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Mr. Howard Saunders made some remarks on the work 

 of the Committee for the preservation of the Kite in "Wales, 

 and recommended, that Mr. H. E. Forrest, of Shrewsbury, 

 be requested, to cooperate with Dr. Salter and Mr. Cam- 

 bridge Phillips in their efforts to stop the raiding of the 

 nests of this bird. 



Colonel Rippon described, a new species of Suthora from 

 Yun-nan : — 



Suthora styant, n. sp. 

 Similis S. brunneae sed pallidior, gastrseo valde pallidiore; 

 gutture et prsepectore albidis, nee vinaceis, conspicue 

 rufescenti-brunneo striolatis. Long. tot. circa 5*2 poll., 

 culm. 0*4, alse 2*1, caudse 2'6, tarsi 0*75. 



Hab. Tali Valley, W. Yun-nan. 



Lieut. Boyd Alexander described two new species of 

 birds from Fernando Po : — 



ESTRILDA ELIZ.E, n. Sp. 



E. similis E. nonnula, sed gastrseo griseo tincto, subcaudali- 

 bus plumbeis. Long. tot. circa 3*8 poll., culm. 0'4, 

 alse 1*9, caudse 1*7, tarsi 0"66. 

 Hab. Moka, Fernando Po, Dec. 14, 1902. 



Melanopteryx maxwelli, n. sp. 

 M. similis M. albinuchcs, sed plumis notsei et gastrsei omni- 

 bus basaliter griseis, notseo, gutture et pectore niger- 

 rimis. Long. tot. circa 55 poll., culm. 0*7, alse 3*0, 

 caudas 2*1, tarsi 0*8. 



Hab. Moka, Fernando Po, Oct. 31, 1902. 



Colonel C. T. Bingham described the following species 

 from the Mekong River : — 



Suthora craddocki, n. sp. 



(J. Forehead, crown, nape, back, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts orange-brown, shaded on the nape and back with 

 olive-brown ; wings brown, the primaries edged externally 

 with white, the secondaries and tertiaries broadly edged with 

 bright orange-brown ; the primary-coverts brown, forming a 



