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MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY.

BULLETIN

OF THE

BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB.

EDITED BY

W. R. OGILVIE-GRANT.

VOLUME XXXII.
SESSION 192-191 3,

E-O-N-D Orn:

WITHERBY & CO., 326 HIGH HOLBORN.

Tt AUGUST 1913.

ALERE 4 FLAMMAM,

PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,

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PREFACE,

THe number of attendances at the Meetings of the British
Ornithologists’ Club during the 2lst Session, 1912-1913,
was 401 (this included 328 Members and 73 Visitors),
showing an average of nearly 45 per meeting, as against
52 in the previous Session. The falling off in numbers was
no doubt due to the fact that no exhibition of Lantern-
slides took place in March.

It is with very deep regret that we have to record the
death of our Chairman, Dr. P. L. Sclater, who had occupied
that position since the commencement of the Club in
October 1892. At the last meeting of the Session he was
too ill to be present and receive the testimonial and piece
of plate which were to have been presented to him in recog-
nition of his long and valuable services. He will be sadly
missed by the Members of the Club.

Other well-known and much lamented members who
passed away during the Session were the veteran zoologist
Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, Mr. Henry J. Pearson, at one time
a Vice-Chairman and until lately a regular attendant of
the meetings, and Dr. Edward A. Wilson, whose loss is
specially deplored.

The interest attaching to the meetings of the Club has
been well maintained during the Session, and many new
aud rare species of Birds have been exhibited for the first
time. The most important collection shown was no doubt

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that brought home by Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston and Mr. C. B.
Kloss from their successful expedition to Mount Carstensz
in Dutch New Guinea.

Mr. G. W. Bury succeeded in reaching the mountains in
the interior of Yemen, S. Arabia, and, as was to be expected,
his enterprise was rewarded by the discovery of a number
of novelties inhabiting the higher altitudes of those barren
ranges.

Mr. J. D. La Touche, acting on behalf of the B.O.C., has
continued his investigation of the migration of birds in
Eastern China, and has forwarded another large collection of
Summer-migrants from Chin-wang-tao, which should prove
of great interest.

(Signed) W R. OGILVIE-GRANT,

Editor.
August 20th, 1918.

RULES

OF THE

BRitisSh ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB,

(As amended, August 13th, 1913.)

I. This Club was founded for the purpose of facilitating the
social intercourse of Members of the British Ornithologists’
Union. Any Ordinary Member of that Union can become
a Member of this Club on payment (to the Treasurer) of an
entrance fee of One Pound and a subscription of Five Shillings
for the current Session. Resignation of the Union involves
resignation of the Club.

II. Members who have not paid their subscriptions before
the last Meeting of the Session, shall cease, zpso facto, to be
Members of the Club, but may be reinstated on payment of
arrears, and a new entrance fee.

III. Ordinary Members of the British Ornithologists’
Union may be introduced as Visitors at the Meetings of
the Club, but every Member of the Club who introduces
a Member of the B. O. U. as a Visitor (to the dinner or
to the Meeting afterwards) shall pay One Shilling to the
Treasurer, on each occasion.

IV. No gentleman shall be allowed to attend the Meetings
of the Club as a guest on more than three occasions during
any single Session.

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V. The Club shall meet, as a rule, on the Second
Wednesday in every Month, from October to June inclusive,
at such hour and place as may be arranged by the Committee.
At these Meetings papers upon ornithological subjects shall
be read, specimens exhibited, and discussion invited.

VI. An Abstract of the Proceedings of the B. O.C. shall
be printed as soon as possible after each Meeting, under the
title of the ‘ Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club,’
and distributed gratis to every Member who has paid his
subscription. Copies of this Bulletin shall be published and
sold at One Shilling each.

