55 [Vol. xii. 



Hderoxenicus, nom. emend, vice Drymochares, Gould., 1868 

 (nee Mulsant, 1847, Colcoptera). 



Dr. Bjanchi sent a note pointing out that Mr. Oates's 

 genus Sittiparus (Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 17], 1889) 

 was preoccupied by Sittiparus of De Selys-Longchamps (Bull. 

 Soc. Zool. France, ix. p. 58, 1884). Dr. Bianchi proposed 

 the amended, name of Proparoides, with the type P. cinereus 

 (Blyth). 



Mr. J. I. S. Whitaker forwarded for exhibition new 

 specimens of the Scops from the Island of Cyprus which 

 had been recently described by Dr. J. von Madarasz (Termesz. 

 Fiizetek, 1901, p. 272) as Pizorhina cypria. 



The Scops Owl from Cyprus, as already pointed out by 

 the late Lord Lilford (Ibis, 1889, p. 312), differs from 

 typical S. giu in having the general colour of the plumage 

 darker, the upper parts especially being dark grey, and in 

 the absence of the rufous tint generally to be found on the 

 back and scapulars of the ordinary form. 



In colour this race nearly approaches S. capensis, which 

 ranges from South Africa to Abyssinia, but may be at once 

 distinguished by its much larger size : wing 5 83-6-1 

 inches. 



Mr. Digby Pigott made some remarks on the inter- 

 breeding of the Egyptian Goose and the Ruddy Sheld-duck. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited a new subspecies 

 of Rheinardius oceltatus, which he described as follows : — 



Rheinardius ocellatus nigrescens, subsp. nov. 



Similar to the typical R. ocellatus, but differing in several 

 very conspicuous details. The mantle and wings darker, 

 brownish black, w r ith chestnut-rufous mottlings instead of 

 dark brown ; the spots of the upper surface mostly quite 

 round and pure white, instead of more or less buff, and 

 irregular or elongated ; the markings on the rump less 

 numerous but larger and with more white ; the white spots 



