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Ph. c. torquatus x Ph. colchicus, and Ph. colchicus x 

 Ph. scemmerringi. 



" I have restored the form Ph. colchicus septentrionalis , 

 sunk by Mr. Grant, for, although, some North Caucasian 

 birds are indistinguishable from true Ph. colchicus, yet the 

 greater number are separable." 



Mr. Rothschild further exhibited a skin of Fulica cornuta. 

 This was the second specimen known, the type in the Paris 

 Museum having been hitherto unique. The example shown 

 had been obtained by Monsieur G. A. Baer in February 1903, 

 on a lake 5000 metres (about 17,000 ft.) high on the Cerro 

 Pelado, one of the highest mountains of the most western 

 cordillera of the Aconqueja Mountains, above the valley of 

 Santa Maria, and about 100 kilometres north-west of Tucu- 

 man. Only one pair was seen, of which only the male could 

 be shot. The water of the lake was icy cold. F. cornuta was 

 the most peculiar species of the genus, on account of the 

 extraordinary fleshy wattle, with strong bristles at the tip, 

 which projects forward from the forehead. 



Mr. Rothschild also exhibited 12 drawings of the fol- 

 lowing species and subspecies of the genus Casuarius, and 

 described 3 species and 3 subspecies of them as new, making 

 the subjoined remarks : — 



Casuarius unappendiculatus, 



mitratus, n. subsp. 



suffusus, n. subsp. 



casuarius cbimaera, n. subsp. 



Casuarius bennetti. 



maculatus. 



doggetti, u. sp. 



hagenbecki, n. sp. 



jamracbi, n. sp. 



Casuarius unappendiculatus mitratus, n. subsp. 



This new form is at once distinguishable from the others 

 of this species by having a casque shaped like that of 

 Casuarius philipi and C. casuarius — that is, compressed in 

 front and at the sides and depressed posteriorly. The head, 

 face, throat, and occiput, as well as the upper part of hind- 

 neck, deep blue; rest of hind-neck lemon-yellow. Fore-part 

 and sides of neck deep crimson. Caruncle and numerous 

 spots on fore-neck blue. Size very large. 



Habitat unknown. 



