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the upperparts olive-brown instead of rufous-brown ; the 

 tail similar in colour to the upperparts (in P. olivaceus it is 

 much darker, blackish towards the tip and rufous towards 

 the base) ; the chestnut patch on the sides of the neck some- 

 what paler ; and the bill usually more slender. 



Total length ca. 8'3 inches ; wing 3"4 ; tail 3"7 ; tarsus 

 0-85. 



Hab. Shan States. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Gbant exhibited an example of a species 

 of Bower-Bird which had been collected by Mr. G. C. 

 Shortridge on the Kamura River, Dutch New Guinea, 

 during the B.O.U. Expedition. The specimen, which was 

 an adult female, was believed to represent the unknown 

 female of Chlamydodera lauterbachi, Reichenow, the type 

 of which had been procured on the Jagei River, a tributary 

 of the Ramu River, in German New Guinea. 



The type of this fine species, an adult male, had been 

 figured by Dr. Reichenow in the 'Journal fiir Ornithologie,' 

 1897, pi. vi. 



It was possible, as suggested by Mr. Rothschild, that the 

 male of the bird from the Kamura River might prove dis- 

 tinct from C. lauterbachi. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant also exhibited an example of a new 

 species of Crombec, which had been forwarded to him 

 by Mr. Ernest Chubb, of the Bulawayo Museum. He 

 described it as follows : — 



Sylviella chubbi, sp. n. 



Adult female. Most nearly allied to S. ruficapilla, Bocage, 

 but differs in having only the ear-coverts chestnut, the crown 

 being greyish-olive like the rest of the upperparts. Iris 

 hazel ; bill dark brown above, pale brown below ; legs and 

 feet pale flesh-colour. 



Total length (measured in the flesh) 3-75 inches ; wing 2'5 ; 

 tail 1-1. ■ 



