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3'urnp are cJivf-yellow. not ashy grey, waslicd \Aith olive : 

 the secondaries tipped vrith white ; axillaries ashy white, not 

 yellow; under tail-eoverrs white: feather? of thighs duskv, 

 tipped with white. The tail is considerablv shorter tiian in 

 £. poHoxantha. Upper mandihle brown, lower one liorn- 

 colour : tarsus black ; iris orange. Total length (measured in 

 flesh) 3-56 inches, cahnen 0-5, wing 2-1, tail MS, tarsus 0-6. 

 Hab. I\Iesanangn_e_, Zambesi River. 



CiSTICOLA MUELLTIKI. Sp. n. 



Closely allied to C. dodsoni. Sharpe, but differs in the 

 following pa7ticulars : — It is somewhat larger, and does not 

 possess the broad sub-terminal band, of black on the tail- 

 feathers, as in C. dodsoni. The tail-feathers have no broad 

 white tip, and, with the exception of the two centre ones, 

 wliich are of a uniform brown, they possess a narrow dusky 

 sub-terminal marking under certain lights on their inner 

 w-ebs only. 



Adult female. AVing 1'82 inch, culmen 0'4, tail 1*6. 



Named in memory of ]\Ir.' ]M tiller, who commanded, the 

 rear-guard of ]Major Gibbons''s Expedition, and who died at 

 Tete. 



Mr. PlObert Read read some extracts from a letter re- 

 ceived by him from Dr. Cuthbert Christy on some of the 

 birds of the Upper Niger. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent descriptions o£ two 

 new sub-species of Cassowaries from examples living in the 

 Zoological Garden at Berlin : — 



Casuaril's ncTicoLLis HECKi, subsp. n. 



This bird bears the same relationship to C. picticollis that 

 C. popuanus edvxirdn does to C papuanas. The throat and 

 hind-neck are deep indigo-blue. Occiput pale greenish 

 blue. A small round black wattle ori the fore-neck. Lower 

 sides'of neck dark crimson. Casque and plumage similar to 

 those of C. picticollis. 



Hab. C-rermau New Guinea. 



This iOJ'm is naujcd in honour of Dr. Heck, Director of 

 the Zoological Garden in Berlin. 



