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Merops northcotti, sp. n. 
M. similis M. muelleri, Cass., cast aneus, sed prsepectore nigro, 
pectore ultramarino et abdomine cyanescente distin- 
guenda. Long. tot. 7*1 poll., culm. 1*4, alse 3*3, 
caudse 3*05, tarsi 0*4. 
Hab. Gold Coast ( Shelley Coll, in Mus . Brit.). 
These species may have to be placed, according to Dr. 
Sharpe, in the genus Melittophagus , in which case they 
would be called Melittophagus muelleri , Cass., M. batesianus , 
and M . northcotti. The type of the last species, however, 
has the central tail-feathers elongated, but all the other 
specimens known have the tail square. 
Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant sent the following description 
of another new species of bird collected by the late Mr. John 
Whitehead in Hainan :— 
Garrulax semitorquata, sp. n. 
Adult male. Most nearly allied to G. pectoralis , Gould, 
having the ear-coverts similarly striped. It is, however, 
much smaller and at once distinguished by the following 
characters-The black band surrounding the throat is 
widely interrupted in the middle, the outer webs of the 
outer primary quills are brownish buff instead of white, and 
the tips of the tail-feathers are yellowish buff. 
Adult female. Differs only from the male in having the 
white streaks on the ear-coverts more strongly marked. 
Iris straw-colour to reddish brown; upper mandible leaden- 
black ; lower mandible and feet leaden-grey. 
Total length about 11 inches, culmen 1*25, wing 5‘1, 
tail 4*8, tarsus 1*75. 
Hab. Five-finger Mts., interior of Hainan. 
Mr. Grant also described a new Shrike from Arabia, 
obtained by the Percival-Dodson Expedition :— 
Telephones percivali, sp. n. 
Adult male. Like T. blanfordi, Sharpe, but rather smaller, 
the bill especially being not nearly so stout; the fore-neck, 
