BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB 



No. LXIX. 



The sixty-eighth Meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 

 21st of February, 1900. 



Chairman: P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 



Members present : — E. Bidwell, A. Cowie, A. F. Cross- 

 man, W. E. de Winxon (Treasurer) , H. E. Dresser, Dr. 



F. D. Drewitt, J. Gerrard, F. H. C. Gould, E. Hartert, 



G. E. Lodge, E. G. B. Meade-Waldo, J. G. Millais, H. C. 

 Monro, E. Neale, R. Nesham, Heatley Noble, E. W. 

 Oates, C. E. Pearson, H. J. Pearson, H. L. Popham, 

 Hod. W. Rothschild, M.P., A. D. Sapsworth, H. Saun- 

 ders, F. C. Selous, R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. (Editor), 

 N. F. Ticehurst, W. Watkins, C. Whymper, J. Wilkin- 

 son, H. F. Witherby, L. A. Williams, A. F. R. Wollaston, 

 J. Young. 



Visitors : A. Brooking, W. Goodfellow, C. B. Hill, 

 J. Maltwood, T. A. Hauxwell, J. Harbottle. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited an example of a 

 new species of Hemipode from North Queensland, sent to 

 him by Mr. Herbert C. Robinson, who had described it as 

 follows : — 



Turnix olivii, sp. n. 



2 . Most nearly allied to T. castanonota (Gould) $ and 

 resembling it in general coloration, but differing in its much 



[February 28th, 1900.] vol. x. 



