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Mr. Gr. M. Mathews exhibited and described examples of 

 a new species of Owl as follows : — 



NiNOX KUMERALIS QUEENSLANDICA, Subsp. 11. 



Differs from typical N. humeralis (Hombr. & Jacq.), 

 from New Guinea, in having the light-coloured bars on the 

 under surface white, and the broAvn ones with a very slight 

 tinge of buff. All the bars on the under surface are wider 

 than in N. humeralis. 



Hah. The Hollows, Mackay, North Queensland. 



Type No. 6119, coll. G. M. Mathews. 



Ohs. Immature birds shot in Queensland are hardly to 

 be distinguished from immature examples of iV. humeralis 

 shot in New Guinea, but in the fully adult plumage they 

 are very distinct. 



Mr. Mathews also exhibited and described examples of a 

 new subspecies of " Squeaker " : — 



Aphelocephala leucopsis pallida, subsp. n. 



Differs from typical A. leucopsis (Gould) in being much 

 paler in colour, both above and below. 



Obs. This desert form was collected by Mr. Edwin Ashby 

 at Leigh^s Creek_, in South Australia, on the 21st of August, 

 1910. 



Type No. 6195, coll. G. M. Mathews. 



Mr. Robert H. Read exhibited an example of a pale 

 variety of the Robin [Erithacus rubecula) in which all trace 

 of rufous colouring was absent. The throat, breast, and 

 entire underparts were of a pale ashy grey, whilst the whole 

 of the upperparts were of a greyish-brown tinge. It was 

 found dead in Somersetshire in the winter of 1889. 



Mr. Read also exhibited some unusually coloured eggs of 

 the Chaffinch [Frincjilla coelebs, Linu.). In one set the 

 large ends were entirely covered with rich purple-brown 



