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Show 116 MESSRS. HARTLAUB AND FINSCH ON THE [Feb. 13, •with great pleasure I have this evening to offer a most striking proof of the correctness of these views, one of the Kagus at the Gardens having had the kindness to lay a very fine egg, which 1 now place before you. (See Plate XII. fig. 3.) This egg was rendered useless for hatching immediately after it was laid, by being pecked by the bird that laid it, or by some other bird in the aviary. It is, however, a very fine and well-marked specimen, and in many particulars closely resembles the egg of Eurypyga (Pl. XII. fig. 4), but perhaps exhibits rather more of the form of the eggs of the Cranes (Grus) than of the Rails and Plovers. Moreover the lively movements of the bird as described by m e in 1862 fully support its affinities with the Cranes, and show, I think, that it has less affinity to the Ardeine gr°UP* DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XII. Fig. 1. Chick of Bhynchotis rufescens. 2. Egg of Bhynchotis rufescens. 3. Egg of Ehinochetus jubatus. 4. Egg of Eurypyga helias. 4. Additional Notes on the Ornithology of the Pelew Islands. By Dr. G. HARTLAUB and O. FINSCH*. A new collection from the Pelew Islands has been submitted to our examination. This collection was formed by the late Dr. Semper of Altona, and is now deposited in the Museum of that town. It con-* sists of eighteen species, two of which are undescribed : - 1. COLLOCALIA VANICORENSIS, Q. & G. The only difference between this oceanic species and C. francica from the Mascarene Islands consists in the colour of the under tad-coverts, which are of a simple brown colour in C. vanicorensis, of a much darker and bronze-glossed hue in C. francica. 2. HALCYON SANCTUS, Vig. & H. Two younger birds, not different from Australian specimens. 3. MYZOMELA RUBRATRA, Less. 4. PSAMATHIA ANNAE, Hartl. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 5, t. II. Av. jun. Supra magis brunneseens, subtus magis in fulvum ver-gens; subalaribus albo fiavoque mixtis ; flexura alee flava. 5. ARTAMUS LEUCORHYNCHUS, Gm. Lanius manillensis, Briss. ii. p. 180, t. 18. f. 2. (descr. opt.) ; Buff. Pl. Enl. 9. fig. 1 ; Lath. Syn. i. p. 181. Pie-grieche dominicaine, Sonn. Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 55, t. 26. Lanius dominicanus, G m . S. N . p. 307. Leptopterus melaleucus, Wagl. Syst. Av. (excl. svnon.); Kittl. Kiipfert. t. 30. fig. 1 ; Hahn, Vog. Ausl. Lief. 19. t. 2. (fig. bon.). The fact is that there are two species of Artamus on the Philip- * See above, p. 4. |