VII. The affairs of this Club shall be managed by a
Committee, to consist of the Chairman, who shall be elected
for five years, at the end of which period he shall not be
eligible for re-election, the Editor of the ‘ Bulletin, the
Secretary and Treasurer, and the Editor of ‘The Ibis,
ex officio, with three other Members, one of whom shall be
changed every year. The Committee shall have power to
make and alter Bye-laws.

COMMITTEE 1912-1913.

P. L. Scuater, F.R.S., Chairman.

W. R. Ocitvie-Grant, Editor of the ‘ Bulletin,’
H. F. Wirnersy, Secretary and Treasurer.

W. L. Sciater, Editor of ‘ The Ibis!

E. Harrert.

C. B. Rickert.

N. F. Ticenvurst.

LIST OF MEMBERS.

JUNE 1913.

—— —<——

Aexanper, H. G.; King’s College, Cambridge.

Artin, Otiver Vernon; Bloxham, Banbury, Oxon.

ArunveL, Major W. B.; High Ackworth, Pontefract.

Baur, P. H.; 50 Iverna Gardens, Kensington High Street, W.

Baxer, E. C. Stuart; 6 Harold Road, Upper Norwood, 8.E.

Baxer, Dr. J. C.; Ceely House, Aylesbury.

Bannerman, Davin A.; The Orchard, King’s Langley, Herts.

Barctay, Huen Gorney; Colney Hall, Norwich.

Barrett-Hamitton, Major Grratp HE. H.; Kilmanock House,
Arthurstown, Co. Waterford.

Barrineton, Ricuarp Manure; Fassaroe, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

Bickerton, W.; The Firs, Farraline Road, Watford.

Bivwe 1, E.; 1 Trig Lane, Upper Thames Street, London, E.C.

Braavw, F. E., C.M.Z.S. ; Gooilust, s’Graveland, Noord-Holland.

Bonnort, Joun Lewis; Gadespring Lodge, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.

Boorman, 8.; Heath Farm, Send, Woking, Surrey.

Boots, H. B.; “ Ryhill,” Ben Rhydding.

Borrer, C. D.; 6 Durham Place, Chelsea, 8.W.

BravrorpD, Sir J. Roser, F.R.S.; 8 Manchester Square, W.

Brieas, T. H.; Rock House, Lynmouth, R.S.O., Devon.

Bristowe, B. A.; The Cottage, Stoke D’Abernon, Cobham, Surrey.

Brocknoies, W. FirzHersert; Claughton-on-Brock, Garstang,
Lancashire.

Bucxiey, C. M.; 4 Hans Crescent, S.W.

Bunyarp, P. F.; 57 Kidderminster Road, Croydon.

Buxton, ANTHONY; Knighton, Buckhurst Hill, Essex.

CampreLi, C. W.; Great Hollenden, Underriver, Sevenoaks.

CaRRoL., Clement Josep; Rocklow, Fethard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.

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Carter, TxHomas; Wensleydale, Broome Hill (Great Southern
Railway), W. Australia.

Cuapiin, Nueent; The Lodge, Bourne End, Bucks.

Cuapman, ABEL; Houxty, Wark-on-Tyne,

Cxuss, Cuartes; British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell
Road, 8. W.

Crarke, Capt. Goranp van Horr, D.S8.0.; Brook House, Hayward’s
Heath, Sussex.

CLARKE, Col. SrepHenson Rospert; Borde Hill, Cuckfield, Sussex.

Crarkge, Witt1am Kaci; Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh.

Cotes, Ricuarp Epwarp; Ashley Arnewood, Lymington, Hants.

Cotiert, A.; 5 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, W.C.

Cottier, CHartes; Bridge House, Culmstock, Devon.

Crossman, Anan F.; care of F. Sharman, 47 Goldington Road,
Bedford.

Curtis, Freprrick, F.R.C.S.; Alton House, Redhill, Surrey.

Dae .eisH, Joun J.; Brankston Grange, Bogside Station, Alloa, N.B.

Davipson, J.; 32 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh.

Davis, K. J. A.; Julian Hill, Harrow.

