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undoubtedly authentic, and they closely resembled those of 

 the Himalayan 0. dauma. The nest and eggs obtained by 

 the late Consul Swinhoe, and supposed by him to have been 

 those of White's Thrush, probably belonged to Merula 

 mandarina. 



Mr. Walter Goodfellow described a new species of 

 Humming-bird, discovered by himself and Mr. Claud 

 Hamilton during their recent travels in Ecuador : — 



Helianthea hamiltoni, sp. n. 

 H. similis H. lutetice, sed macula frontali aureo-viridi, et 

 gastrsei nitore metallico bronzino-viridi, plaga alari 

 pallida cinnamomea, nee albicante, distinguenda. Long, 

 tot. 5*0 poll., culm. 1*6, alse 2*9, eaudse 17, tarsi 0*2. 

 Hab. Papallacta, near Antisana, E. Ecuador. 

 Of this species Mr. Goodfellow had procured, in February 

 1899, a series of both male and female specimens, all of 

 which were perfectly constant as regards the characters 

 mentioned above. All the birds from the western slope 

 of the Andes of Quito proved to be the true H. lutelice, 

 of which the travellers had also procured a good series. 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpe exhibited another British-killed 

 specimen of the Levantine Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan), 

 which had been sent by Mr. Charles Smoothy, of Little 

 Baddow, near Chelmsford. The specimen had been obtained 

 at Bridlington Quay in October 1898. 



Dr. Sharpe exhibited and described a new species of ■Bee- 

 eater, obtained by Mr. G. L. Bates on the Rio Benito in 

 French Congo : — 



Merops batesiana, sp. n. 



$ . Similis M. muelleri, Cass., sed saturatior, facie lateral], 



colli lateribus et prsepectore toto nigris : notsei colore 



castaneo ubique saturatiore distinguenda. Long. tot. 



8*0 poll., culm. 14, alse 32, caudse 2*95, tarsi 035. 



The specimen from the Benito River differed so much 



from the figure of the type of M. muelleri given by Cassin 



