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Mr. Rothschild also exhibited a new gigantic species of 

 Centropus from the Solomon Islands, which he described as 

 follows : — 



Centropus albidiventris, n. sp. 



o* ? ad. Similar to Centropus milo from Guadalcanar, but 

 with the entire underside and rump buff, while the latter has 

 the abdomen and rump black, with metallic gloss. Wings 

 and tail glossed with purplish blue, not in the least greenish. 

 Size somewhat smaller. Wing 70, tail 34, metatarsus 6Q 

 to 70, culmen 59 mm. A young bird from Kulambangra 

 resembles that of C. milo, but the bars on the back and 

 rectrices are much wider. 



Hub. Island of Gizo, near Kulambangra, Solomon Islands. 



Type : <$ , No. A 729, Gizo, 3. xi. 1902 {A. S. Meek Coll.). 



Mr. C. E. Hellmayr exhibited two rare South- American 

 birds, and made the following remarks : — 



"Pipile pipile (Jacq.). 



"This species has been considered to be the same as 

 P. cumanensis (Jacq.), a supposition which a glance at the 

 two specimens I exhibit to-night will prove to be quite 

 erroneous. Mr. Chapman (Bull. Amer. Mus. vi. 1894, p. 74) 

 has already pointed out that the single adult male killed 

 by him on the island of Trinidad was quite distinct from 

 P. cumanensis. Mr. Andre has recently sent to the Tring 

 Museum a fine adult female obtained at Caparo, Trinidad, 

 which in every way bears out the characters given by 

 Mr. Chapman. There can be no doubt, therefore, that 

 P. pipile represents a very distinct species, much nearer to 

 P.jacutinga (Spix) than to P. cumanensis, to which it has 

 been commonly referred. The differences may be briefly 

 described as follows : — 



P. pipile. P. cumanensis. 



Feathers of the blackish, with narrow white buff, either uniform or with 



forehead and edgings laterally. hair-like shaft-lines of a pale 



crest brown. 



Back dark brown, with slight purple black, with a strong gloss of 



reflections. dark green. 