Dr Winton, W. E.; Southover Hall, Burwash, Sussex.

Dossiz, Jamus B.; 12 South Inverleith Avenue, Edinburgh.

Donrz, WiLt1AM Henry, M.R.C.S. ; 2 Hunter Street, Chester.

Dresser, Henry Kees; Riverview, Maidenhead.

Drewirt, Dr. F. D.; 14 Palace Gardens Terrace, Kensington, W.

Durroy, Rev. & Hon. Canon; Bibury, Fairford.

Earn, Epwarp V.; Franks, Farningham, Kent.

Kxirot, Enmunp A. 8., M.R.C.S.; Slade, Mounts, 8. Devon.

Kitson, Rev. Attan; Althorpe Rectory, Doncaster.

Kiwes, Henry Jonn, F.R.S.; Colesborne Park, Cheltenham.

Evans, Antaur Humpiz, M.A.; 9 Harvey Road, Cambridge.

Ewen, Guy L’Esrraner ; 1 Claremont Road, Windsor.

Fansuawe, Captain R. D.; Adbury Holt, Newbury, Berks.

Finiryson, Horace W.; Lancing College, Shoreham-on-Sea, Sussex.

Frower, Capt. 8. 8.; Ghizeh Zoological Gardens, Cairo, Egypt.

Forbes, Henry Oce, LL.D.; Redcliffe, Beaconsfield, Bucks.

Foster, Nevin H.; Hillsborough, Co. Down, Ireland.

Fow.rer, W. Warne, M.A.; Lincoln College, Oxford.

Frouawk, F. W.; Stanley House, Park Road, Wallington, Surrey.

GainssporouGaH, The Earl of; Exton Park, Oakham.

Garnett, CHartes; 9 Cleveland Gardens, Hyde Park, W.

Gerrard, Joun; Worsley, Manchester.

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Gisson, Ernest; 25 Cadogan Place, 8.W.

Gittman, A. R.; Heath Vale, Farnham, Surrey.

Guienconner, The Lord; 34 Queen Anne’s Gate, S.W.

GopmAN, Frepprick DuCang, D.C.L., F.R.S. (President B.O.U.) ;
45 Pont Street, S.W.

Goopatt, J. M.; The Nest, Bembridge, Isle of Wight.

Goopcurtp, H.; 17 Priory Gardens, Shepherd’s Hill, Highgate, N.

GoopFELLow, Wattrr; The Poplars, Kettering.

Goutp, F. H. Carruruers; Matham Manor House, Kast Molesey.

Grant, C. H. B.; Sports Club, St. James’s Square, 8. W.

Grey, Sir Epwarp, Bart., M.P.; Falloden, Christon Bank, Nor-
thumberland.

Grirritu, ArrHuR F.; 59 Montpelier Road, Brighton.

Gurney, G. H.; Keswick Hall, Norwich.

Gurney, JonN Henry; Keswick Hall, Norwich.

Haicu, Guorer Henry Caron; Grainsby Hall, Great Grimsby,
Lincolnshire.

Hatz, Rev. James R.; Boxley Vicarage, Maidstone, Kent.

Harineron, Major H. H.; c/o Messrs. Cook & Son, Ludgate Circus,
E.C.

Hartert, Ernst, Ph.D.; The Museum, Tring, Herts.

Haryiz- Brown, Joun A.; Dunipace House, Larbert, Stirlingshire,
NB

Hawker, R. M.; Bath Club, Dover Street, W.

Heavtey, F. W.; Haileybury College, Hertfordshire.

Hetrimayr, C. E.; Zoologische Sammlung des Staats, Alte Akademie,
Munchen, Germany.

Herr, G. Seccompzr; 8 Wimpole Street, W.

Hony, G. Baruunrst, 8 Christ’s Lane, Cambridge.

Horsrrerp, Herbert Kyieur; Crescent Hill, Filey, Yorkshire.

