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Obs. In general coloration this species is very much like 

 Saucerottea cyanifrons (Bourc), but its elongated and 

 slightly-curved bill, somewhat longer and narrower rectrices, 

 and other characters seem to place it in the genus Agyrtria 

 as at present accepted. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent for exhibition 

 specimens of a new form of Lory, which he described as 

 follows : — 



" EOS VARIEGATA OBIENSIS, Subsp. nOV. 



" Adult examples of this species from Obi Major differ 

 from adult specimens from Batjan, Halmahera, and Ternate 

 in the absence of the purple occiput and purple collar 

 round the neck, and in having all the greater wing-coverts 

 and scapulars black. Other, probably younger, individuals 

 from Obi Major exhibit a wide collar and a purple 

 patch on the occiput, the latter, however, not being con- 

 nected with the collar in any of my specimens. These 

 individuals can only be distinguished from typical E. varie- 

 gata by the greater extent of the black colour on the wings. 

 I have eight examples from Obi, collected by Doherty, Lucas, 

 and Guillemard, and a good series from Ternate and Batjan. 



With regard to the specific name of this Lory, I think 

 there can be no doubt that Psittacus variegatus, Gm., ex 

 Latham (" Variegated Lory "), must be accepted. The tail 

 and scapulars are, as in Eos bornea (=E. rubra, auct.), 

 sometimes distinctly greenish, at least in specimens kept in 

 captivity ; therefore Latham's description must be regarded 

 as sufficiently exact to refer to this bird." 



Mr. Rothschild further sent for exhibition an interesting 

 series of Scolopax saturata from New Guinea and a specimen 

 of Neoscolopax rochusseni from Obi Major. Of the latter 

 species only two specimens were hitherto on record, one in 

 the British Museum and the type specimen in Leiden. 



Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier exhibited some very interesting 

 specimens of Pheasants. One was a specimen of a Kalij 



