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The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited a specimen of 
Burnesia gracilis shot by his brother at Luxor, in Egypt, 
which was remarkable for its pronounced ashy-grey colour, 
and stated that when flying this species frequently carried 
its tail erect over the back like the Lyre-bird {Menura). 
The Hon. Charles Rothschild exhibited a number of 
birds collected by him and Mr. Francis Gaynor on their 
journey from Cairo to Khartoum, among which were four 
species of Wheatear {Saxicola), two of Merops, Lanius 
nubicus, Milvus miyrans, Circus swainsoii, and a young 
Coccystes glandarius from the nest of Corvus cornix. He 
also exhibited a very old male of Anastoinus lamellifer, 
procured twenty miles to the south of Khartoum on the 
White Nile ; this was believed to be the most northern 
locality recorded for the species. 
The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited a new Bird of 
Paradise, which he described as follows : — 
Parotia duivenrodei, sp. uov. 
“ adult. Pectoral shield more extended and of a different 
sliape, structure, and colour to that of either P. sefilata, P. 
lawesi, or P. helenoi. The shield, in fact, consists of a much 
larger number of rows of small and narrow feathers, which 
are also not so smooth. The ruff on the sides of the neck 
does not extend so far across the throat, and in consequence the 
metallic feathers of the pectoral shield itself reach further up 
on the throat, gradually diminishing in size and number. 
The black central shaft-patches on the lateral feathers of the 
shield are narrower and much less numerous. The colour of 
the pectoral shield is glittering metallic green, with a few 
feathers on the edges of the shield margined witli blue, 
whereas in the three allied species the shield is of a 
brilliant coppery greenish-golden colour. There is no long 
erect tuft on the forehead, and the crest of feathers on the 
head is scarcely developed. The glittering occij)ital band of 
the other allied species of Parotia is replaced by a large 
