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in its smaller dimensions, especially in the smaller size of 

 the bill and wings, and in having black behind the eye and 

 the head of a deeper red. It should probably be regarded 

 as a subspecies of F. eminentissima, which, in turn, might 

 perhaps be looked upon as a subspecies of Foudia rubra 

 (= F. erythrocephala), though the latter is very much 

 smaller. 



This is evidently the bird which Newton saw near 

 Ankaranickra, in the same part of Madagascar, and which 

 he distinguished from the common Foudia madagascariensis 

 under the name oi F. erythrocephala. The latter (F. rubra 

 of modern authors) would hardly be distinguishable on the 

 wing from the new form. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant exhibited a male example of the new 

 subspecies of Pheasant (Phasianus strauchi chonensis) which 

 he had described at the previous Meeting of the Club (see 

 p. 16). 



Dr. Ernst Hartert, on behalf of Mr. Erwin Stresemann 

 exhibited an example of a new species of Abrornis from 

 the Malay Peninsula. Mr. Stresemann's description was as 

 follows : — 



Abrornis sakaiorum, sp. n. 



Adult male. Differs from A. s. vordermanni, from Java, in 

 lacking all trace of yellow on the underparts and of greenish 

 on the upperparts. 



Crown dark brownish-grey, back and upper tail-coverts 

 very dark brown. Superciliary stripe, commencing at the 

 base of the upper mandible, white ; lores black ; ear-coverts 

 dark brownish; chin and throat white; jugulum cream- 

 colour ; sides strongly washed with grey ; remaining under- 

 parts pale cream-colour, flanks inclining to whitish. Quills 

 and upper wing-coverts blackish, with dull brown margins 

 cf the same colour as the back ; under wing-coverts and 

 axillaries whitish; rectrices dark brown, the two lateral pairs 

 with the outer webs cream-colour. Iris brownish-black ; 



