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the existence of two kinds of down in the Barn-Owls^ and 

 considered the second down as representing the mesoptyle 

 plumage. 



Mr. Bonhote pointed out that he had arrived at the 

 same conclusions as regarded the Barn-Owl independently of 

 Mr. Pycraftj but differed from him in not considering the 

 second down as a plumage analogous to the " downy feather " 

 stage of the Eagle-Owl, Tawny Owl, and other allied species. 

 His reasons were as follows : — In the Eagle-Owl there were 

 four plumages during the first year : (1) a short down ; 

 (2) a long down ; (3) a downy feather ; and (4) a true 

 feather, which was not renewed till the moult of the followino- 

 year. In the Barn-Owl there were three plumages : (1) a 

 short down; (2) a long down; and (3) a true feather, which 

 was not renewed till the following year. He therefore con- 

 sidered that the two down-plumages in the Barn-Owl were 

 analogous to the two down-plumages of the Eagle-Owl_, and 

 that in the Baru-Owl the third or downy-feather plumage 

 of the Eagle-Owl had been suppressed. 



As to names, it did not much matter what the different 

 plumages were called. Mr. Pycraft, who used the terms 

 protoptyles, mesoptyles, and teleoptyle, was probably not 

 aware of the existence of the four plumages in the Eagle- 

 Owl as exhibited, and concerning which Mr, Bonhote had 

 been unable to find any reference. As, however, there were 

 undoubtedly four plumages, and only three names for them, 

 he suggested that, to avoid confusion, the first should be 

 known as the protoptyle plumage, the second as the meso- 

 ptyle, the third (downy feather) as the hemiptyle, and the- 

 true feathers as nhe teleoptyle plumage. 



Mr, Ogilvie-Grant described a new species of Parroquet 

 which had been procured by the B. O. U. Expedition on the 

 Kapare River, in Dutch New Guinea : — 



ApROSMICTUS WILHELMIN.E, sp, U. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to A. callopterus, CAlb. & 

 Salvad., but differs in having the scapulars green instead of 

 black. 



In the coloration of the head, back, and scapulars it 



