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Bretten. The existence of a species of Amblyornis in German 

 New Guinea was first indicated by the receipt of the crest of 

 a male, obtained from natives in the Rawlinson Mountains. 

 So far no complete skin of a male has been obtained, only 

 that of a female. This agrees with A. s. suhalaris from 

 British New Guinea in the small size of the bill and wings 

 and in the bright colour of the under wing-coverts and wing- 

 lining, but they are even brighter, being almost rusty orange. 

 It differs, however, in the darker and more rufescent upper- 

 parts, darker breast and flanks, and uniform throat. 



Mr. Rothschild also exhibited a skin of Cuculus jacks oni, 

 Sharpe, shot by Herr Rudolf Grauer 300 kilometres west of 

 Baraka, Lake Tanganyika, in the Congo Free State. It was 

 apparently the second example on record. 



He likewise showed two varieties of the African Crested 

 Kingfisher, Corythornis cyanostigma. One of these, from 

 Kasongo, was pale blue on the upper surface, instead of 

 brilliant ultramarine-blue, and the crest-feathers were almost 

 white. The other, from the island of Kidjwe in Lake Kivu, 

 had the tips of most of the quills buff", as if faded. These 

 specimens were also collected by Herr R. Grauer. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith exhibited an immature example of 

 a Crested Guinea-fowl (Guttera cristatd), which had been 

 procured by his brother, Mr. L. M. Seth-Smith, in the 

 Mabera Forest, Uganda *. From the appearance of the 

 specimen he believed that it was between two and three 

 months old. It was remarkable in that it showed four 

 distinct stages of plumage. The head, which was still 

 covered with the nestling-down, was marked as follows : — 

 Forehead black, with long erect down where the crest would 

 eventually appear ; a broad band of dark brown on the occi- 

 put, bordered by two narrow bands of buff" ; sides of the 

 head black interspersed with buff'; throat buff", with minute 

 black feathers tipped with white down the middle. 



The body was completely feathered, three distinct stages 

 * G, cristata seth-smithi, Neumann, Bull. B. 0. C. vol. xxiii. p. 13. 



