Ornithologists’ Club. 191 
The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent for exhibition 
specimens of a new form of Lory, which he described as 
follows : — 
“ EOS VARIEGATA OBIENSIS, Subsp. 1I0V. 
“ Adult examples of this species from Obi Major differ 
from adult specimens from Batjan, Halmahera, and Ternate 
in the 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, however, not being con¬ 
nected with the collar in any of my specimens. These 
individuals can only be distinguished from typical E. varie- 
gata by the greater extent of the black colour on the wings. 
I have eight examples from Obi, collected by Doherty, Lucas, 
and Guillemard, and a good series from Ternate and Batjan. 
With regard to the specific name of this Lory, I think 
there can be no doubt that Psittacus variegatus , Gm., ex 
Latham (“ Variegated Lory "), must be accepted. The tail 
and scapulars are, as in Eos bornea (=E. rubra , auct.) 
sometimes distinctly greenish, at least in specimens kept in 
captivity; 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 Scolopax saturata from New Guinea and a specimen 
of Neoscolopax rochusseni from Obi Major. Of the latter 
species only two examples were hitherto on record, one in 
the British Museum and the type in Leyden. 
Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier exhibited some very interesting 
specimens of Pheasants. One was a Kalij Pheasant said 
to have been shot in Hertfordshire, and belonging to 
Mr. Cecil Braithwaite. The second was a very dark- 
coloured hen bird, supposed to be a hybrid between a Black 
Grouse (Tetrao tetrioc ) and a female Phasianus colchicus. 
Mr. Tegetmeier regarded it as a dark variety of an ordinary 
hen Pheasant. 