Howarp, Rosert James; Shearbank, Blackburn, Lancashire.

Ineramu, CoLtinewoop ; Sussex Mansions, Westgate-on-Sea.

Jackson, Sir Freppricx J., C.B., K.C.M.G.; Entebbe, Uganda, East
Africa.

Jones, Major H.; East Wickham House, Welling, Kent.

Jones, Staff-Surgeon Kunneru H., R.N.; Manor House, St. Stephens,
Canterbury.

Jourpain, Rev. F. C. R.; Clifton Vicarage, Ashburne, Derbyshire.

Joy, Norman H.; Thurlestove, Bradfield, near Reading.

Ketso, J. E. H., M.D.; Edgewood, Arrow Lakes, British Columbia.

Krynzar, Norman B.; Bombay Natural History Society.

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Kross, C. Bopzy, Kuala Lampur, Federated Malay States.

La Toucue, J. D.; Chinese Customs, Chinwangtao, N. China.

Larpiaw, Tuomas Gepprs ; Bank of Scotland Branch, Duns, N.B.

Laneron, Hersert; St. Moritz, 61 Dyke Road, Brighton.

Lasceties, Hon. Grratp; King’s House, Lyndhurst, Hants.

Le Sovitr, D.; Zoological Society, Melbourne, Australia.

Lovex,G. EK. ; 5 Thurloe Studios, Thurloe Square, S. Kensington,S.W.

Lone, Sypney H., M.D.; 37 St. Giles’ Street, Norwich.

Lows, Dr. P. R.; The Hatch, Windsor.

Lucas, The Lord; 32 Old Queen Street, S.W.

Lynzs, Captain Husert, R.N.; Garthmeilio, Corwen.

McConne tt, F. V.; Camfield, Hatfield.

Macmiuuan, G. A.; 27 Queen’s Gate Gardens, 8.W.

Macmiutuan, W. E. F.; 27 Queen’s Gate Gardens, S.W.

Macpnerson, ArtHUR Hore; 21 Campden Hill Square, Ken-
sington, W.

Macrata, Lieut.-Colonel H. A. F.; 54th Sikhs, F.F., Kohat, India.

Marswatt, A. McLean; Great Chitcombe, Brede, Sussex.

Marswatt, James McLuan; Bleaton Hallet, Blairgowrie, N.B.

Mason, Colonel E. 8.; 10 Lindum Terrace, Lincoln.

Marunws, G. M.; Langley Mount, Watford.

Meapr-Watpo, Epmonp Gustavus Bioomrizrtp; Stonewall Park,
Edenbridge, Kent.

Mitiais, Joun Guitte; Comptons Brow, Horsham.

Mitts, Rev. H. Horroyp; The Rectory, St. Stephen-in-Brannell,
Grampound Road, Cornwall.

Mowro, Sir Horace C., K.C.B.; Queen Anne’s Mansions, S.W.

Munn, P. W.; The Green, Laverstoke, Whitchurch, Hants.

Mont, Henry; 10 Ashburn Place, South Kensington, 8.W.

Murray, Mackrenzir; Woodside House, Coupar Angus, N.B.

Mosrsrs, J. P. C.; Annesley Park, Nottingham.

NesHam, Rosert; Utrecht House, Queen’s Road, Clapham Park,
S.W.

Netson, T. H.; Seafield, Redcar, Yorks.

Newman, T. H.; Newlands, Harrowdene Road, Wembley,
Middlesex.

Nicuots, J. B.; Parliament Mansions, Victoria Street, S.W.

Nicuotson, F.; The Knoll, Windermere.

Nicott, Micuart J.; Ghizeh Zoological Gardens, Cairo, Egypt.

Ogitvis, Frrevs Menrerra ; The Shrubbery, 72 Woodstock Road,
Oxford.

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Ocitvie-Grant, W. R. (Zditor) ; British Museum (Natural History),
Cromwell Road, 8.W.

