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sharp augle at the base of the lower mandible suggests for this 

 genus the name : — 



" Anomalospiza, n. gen. 



" Bill very deep and much compressed at the sides ; exposed 

 culmen straight from the tip to the nostrils and extending far 

 back, dividing in two the feathered portion of the forehead. 

 Cutting-edge of the lower mandible bent into a sharp augle 

 at the base, with the posterior side directed in a straight line 

 with the centre of the nostril. Structure of the wings and 

 feet the same as in Pyromelana and Quelea. 



"Type A. renda/li (Tristr.) ." 



Dr. Finsch sent a note on the occurrence of Collocalia 

 gigas, Hart. & Butler, in Java. He had received a fine 

 specimen from Mr. Max Bartels, a promising collector and 

 observer on the birds of this island, who shot the specimen 

 at Parir Datar, Preanger, October 2nd , 1901. 



The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, 

 the 18th of December, 1901, at 8.30, at the Restaurant 

 Frascati, 32 Oxford Street ; the Dinner at 7 p.m. 



(Signed) 



P. L. SCLATER, R. BOWDLER SHARPE, W. E. DE WlNTON^ 



Chairman. Editor. Sec. § Tineas. 



