oi:ie specimen of L. impeyanu>' viith a dull bronze-coloured 

 neck^. die L. iinpeyanus manioid, and two semi-albino birds. 

 My doiibts as to these forms ^T■e^^ settled on receiviu£r a black 

 Monaul killed by an E)jglish sportsman out of a flock of four, 

 together with a cock and three hens of the ordinary Monaul. 

 Mr. Grant, in vol. .xxii. of the ' Catalog\!e of Birds/ savs 

 that Lophopliorus refidgens, Teram., is the correct name for 

 the Common ]\Ionaul ; so I am obliged, to record all the 

 skins exhibited as varieties of Lophophorus rejujgens'' 



'Vi.x. Hartert exiiibited a specimen of Geoclchia peronii 

 and a neaj'ly 2'elated new species of Thrush which he named 



Geocichla ArDACTs. sp. nov. 



Similar to G. jjerordi of Timor, but with the upper surface 

 more uniform and of a much deeper chestnut-rufous colour; 

 chest and sides of bod}' darker and more chestnut-rufous 

 than in G. peronii ; wing shorter, not more than 102-104 mm., 

 ■while it is at least 110 in G. peronii. $ and ? not materially 

 different. 



Hab. Dammar Island, in the south of the Band a Sea. 

 Collected by Heinrich Kiihn. 



' INlr. Hartert also showed a pair of Erythrura forbesi from 

 Dammar. This species was hitherto only known from the 

 type specimen in the British ]\Iuseura, from the Tenimber 

 Islands. 



Mr. ScLATER stated that he had been staying in the Riviera 

 during the past four weeks, and v,ished to call attention to 

 the appalling deficiency of bird-life in that otherwise charming 

 country. Although out everyday on the hills round Cannes 

 and Nice, and always on the look-out, he had seen but very 

 few birds, and those mostly of the commonest sorts and 

 always shy and timid. Even Sparrows were only occa- 

 sionally to be met with. In the beautifully kept gardens 

 of the villas not a bird's note was to be heard, and very 

 rarely was a single Tit or Robin to be seen. Mr. Sclater 

 attributed this scarcity of birds (which was deplorable, not 



