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feathered. Feathers of abdomen white, light ochraceous 

 or buff towards the base, tipped with dark brown, and 

 crossed by equally wide and straight bands of the latter 

 colour. All primaries barred. Breast ochraceous, barred 

 with blackish brown. Upper surface deep brown and light 

 ochraceous, the feathers of the hind-neck and back with a 

 blackish bar between the blackish tip and base. 



Ciccaba albitarsus. — Toes entirely bare up to the base of 

 the tarsus. Feathers of abdomen white, ochraceous towards 

 the base, then crossed by a brown bar, which is widest in the 

 middle and connected along the shaft with the tip, which 

 may be deep or bright rufous or foxy brown. Outermost 

 primaries generally not barred or obsoletcly so. Breast 

 more rufous, barred with blackish brown. Upper surface 

 blackish brown and deep ochraceous, more tinged with 

 rufous ; the feathers of the hind-neck aud back black at the 

 base and on the tip, sometimes only with an additional black 

 bar between. The white feathering of the tarsi was not a 

 peculiarity of this Owl, as the tarsi were mostly covered with 

 ochraceous or buff feathers, and sometimes spotted with 

 brown. 



Mr. Ernst Hartert also exhibited a remarkable new 

 Bullfinch, which he described as follows: — 



Pyrrhula waterstradti, n. sp. 



$ ad. Upperside ashy brown, paler on the head; rump 

 blue-black, crossed by a white bar; upper tail-coverts and 

 rectrices purplish black, with velvety black narrow tips ; 

 remiges and primary- coverts blackish; secondaries deep 

 purplish blue on the outer webs, the innermost ones on both 

 webs, and edged with white on the inner webs, the small 

 innermost secondary purplish blue-black, the greater portion 

 of the outer web red. Underside drab (Kidgw. Nomencl. 

 Col. iii. p. 18). Ear-coverts pale drab-grey, upper portion 

 and feathers above the ear-coverts white. Under tail-coverts 

 white. Under wing-coverts ashy grey, mostly with white 

 tips ; axillaries white. Wing 81, tail 75, tarsus 14, width of 

 bill at base 10, culmen 13 mm. 



