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spoken of it at such length. But if my remarks have 

 the effect of inducing our brethren of the B. 0. C. to take 

 up some few of the many points of enquiry that I have set 

 before them, I shall not consider that I have wasted your time. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild and Mr. Ernst Hartert 

 described and exhibited the following new species of birds : — 



Crateroscelis pectoralis, n. sp. 



$ ad. Upperside very deep olive-brown, more rufous on 

 the rump and still more so on the upper tail-coverts. 

 Remiges blackish brown ; outer webs with deep brown edges, 

 inner webs with pale rufous-brown edges. Tail very deep 

 rufous brown ; chin and throat white, separable from the 

 breast by a broad brown band ; sides of body greyish brown, 

 more rufous brown on the flanks. Abdomen whitish in the 

 middle; vent, thighs, and under tail-coverts rusty brown. 

 Iris brown ; bill brown, under mandible pale ; feet pale 

 brownish. Wing 63-65 mm., tail 43-45, culmen from base 

 15-16, metatarsus 26-27. 



? (? and young $). Differs from the male in having the 

 pectoral band paler greyish brown and less distinct. Wing 

 60-66 mm. 



We have specimens from Mt. Cameron, 7000 feet, and 

 Mt. Knutsford, 11,000 feet, collected in 1896 by A. G. 

 Anthony ; one from Mt. Scratchley, from an unknown 

 collector; and one from the Aroa River, 5000 feet, collected 

 by Emil Weiske. Type, Mt. Cameron, 21st August, 1896. 



Crateroscelis rufobrunnea, n. sp. 



Upperside deep olive-brown ; head and nape darker, almost 

 blackish ; ear-coverts paler brown ; rump more rufous brown, 

 Remiges blackish brown, with rufous-brown outer edges and 

 pale brown inner lining ; rectrices dark rufous brown. 

 Underside deep rusty brown, paler on throat and middle of 

 abdomen. Under wing-coverts and thighs brown. Bill 

 blackish ; feet (in skin) pale brown. Wing only 58 mm., 

 bill from base 13, metatarsus 22, tail about 33, 



