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It has a deep hyacinth-blue head, a light blue back with still 

 lighter blue shaft- stripes, pale blue rump, blue breast, black 

 tail and wings with dull blue edges, and a brilliant red breast, 

 which merges into bright buff on the abdomen. 



Mr. Ernst Hartert exhibited and described : — 



Synallaxis omissa, n. sp. 



? . Differs from its nearest ally, Synallaxis pudica, in 

 having a large black throat-patch without any white at all, 

 and in wanting the rufous patch on the nape. The tail is 

 very deep brown, almost black from above. Wing GO mm., 

 tail 67, metatarsus 20, bill 13. 



Type: Para, Brazil, July 19, 1897, Dr. J. B. Steere coll. 



Pyromel^na Franciscan a pusilla, n. subsp. 



Like typical P. franciscana, but considerably smaller. 

 <$ wing 60-63 mm. (instead of 65-68) ; $ 50 mm. (instead 

 of 55). 



Type $ : Lake Stephanie, June 7, 1895 ; on the same 

 date the paired female taken with eggs. Another male 

 from Barri in Central Somali] and. All collected by Dr. 

 Donaldson Smith. 



Mr. Digby Pigott, C.B., reported that an Egyptian Goose 

 had paired with a Ruddy Sheldrake in St. James's Park, 

 and on the 27th of May hatched two young birds, which 

 were doing well. Six eggs had been laid, three of which 

 had disappeared during incubation and one was rotten. 



Mr. Frank Finn, of the Calcutta Museum, exhibited and 

 made remarks upon some living species of Indian Weaver- 

 birds, 



Mr. C. E. Pearson exhibited three abnormal pale blue 

 eggs of Larus ridibundus, from the same nest. 



Mr. H. Munt exhibited some photographs of nests and 

 sitting birds, among which an example of the Woodcock was 

 of unusual merit. 



