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Show 1876.] MR. SCLATER ON THE SKINS OF FIJIAN PARROTS. 307 of rufous. The hair on the front of the metacarpal cannon bones is lengthened into an everted mane about 2 inches in length. Immature male.-Antlers with the posterior of the two main branches less developed than the anterior branch. Female. Unknown. Hab. Northern parts of Siam. Cervus schomburgki. Height at shoulder Length of ear , Width of ear Length of tail, exclusive of hair Length of beam from burr to fork Length of longest tine on anterior branch of fork Length of longest tine on posterior branch of fork Greatest span of coronal tines.. Length of brow-antlers Total length of skull From free extremity of pra>raax illae to tip of nasals From ditto to anterior rim of orbit , Extent of upper premolars .... Extent of upper molars Extent of lower premolars Extent of lower molars inches. 41 65 3-8 4 8 16- 17 22-2 17*5 Cervus duvaucelii. inches. 43 7 3-5 5 17 13 11-5 18 14*7 15-4 3-3 8-2 1*9 2-6 1-8 2-9 Cervus eldi. inches. 32 10 13 2-6 6-9 1-35 1-85 1-3 215 March 21, 1876. Dr. E. Hamilton, V.P., in the Chair. Mr. Sclater exhibited a series of skins of the Parrots of the Fiji Islands, obtained by Mr. E. L. Layard, F.Z.S., and belonging to Lord Walden's Collection. Mr. Sclater called special attention to a new species of the genus Pgrrhulopsis of Reichenbach, from the island of Taviuni, which Mr. Layard proposed to call taviunensis, represented by several specimens. This species had nearly the same purplish red colour as P. tabuensis (sive atrigularis, Peale), of which a fine specimen was living in the Society's Gardens-but was readily distinguishable by the total absence of the blue nuchal collar. Referring to his former remarks on this subject (P. Z. S. 1864, p. 158), Mr. Sclater pointed out that the special habitat of tour species of this group of Parrots had now been ascertained, and snowed them on a chart of the Fiji group. These were :- I. P. A T R I G U L A R I S (Peale): Ngau Island (Rayner) 20* |