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Mr. Erwin Stresemann (introduced by Dr. E. Hartert) 

 exhibited some new birds collected by him during the second 

 " Freiburger Molukken-Expedition/'' which he described as 

 follows : — 



Leucopsar, gen. n. (Sturnidce.) 



Structurally nearest to Gracupica Lesson, but with the 

 bill differently shaped. Upper mandible with sharp, high, 

 straight culmen, bent downwards near the tip. Nostrils 

 completely covered by short bristles. Prseorbital, post- 

 orbital, and superciliary regions bare. Feathers of the 

 occiput much elongated, forming a pendent crest. 



Leucopsar rothschildi, sp. n. 



Adult female. Pure white ; a terminal black bar, 25 mm. 

 wide, to all the rectrices. Primaries, including the first 

 rudimentary one, with a black tip, increasing in w idth towards 

 the middle. Iris dark brown ; bill dirty brownish-yellow, 

 base of the lower mandible blackish-grey ; bare orbital region 

 dark blue ; feet light grey. Culmen 31 mm. ; wing 133 ; 

 inner rectrices 81 ; tarsus 44. 



Bab. Island of Bali. 



Type : ? , No. 352. Bubunan, North Coast of Bali, 

 24. iii. 11. E. Stresemann coll. 



Obs. I have named this remarkable new Starling in 

 honour of the Hon. Walter Rothschild, in whose mag- 

 nificent Museum I have had the privilege of working out 

 my collections from the Eastern Archipelago. 



TURDUS DENINGERI, Sp. U. 



Adult male and female. Crown of the head, nape, sides ot 

 the head, chin, throat, and jugulum whitish, tinged with 

 greyish-brown. Rest of the upper- and underside, wings, 

 and tail brownish- black, this colour being sharply defined. 

 Iris dark brown ; eyelid yellow ; bill and feet dark yellow. 

 Wing 109-127 mm.; tail 90-100; tarsus 34. 



