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C. B. Ticehurst, N. F. Ticehurst, M.D., S. J. White, 

 C. Whymper, J. Wilkinson, L. A. Williams, E. A. Wilson, 

 M.B., H. F. Witherby (Secretary and Treasurer) , A. F. R. 

 Wollaston. 



Visitors : Dr. Knud Andersen, F. A. Blore, Sir Wil- 

 liam Dunbar, Bart., G. Crabbe, A. C. Curtis, S. A. Davies, 

 C. E. Fagan, F. Furner, F. Carruthers Gould, F. W. 

 Headley, C. E. Hellmayr, W. Ilbert, H. Ingram, Hon. 

 Gerald Legge, R. B. Lodge, Lord Lovat, D.S.O., D. S. 

 Meldrum, G. S. Miller, E. F. de Rougemont, J. B. 

 Sargent, H. Schwann, P. B. Smyth, Count Roman 

 Sotocki, F. J. Waydelin, S. Whiting, E. P. Williams. 



Mr. C. E. Hellmayr (introduced by Dr. E. Hartert) 

 exhibited specimens of four new South-American birds, 

 which he described as follows : — 



CONOPOPHAGA ROBERTI, Sp. n. 



cJ adult. Top and sides of the head, throat, and fore-neck 

 black ; broad postocular stripe silky- white ; back, upper 

 wing-coverts, and outer webs of the quills pale reddish- 

 brown ; tail more olivaceous-brown ; middle of the breast 

 and abdomen white, sides pale greyish, under tail-coverts 

 whitish. Bill black, lower mandible whitish. Wing 1\\, 

 tail 39|, bill 15 mm. 



Hub. Igarape-Attu, near Para, Brazil. 



Type in Tring Museum : <$ ad., April 4th, 1904. Collected 

 by M. A. Robert. No. 2032. 



This very distinct species is nearest to C. melanogastra, 

 Menetr., from Central Brazil, but is easily recognized by fc its 

 much smaller size, weaker and shorter bill, and reddish- 

 brown (instead of deep chestnut) upper surface. The 

 middle of the breast and abdomen is white (instead of 

 black), and the sides are pale greyish (instead of olivaceous). 

 C. aurita agrees in form and size with this new^species, but 

 the coloration is altogether different. 



The species is named in honour of Mons. Alphonse Robert, 

 who has sent a small but very interesting collection of birds 

 from the vicinity of Para to the Tring Museum. 



