17« MH. r. L. SCLATEK OK AN ANTAlltTlC SllEATHBlLL. [Feb. 29, 



line uouvelle espece de Maki, reinarquiible par soa pelage euticre- 

 lueut noil- et I'abseiice de piuceaux aux oreilles. J'ai pu coustater 

 (jue Ja femelle du Lemur iiu/errlums est d'une cuuleur bruue ; cette 

 forme a etd dccrile ]jar Grray en 1871 ^ sous le uoni de Proslmia 

 rajipcs. II est iiiteressaut de retrouver pour cette espece des 

 differences sexuelles comparables a celles que presente le L. macaw, 

 dont le male est noir et la femelle bruue {L. leucouti/slax). Le 

 couleurdes yeux du Lemur nif/errinms et de sa femelle L. rufipes 

 est caracteristique : au lieu d'etre d'un briui-jaunatre, I'iris est d'un 

 bleu tirant sur le vert. Je vous en envoie un croquis qui interes- 

 sera ])eut-etre les membres de la Societe Zoologique. Ces Maids 

 viennent du Cap d'Ambre au Nord de Madagascar."' 



The coloured sketch spoken of in this counnunicatiou was 

 exhibited. 



Mr. Howard Saunders, P.Z.S., exhibited a specimen of the 

 American Stint, Triii</a miinitilla, Yieillot, shot by Mr, Broughton 

 llawley on 22nd August, 1892, at Xortham Burrows, North Devon ; 

 being the second example obtained in that locality, and the third 

 that had occurred in England. (Of. 'Zoologist,' 1892, p. 411.) 



Mr. Sclater placed on the table for inspection, on behalf of 

 Mr. Richard M. Barriugton, the example of the Antarctic Sheath- 

 bill killed at Carlingfoi'd Lighthouse, Co. Down, on the coast of 

 Ireland, in December last, as recorded by Mr. Barrington (see 

 ' Field,' vol. Ixxxi., January 7, 1S93, p. 15 ; ' Zoologist,' vol. xvii. 

 3rd ser. January 1893, p. 28). 



Mr. Sclater observed that from the nearly perfect condition of 

 the wings and tail it was evident that this bird had not been in 

 captivity, or at any rate not \\'ithin several months fi-om the 

 date preceding that at -which it was shot. It was au undoubted 

 example of the A^ellow- billed Sheathbill (CInonis alha), of which the 

 nearest previously known localities were the Falkland Islands 

 (Abbott, Ibis, 1861, p. 1.54; Scl. P. Z. S. 1860, p. 386), South 

 (leorgia (Pagenstecher, Ber. Nat. Mus. Hamburg, 1884, p. 12), 

 and the adjoining Autarctic Seas (Oustalet, Miss. d. Cap Horn, 

 Zool. vi. p. 288). 



As would be seen by refei'euce to the List of A^ertebrates, 

 1883, p. 528, as many as nine specimens of this bird had been 

 exhibited in the Society's Gardens between 1865 and 1882. 



The following papers weve read :— 



» Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vii. p. 339. 



