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undoubtedly authentic, and they closely resembled those of 
the Himalayan 0. dauma. The nest and eggs obtained by 
the late Consul Swinhoe, and supposed by him to have been 
those of Whitens Thrush, probably belonged to Merula 
mandarina. 
Mr. WjiLTER Goodfellow described a new species of 
Humming-bird, discovered by himself and Mr. Claud 
Hamilton during their recent travels in Ecuador; — 
Helianthea hamiltoni, sp. n. 
H. similis H. lutetice, sed macula frontali aureo-viridi, et 
gastraei nitore metallico bronzino-viridi, plaga alari 
pallida cinnamomeS,, nec albicante, distinguenda. Long, 
tot. 5'0 poll., culm. L6, alse 2’9, caudae 1‘7, tarsi 0’2. 
Hab. Papallacta, near Antisana, E. Ecuador. 
Of this species JMr. Goodfellow had procured, in February 
1899, a series of both male and female specimens, all of 
w'hich were perfectly constant as regards the characters 
mentioned above. All the birds from the xoestern slope 
of the Andes of Quito proved to be the true H. lutetice, 
of which the travellers had also procured a good series. 
Dr. Boavdler Sharpe exhibited another British-killed 
specimen of the Levantine Shearwater {Pvffinus yelkouan), 
which had been sent by Mr. Charles Smoothy, of Little 
Baddow^, near Chelmsford. The specimen had been obtained 
at Bridlington Quay in October 1898. 
Dr. Sharpe exhibited and described a new species of Bee- 
eater, obtained by Mr. G. L. Bates on the Rio Benito in 
French Congo : — 
Merops batesiana, sp. n. 
d . Similis M. muelkri, Cass., sed saturatior, facie laterali, 
colli lateribus et prajpectore toto nigris : notaei colore 
castaneo ubique saturatiore distinguenda. Long. tot. 
8’0 poll., culm. D4, alae 3'2, caiKh-e 2‘95, tarsi 0'35. 
The specimen from the Benito River dillcrcd so much 
from the figure of the type of M. muclleri given by Cas.sin 
