Vol. xi.] 54 



coloured abdomen, and less deep black tail. It differs from 

 P. arctitorquis from Tenimber and Dammar in the much 

 darker colour of the upperside, wider black pectoral crescent, 

 and darker tail. The sides of the breast are of a light 

 buffy grey, not so grey as in P. meeki, and not so white 

 as in P. arctitorquis. Iris brownish red, feet plumbeous, 

 bill black. Wing at least 86 mm. (The specimens are all 

 moulting or worn!). One female sent resembles that of 

 P. arctitorquis, but is more greyish and less rufous above. 

 It differs from the female of P. meeki in being lighter on 

 the breast. This female, however, is perhaps immature, and 

 too much importance can therefore not be attached to a 

 shade of coloration until more specimens are available for 

 comparison. 



Bab. Tiandu, west of the Key Islands. Three males and 

 a female sent to the Tring Museum by Mr. H. Kiihn. 



Mr. Sclater called attention to the proposals lately made 

 to establish an Ornithologists' Union in Australia. At a 

 meeting held at Sydney on March 7th, 1900, after a compli- 

 mentary dinner given to Mr. Dudley Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., 

 Assistant Director of the Zoological Garden of Melbourne 

 (a gentleman well known to many of the members of the 

 B.O.C., as a visitor to several of its meetings), it had been 

 proposed by Mr. A. J. Campbell to found an "Australian 

 Ornithologists'' Union " for the new Commonwealth. This 

 proposal had met with a cordial reception, and a Committee, 

 consisting of Messrs. A. J. Campbell, G. A. Keartland, 

 Robert Hall, Y. Gabriel, D. Le Souef, and Charles Ryan, 

 had been appointed to consider the subject with a view to 

 further action. 



It was agreed that the Secretary of the B.O.C. be 

 requested to write to Mr. A. J. Campbell and offer to the 

 Committee the best w r ishes of the B.O.C. for the success of 

 the project. 



Mr. Heatley Noble exhibited sets of eggs of Chen hyper- 

 boreus, Soniateria spectabilis, Heniconetta ste/teri, Charadrius 



