Vol. x.] xl 



These specimens are to be described in detail in the ' Novitates 

 Zoologicse/ 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild made some remarks on 

 the Lalage of the Samoan Islands, which he proposed to call 



Lalage sharpei, sp, n. 



Bill yellow, tip brownish, upper surface greyish brown, 

 sides of rump white, remiges deep brown edged with dirty 

 white. Tail deep brown, all the feathers except the central 

 pair tipped with white, the two outer pairs white for the 

 apical third. Underside white, with many pale brown cross- 

 bars on sides of breast and flanks; under tail-coverts white; 

 under wing-coverts creamy white. " Iris white." Wing 

 77-81 mm., culmen 19-20, tail 55-60, tarsus 21. 



Hab. Upolu, Samoa. 



Mr. Rothschild observed : — " Dr. Sharpe was the first to 

 draw attention to this bird (Cat. B. iv. p. 98), but he con- 

 sidered it to be the young of the Lalage pacifica. However, 

 the young examples of that species now exhibited from the 

 same place prove it to be quite distinct, being dark brown 

 above and heavily barred below. I am convinced that the 

 type of my new species is fully adult, and that the immature 

 plumage will prove to be equally distinct. 



" The bill of Lalage sharpei is longer, narrower, and 

 more flattened than in L, pacifica." 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild further exhibited and re- 

 marked on some specimens of typical Cr adieus quoyi, Lesson, 

 from New Guinea, and also on three specimens of what had 

 hitherto been called C. quoyi from Queensland. In the birds 

 from New Guinea the young were black, like the adult birds, 

 while in the Queensland bird the young was reddish brown and 

 striped. The latter had been lately described as a new species 

 under the name of Cracticus rvfescens. It was by no means 

 definitely ascertained whether these rufous birds were the only 

 form of the young on the Australian continent, and therefore 

 Mr. Rothschild did not wish to decide as to the validity or 

 otherwise of Mr, De Vis's Cracticus rvfescens ; but the fact 



