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place of Dr. F. Penrose, who retired by rotation ; and 
]\Ir. E. Hartert, in the place of Mr. de Winton. 
Chairman : P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 
Vice-Chairmen 
I II. J. Pearson. 
) II. Saunders. 
A vote of thanks to Mr. Howard Saunders for his 
services as Treasurer since the foundation of the Club 
was proposed by Mr. E. Bidwell, seconded by Dr. Bowdler 
Sharpe, and carried by acclamation. 
The lion. Walter Rothschild sent for exhibition a pair 
of Eclectus westermanni, Bp., and made the following 
I’emarks : — 
“ Dr. A. B. Meyer and Dr. Bowdler Sharpe have both 
expressed their opinion that E. ivestermanni is an aberration 
of E. riedeli, Meyer, produced by being kept in captivity ; 
and consequently this idea has been generally adopted as a 
fact, in spite of the contrary opinion held by Count Salvador! 
in the ‘ Catalogue of Birds. ^ 
A few weeks ago a consignment of ten Eclecius wester- 
manni arrived in London alive, of which six were males and 
four females, the latter sex being hitherto unknown. The 
discovery of the female disposes at once of the fiction that 
this excellent species could be an aberration of E. riedeli, 
for it has a blue collar and therefore belongs to the E. roratus 
section. 
‘'The male differs from all the other species in being 
entirely green on the breast, while the others (including 
E. riedeli) have a large patch of red on the sides of breast. 
(Specimens of E. roratus, E. pectoralis, E. cardinalis, and 
E. Cornelia were exhibited.) 
“ The female of E. westermanni is similar to the female of 
E. pectoralis, but differs in having a blue collar and dull 
purple lower breast, while E. pectoralis has both collar and 
breast of the same bright blue colour. The under tail- 
coverts are also of a much darker and duller red. Tlie rins: 
O 
of blue round the eyes of E. pectoralis is also absent in 
E. westermanni. Both sexes are likewise much smaller than 
E. pectoralis.^' 
