12 The Humming Bird. 



rejoinder to the paper entitled, On the validity of CHRYSOTIS 

 CANIFRONS, by George Lawrence, Ibis, 1893, Part 20. 

 Ornithology at Munich, Stullgart, Darmstadt, Frankfort 

 and Cassell, by Philip Lutley Sclater. Description of a new 

 species of Grebe from Central Peru, by Von Berlepsch and 

 Jean Stolzmann. PODICEPS TACZANOWSKii, is the name pro- 

 posed for it. A beautiful coloured illustration of the species 

 is given. 



1892-1893. — Bulletin of the British Ornitholo- 

 gists' Club. — At the first meeting held on the 19th of 

 October, 1892, Dr. Bowdler Sharpe proposed the following new 

 names for several birds forwarded by Mr. Everett, from the 

 Island of Mantanani, and by Mr. Charles Hose, from Mount 

 Dulit, in Sarawak : — SCOPS MANTANANENSIS, SCOPS CROOKri, 

 Oriolus ROSii, and Batrachostomus MIXTUS. 



Mr.Ogilvie Grant sent the description of a new Caloperdix 

 from Borneo, which he proposes to name Caloperdix 

 BORNEENSIS, and another species from Sumatra, which he 

 calls Caloperdix Sumatrana. 



Captain Shelley sent the descriptions of several new 

 species from Africa as follows : — Cynniris NESOPHlLUS r 

 Zosterops anderssoni, Parus xanthostomus, and Parus 



ROVUMAE. 



Dr. Sharpe proposed the name of STACHYRIS DAVISONI 

 for a new species, collected by Mr. Davison at Pahang. 



At the second meeting, held on the 1st December 1892,, 

 Count Salvadori proposed the names of PHLOGAENAS 

 BIMACULATA, for a new Pigeon from Macassar and PHLO- 

 GAENAS ALBICOLLIS, for another new species from Bow Island. 



The Hon. Walter de Rotschild proposed the name of 

 PTILOPUS SALVADORii, for a new Pigeon from the Island of 

 Jobi. 



Mr. Ernst Hartert proposed the names of MyarCHUS 

 BREVIPENNIS, for a new Fly-catcher from the Islands of Aruba, 

 Curacao and Bonaire, CHRYSOTIS ROTSCHILDI for a new 

 species of Parrot, from Bonaire, and Strix BARGEI, for anew 

 species of Owl from Curacao. 



At the third meeting of the Club, held the 31st December, 

 1892, Mr. Dresser proposed the name of ACREDULA 

 MACEDONICA, for a new species of that genus, from Monte 

 Olympo. 



