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Obs. In general coloration this species is very much like 
Saucerottea cya7iifrons (Bourc.), but its elongated and 
slightly-curved bill, somewhat longer and narrower rectrices, 
and other characters seem to place it in the genus Agyrtria 
as at present accepted. 
The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent for exhibition 
specimens of a new form of Lory, which he described as 
follows : — 
“Eos VARIEGATA OBIENSIS, Subsp. IIOV. 
“ Adult examples of this species from Obi Major differ 
from adult specimens from Batjan, Halmahera, and Ternate 
in tbe absence of the purple occiput and purple collar 
round the neck, and in having all the greater wing-coverts 
and scapulars black. Other, probably younger, individuals 
from Obi Major exhibit a wide collar and a purple 
patch on the occiput, the latter, how'ever, not being con- 
nected with the collar in any of my specimens. These 
individuals can only be distinguished from typical E. varie- 
gala by the greater extent of the black colour on the wings. 
I have eight examples from Obi, collected by Dolierty, Lucas, 
and Guillemard, and a good series from Ternate and Batjan. 
With regard to tbe specific name of this Lory, I think 
there can be no doubt that Psittacus variegatus, Gm., ex 
Latham (“ Variegated Lory must be acci'ptcd. Tbe tail 
and scapulars are, as in Eos hornea [ = E. rubra, auct.), 
sometimes distinctly greenish, at least in specimens kept in 
ca])ti\ ity ; therefore Latham^s description must be regarded 
as sufficiently exact to refer to this bird.” 
Mr. Rothschild further sent for exhibition an interesting 
series of Scolupax saturata from New Guinea and a specimen 
of Neoscolopax rochusseni from Obi Major. Of the latter 
species only two specimens were hitherto on record, one in 
the British iMusemn and the type specimen in Leiden. 
Mr. W. B. Tegetmeiek exhibited some very interesting 
specimens of Pheasants. One was a specimen of a Kalij 