O.pHam, Cuas.; Kelvin, Boxwell Road, Berkhamsted, Herts.

Parkin, Tuomas; Fairseat, High Wickham, Hastings.

Parrerson, Witt1AM H.; 25 Queen’s Gate Gardens, 8.W.

Prarsr, TarEp; Mentmore, Ampthill Road, Bedford.

Pearson, Cuartes Epwarp ; Hillcrest, Lowdham, Nottingham.

Prarson, Henry J.; Bramcote, Beeston, Notts.

Penrose, Francis G., M.D.; Atheneum Club, Pall Mall, W.

PerrsHouss, Captain S.; B.I. Lines, Mandalay, Burmah.

Pieorrt, Sir Taomas Diesy, K.C.B.; The Lodge, Lower Sheringham.

Prayer, W. J. P.; The Quarr, Clydach, R.S.O., Glamorganshire.

PorHam, Huen Lerysorne; Hunstrete House, Pensford, near
Bristol.

Pricr, A. E.; 4 Mincing Lane, E.C.

Procror, Major F, W.; Downfield, Maidenhead.

- Pycrart, W. P.; British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell
Road, S.W.

Ratcuirr, F. R.; 29 Connaught Square, W.

Rawson, Hersert Evetyn; Comyn Hill, Ilfracombe.

Reap, Rosert H.; Camelot, South Parade, Bedford Park, W.

Ret, Capt. Saving G. (late R.E.); The Elms, Yalding, Maidstone.

Renaut, W. E.; 29 Elsham Road, Kensington, W.

Ricumonp, H. W., F.R.S.; King’s College, Cambridge.

Rickert, C. B.; 27 Kendrick Road, Reading, Berks.

Rippon, Colonel G. ; 89th Punjabis, Mandalay, Upper Burma.

RivierF, B. B., F.R.C.8.; St. Giles’ Plain, Norwich.

Rozinson, H. C.; State Museum, Kuala Lumpur, F. M. States.

Roruscuitp, Hon. L. Watrer, Ph.D., F.R.S.; The Museum, Tring,
Herts.

RoruscHiLp, Hon. N. Cuarztes; Arunde] House, Kensington Palace
Gardens, W.

RussEvt, Conrap; 2 Audley Square, W.

Sr. Quintin, W. H.; Scampston Hall, Rillington, Yorkshire.

SapswortH, ArnotpD Durr; Royal Societies Club, St. James's
Street, S.W.

Sargeaunt, Artuur Sr. Grorce; Exbury, Padstow, Cornwall.

Sarcent, James; 76 Jermyn Street, St. James’s, S.W.

SaunpErs, W. H. Rapcuirre ; 134 The Grove, Ealing, W.

Scnuwann, Grorrrey; 11 Onslow Crescent, S.W.

Scuwann, Harotp; 45 Brompton Square, S.W.

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Scrater, Puirre Lurtey, D.S8c., F.R.S. (Chairman) ; Odiham Priory,
Winchfield, Hants; and Atheneum Club, London, 8.W.

_Scrater, Witrram Lurtey; 10 Sloane Court, 8.W.

SeLous, Frepprick Courrenrey ; Heatherside, Worplesdon, Surrey.

Sera-Smire, Davin; 34 Elsworthy Road, South Hampstead, N.W.

Seru-Smira, Lustre Morrat, B.A.; Alleyne, Caterham Valley,
Surrey.

Seton, M.C. C.; 13 Clarendon Road, Holland Park, W.

SHARMAN, Frepertc; 47 Goldington Road, Bedford.

SmaLtey, Freperic W.; Challan Hall, Silverdale, nr. Carnforth.

Sparrow, Major R.; 7th Dragoon Guards, Trimulgherry, Deccan,
India.

SranForpD, E. Fraser; 9 Cumberland House, Kensington Court, W.

Srares, J. W. C.; Portchester, Hants.

