etius coloratus : capite brunneo, 

 dorso castaneo, uropygio Isete rufo, hypochondriis et 

 subcaudalibus hete rufescentibus distinguendus. Cul- 

 men 3 poll., alee 2*2, caudie 2*2, tarsi 0*9. 

 Hah. Ichang, W. Hupih. 



SCHCENIPARUS VARIEGATUS, Sp. U. 



Similis S. dubio, sed minus rufescens, pileo minus rufcscente : 

 corporis lateribus olivascentioribus, rostro nigro dis- 

 tinguendus. Lon;:-. tot. 6'0 poll., culmen 0"55, alai 2'3, 

 caudse 2-8, tarsi 0'9iJ. 

 Hab. Sui\ ang, Kweichow. 



!Mr. Styan also exhibited some other rare species of biiils 

 from the north-west frontier of China, among them Sitta 

 przeiualskii, Acredula fidiginosa, &c. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent for exhibition the 

 nest and e^^ of a Bird of Paradise, Cnemophilus macgregori, 

 De Ms, which was found by nati\e collectors on Mount 

 Knutsford (alt. 11,000 feet), in British New Guinea. The 



