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Mr. G. M. Mathews remarked that the two following 

 names should be added to his work ' Hand-list to the Birds 

 of Australasia/ 1908 : — 



On p. 11 add : 



LOPHOPHAPS LEUCOGASTER, Gould. 



On comparing the white-breasted Lophophaps from Central 

 Australia with examples from other parts of Australia, it 

 will be found that the former have a much larger bill and 

 thicker tarsi. 



On p. 76 add : 



ACANTHIZA AUSTRALIS, North. 



Mr. North in his book ' Nest and Eggs of the Birds found 

 breeding in Australia and Tasmania/ pointed out the differ- 

 ences between this bird and A, reguloides, Vig. & Horsf., 

 from New South Wales. Skins in Mr. Mathews's collection 

 proved that the characters pointed out by Mr. North were 

 reliable. 



Mr. Mathews added that on p. 5 the following alteration 

 should be made : — Dromaus peroni, Roths., must stand as 

 D. parvulus, Gould [Penny Cyclop, xxiii. p. 145 (1842)]. 



Mr. Mathews also described and exhibited an example of 

 a new subspecies of Grass- Wren, which he proposed to call 



Amytornis whitei, subsp. n. 



Differs from A. striatus (Gould) in being larger in all its 

 measurements, the bill being especially large. It is also 

 redder on the back and unclerparts. 



Hab. Coongan R., North-western Australia. This form 

 is named in honour of Mr. H. L. White. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant exhibited a series of feathers taken 

 from the wings of various examples of the Woodcock (Scolo- 

 pax rusticula) and made the following remarks : — 



" How to distinguish the male from the female Woodcock 

 and the old birds from the birds of the year by their plumage 

 are questions which have long puzzled both naturalists and 

 sportsmen ; certain characters to be found in the markings 



