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those of various other Accipitrine forms and had no doubt 

 that Mr. Ogilvie- Grant was fully justified in stating that its 

 nearest ally was the Harpy Eagle (Thrasu'etus harpyia) of 

 South America. Dr. Sharpe had considered that Pitheco- 

 phaga was most closely related to the Serpent-Eagles 

 (Spilornis), but a comparison of their anatomical characters 

 showed that he was mistaken. 



Mr. Pycraft said that it was his intention, when he had 

 completed his investigations, to prepare a monograph on the 

 osteology of Pithecophaya and the allied forms. 



Messrs. Rowland Ward had mounted the Monkey-eating 

 Eagle for the Natural History Museum in the most artistic 

 manner and had also saved its entire skeleton. The work 

 had been so skilfully carried out that the mounted specimen 

 showed no trace of having had all its bones removed. 



On behalf of Mr. F. J. Jackson, Mr. Ogilvie-Grant 

 exhibited an example of a new species of Stiphromis, which 

 Mr. Jackson proposed to describe as follows : — 



StIPHRORNIS MABIKiE, Sp. n. 



Adult male. Very near S. xanthogaster, Sharpe, from 

 Cameroon, but with the general colour of the upperparts 

 (including the crown) more olive and less grey, and with 

 the orange colour on the breast of as deep a tint as that on 

 the chin and throat. Wing .2*6 inches. 



Hub. Mabira Forest, Uganda. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant remarked that Macrosphenns leoninus, 

 Neumann, had been founded on an immature example of 

 M. jiuvicuns, Cassin. 



Mr. G. M. Mathews exhibited and described an example 

 of a new subspecies of Honey-eater, which he proposed 

 to call 



Melitiireptus alisteri, subsp. n. 



AduU male. Differs from M. ajfinis, Lesson, in having a 

 larger bill and in being altogether larger. 

 Hab. King Island, north of Tasmania. 



