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He also exhibited the parallel cases of melanism in the 

 two species of Snipe mentioned above ; likewise in the 

 Woodcock and Common Quail, with their respective normal 

 forms. 



Mr. Rothschild also exhibited the following albino 

 or partially white specimens, and remarked that he had 

 only brought such as had not already been exhibited by him 

 at the Meeting held on the 25th of April, 1900 :— 



Corvus cornix. A nearly complete albino specimen ; 

 dull white, with the head cinnamon-brown, and the wings 

 and tail pale cinnamon. Holland. 



Acridotheres tristis. An albino specimen, the white 

 slightly stained with pale cinnamon : Seychelles Islands, 

 24. iv. 06 (P. N. K. Naidoo). A male and female with pearl- 

 grey or silvery-grey plumage, shipped from Singapore, and 

 received alive in March 1905. 



Scolecophagus carolinus. A specimen with the head 

 and throat pure white, and the rest of the plumage thickly 

 interspersed with white feathers. N. America. 



Erythrura psittacea. A male with the red of the fore- 

 head, face, neck, and upper tail-coverts replaced by golden- 

 yellow. Died at Tring. 



Erythrura prasina. A male with the red of the abdo- 

 men and under tail-coverts replaced by golden-yellow. 



Pachycephala orpheus. A male with the upperside 

 white, with a few grey feathers; the rump and tail golden- 

 yellow, the wings pale primrose-yellow ; the underside and 

 throat white, the breast and abdomen cinnamon-buff, and 

 the under tail-coverts golden-yellow. "Iris chocolate-red, 

 bill black, feet dark plumbeous " Wetter Island, 23. x. 02 

 (H. Kiihn). 



