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Amongst other eggs' sent were those of Calandrella 

 brachydactyla (Leisler), which could now be added with 

 certainty to the list of species breeding in Cyprus, and one 

 egg, apparently of some species of Anthus, from the Larnaca 

 district, where as yet no Pipit was known to breed. 



Mr. G. M. Mathews exhibited examples of a new sub- 

 species of Weaver-Finch, which he proposed to call 



MUNIA CASTANEOTHORAX ASSIMILIS, Subsp. n. 



Differs from M. castaneothorax (Grould) in having the 

 chestnut band on the chest much darker in colour, and 

 the upper tail-coverts rich chestnut-brown. Wing 55 mm. 



Hab. Eureka, Northern Territory. Type No. 5308, Coll. 

 G. M. Mathews. 



Mr. Mathews also described a new subspecies of Parro- 

 quet : — 



Platycercus venustus HiLLi, subsp. n. 



Differs from P. v. venustus, Kuhl, in having the white 

 feathers on the face reduced to a very narrow line, the 

 blue spreading nearly all the way up to the black below 

 the eyes. The blue on the primary-coverts is also very 

 much more intense. Iris umber; bill whitish- grey ; feet 

 dark grey. Measurements as in P. venustus. 



Hab. Napier, Broom Bay, North-west Australia. Type 

 No. 5609, Coll. G-. M. Mathews. 



Obs. This subspecies is named in honour of the collector, 

 Mr. G. F, Hill. 



The type of P. venustus came from Arnhem Land, Northern 

 Territory. 



Mr. A. F. Griffith exhibited a male and female example 

 of the Sociable Plover {Chettusia gregaria, Pall.) inbreeding- 

 plumage. They were two of four examples which had been 

 obtained between Rye and Winchelsea, between the 25th and 

 the 27th of May, 1910, by a man named Thorpe. The other 

 two specimens were in the collection of Mr. J. B. Nichols. 



