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Coturnix coturnix. A specimen with the upperparts 

 dark silver-grey and the underparts buffy white. Pavoacao, 

 St. Miguel, Azores. 



Mr. Rothschild drew special attention to the Toucan, 

 the Pennant's Parrakeet, the Ring-necked Parrakeet, and 

 the five Goshawks, Accipiter gentilis (see p. 49) . 



The latter were of very great interest, as a similar bird 

 had been described by Pallas as Accipiter astur, var. albus. 

 Count Berlepsch, some years ago, had found in the warehouse 

 of a Berlin plumassier a box containing dozens of these 

 white Goshawks. It would seem, therefore, that there must 

 be a locality in the high north where this form was plen- 

 tiful, and it would probably prove to be a distinct local 

 race. 



He exhibited normally coloured specimens of the Toucan, 

 Pennant's Parrakeet, and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker for 

 comparison with the varieties shown. 



He also exhibited : — 



Anas platyrhyncha (boscas). A female assuming male 

 plumage. Tring, March 1906, 



Aix sponsa. A female assuming male plumage. 



Mr. Rothschild further exhibited the following hybrids: — 



PsiTTACID^E. 



Trichoglossus nov^-hollandi^: X T. CHLOROLEPIDOTUS. 

 Wild shot (Schrader coll.). 



Ara chloroptera X A, militaris. Two female examples. 

 Bred in the Milan Public Gardens. 



Platycercus eximius x P. elegans. Two males and a 

 female. 



Platycercus eximius x Barnardius semitorquatus. 

 A male and female. 



Platycercus eximius x P. flaveolus. A female. 

 Platycercus eximius x Psephotus h^matonotus. A 

 male and female. 