Srpennousz, J. H., M.B., R.N.; H.MS. ‘Queen,’ 2nd Fleet, c/o
Postmaster General.

Sruppy, Colonel Roserr Wrieut; Waddeton Court, Brixham,
Devon.

Sryan, F. W.; Ben Craig, Bayham Road, Sevenvaks.

Swinuog, Colonel C.; 6 Gunterstone Road, W. Kensington, W.

Swrnnerton, C. F. Massy; Gungunyana, Melsetter District,
S. Rhodesia.

TatBot-Ponsonsy, C. G.; 5 Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C.

Terry, Major Horace A.; The Lodge, Upper Halliford, Shepperton.

THORBURN, ARCHIBALD; High Leybourne, Hascombe, Godalming,

Ticenurst, Craup B., M.B.; Grove House, Lowestoft, Suffolk.

Ticenurst, N. F., F.R.C.S. ; 35 Pevensey Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea.

TownsEnpD, R. G.; Buckholt, Dean, Salisbury.

Trevor-Batrye, AusyN B. R.; Ashford Chase, Petersfield, Hants.

Tyrwuitt-Drake, Hoes G.; Cobtree, Sandling, Maidstone.

Urcusr, Henry Morris; Sheringham Hall, Sheringham, R.S.O.

Ussuer, R. J.; Cappagh House, Cappagh, 8.0., Co. Waterford.

Vaueuan, Marrunw; Sunnylands, Milton, Pewsey, Wilts.

VaucHan, Lt.-Comm. Rospert E.; Lion Commercial Hotel, Ports-
mouth.

Watuis, H. M.; Ashton Lodge, Christchurch Road, Reading.

Watton, Major H., I.M.S.; The Medical College, Lucknow, India.

Warptaw-Ramsay, Colonel R. G.; Whitehill, Rosewell, Mid-
Lothian, N.B.

Wairtaker, Josern I. 8.; Malfitano, Palermo, Sicily.

Wuire, 8. J.; Oakwood, Crayford, Kent.

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Wairteneap, Captain C. H. T.; 50th Rifles, Kohat, India.

Wuymper, Caartes; 11 Orange Street, Haymarket, 8.W.

Wuymerr, Samvuet Lerten; Oriental Club, Hanover Square, W.

WILKINSON, JoHnson ; St. George’s Square, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

Witson, Caartes JosepH#; 34 York Terrace, N.W.

Wiutson, Scorr B.; Heather Bank, Weybridge Heath, Surrey.

Wirnersy, Harry F. (Secretary and Treasurer) ; 326 High Holborn,
W.C.

Wirnerineton, G.; Aberlash, Sonning, Reading.

Wottaston, A. F. R.; 28 Langham Mansions, Earl’s Court Square,
S.W.

Woopuovse, Crcrt, M.D.; Buckland House, Esher, Surrey.

Workman, Wittiam Hueues; Lismore, Windsor, Belfast.

Wrwnnz, R. O.; Langley Mount, Watford.

{Members are requested to keep the Secretary informed of
any changes in their addresses. |

LIST OF AUTHORS

AND OTHER PERSONS REFERRED TO.

AstLry, H.D, Exhibition of two living examples of Psephotus dis-
semilis, 595.

Baker, F.C. Stuart. Exhibition of clutches of eges of Falco severus
and I. peregrinator, 8.

—. Remarks on eggs of the Cranes, 24.

——-. Exhibition of a series of eggs of Asiatic parasitic Cuckoos,
and eges of their foster parents, 54.

—. Description of a new subspecies of Warbler (Acanthopneuste
trochiloides harterti from Khasia Hills, 36.

—. Exhibition and description of a new species of Thrush (Oreocincla
whiteheadi) from the Khaghan Valley, with notes by Capt.
C. H. T. Whitehead, 79-80.

—. Remarks on Oreocincla mollissima and O. dixon, 81.

—. Correction of his description of Acanthopneuste trochiloides
harterti, 82.

