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Mr. G. M. Mathews described the following new sub- 

 species of Australian birds : — 



Calamanthus howei, subsp. n. 



Adult female. This form seems to be intermediate between 

 C. montanellus, Milligan, and C. campestris, Gould. From the 

 former it differs in having the ear-coverts and crown of the 

 head reddish ; from the latter in having a longer bill, the 

 head less rufous, and a much more pronounced brown streak 

 on the feathers of the back. 



Total length 4*8 inches ; culmen 0'5 ; wing 2 1 : tail 22 ; 

 tarsus OS. 



Hab. Kow Plains, Victoria. 



This subspecies is named in honour of the collector, 

 Mr. Frank Howe, of Melbourne. 



Melithreptus whitlocki, subsp. n. 



Adult. Differs from M. chloropsis, Gould, in having the 

 bare skin round the eye white both in summer and winter. 



Hab. Wilson's Inlet, Western Australia. 



This subspecies is named in honour of the collector, 

 Mr. F. L. Whitlock. 



Mr. Mathews further remarked : As the ' Conspectus 

 Psittacorum ; of Kuhl was published in 1820 and volume xiii. 

 of the ' Transactions of the Linnean Society ; did not appear 

 till 1821, the birds named by Kuhl in the former volume 

 must take precedence over those described by Temmiuck in 

 the latter publication. The following changes will affect 

 certain Australian birds : — 



Licmetis nasica, Temm., will become L. tenuirostris, Kuhl, op. cit. p. 88. 

 Platycercus Jlaviventris, Temm., will become P. browni, Kuhl, op. cit. 



p. 56. 

 Platycercus browni, Temm., will become P. venustus, Kuhl, op. cit. 



p. 52. 

 Neophema venusta, Temm., will become N. chrr/sostomus, Kuhl, op. cit. 



p. 50. 



On behalf of Mr. S. A. Neave, Dr. Bowdler Sharpe 

 exhibited examples of an extraordinary new type of Weaver- 

 Finch and of a new species of Warbler discovered by the 

 former. 