—. Exhibition of eggs of various Indian birds, 82-83.

BANNERMAN, D. A. Exhibition and description of a new subspecies of
Oyster-catcher (Hematopus niger meade-waldor) from the Canary
Islands, 33.

——. Description of a new species of Thrush (Turdus sewynnerton()
from Rhodesia, 56.

—-. Remarks on the Lesser Black-backed Gull found in the Canary
Islands, 69, 70.

BipwEtu, HE. Remarks on Starlings supposed to be double-brooded, 64,
65.

—. On the “coming of age” of the B.O.C., with suggestion that it
should be celebrated in some suitable way, 70.

Borrer, Crirrorp. Exhibition of a variety of the Song-Thrush and
of skins of the Continental Song-Thrush, 20.

——. Exhibition of a variety of the Wheatear (Cinanthe enanthe),
BLY.

—. Exhibition of two clutches of red eggs of the Common Tern,
112:

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Bunyarp, P. F. Exhibition of remarkably coloured eggs, 20-21.

—. Exhibition of eggs, 28.

——. Exhibition of eggs of the Golden-eye and of Barrow’s Golden-eye,
28. é

Exhibition and remarks on some abnormally coloured eggs, 62.

Exhibition of a Kingfisher showing variation in plumage, 62.

Iixhibition of eggs, down, and body-feathers of various species of
Grey Geese, 70, 71.

el,

Cuuss, C. On behalf of Mr. F. V. McConnell, exhibition of examples
of Berlepschia rikeri, Chlorophonia roraime, and Oceanodroma
leucorrhoa from the Essequibo River, 39.

——. On the priority of Myiospza humeralis (Bose) over M. manimbe
(Licht.). Topaza smaragdulus (Bosc) is the female of T. pella
(Linn.,), 39.

CLARKE, Colonel SrrPHENSON. On a shooting-trip in British E. Africa,
31.

—. Exhibition of rare birds, 32

——. Description of two new species, Heierhyphantes golandi and
Laniarius quadricolor nigricauda, 32.

—. Exhibition and description of two new African birds, Stzorhina
vulpina intermedia and Caprimulgus ludovicianus, 108,

CLARKE, W. EaGtr. See Ticknurst, C, B., 113.

Cout.eTT, Prof. Ropert. Notice of death of, 44.

Committee, Election of, ].

Courtors, Rev. J.. Description of anew species of Pucras Pheasant
(Pucrasia joretiana) from the Province of Anhwei, 7.

Faaan, C. E. On G. W. Bury’s Expedition to Yemen, 85-86.

Grant, C.H. B. Amended name, Heteromirafra rudd, for Heteronyx

ruddi, 114.
Gurney, J. H. Exhibition of a copy of Major’s ‘ Chronicle’ (1521),
o4.

Hatz, Rev. J. R. Exhibition of a cinnamon-coloured Blackbird, 20.

——. Exhibition of eggs of the Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus),
20.

Harineron, Major H. H. Description of a new subspecies of Swift
(Cypselus pacificus cookt) from the Northern Shan States, 57.

—. Exhibition and description of new subspecies of Indian birds
(Suya erinigera cooki, S. c. yunnanensis, Printa mornata bur-
manica, and P. t. formosa), 109-111.

XVII

Hartert, Dr. Ernst. Account of his journey to the Western Sahara, 2.

——, Exhibition and description of new birds from the Islands of
Molucca and from Uganda: Phyllergates cucullatus batjanensis,
Stoparola panayensis oliensis and Cossypha somerent, 2-8.

——. Exhibition of an example of Calamocichla jackson, 3.

——. Description of a new form of Starling (Athiopsar eristatellus
formosanus) from the Island of Formosa, 14.

——, On behalf of Mr. E. Stresemann, on a new species of Flycatcher
(Abrornis sakaiorum) from the Malay Peninsula, 27.

—. Exhibition and description of a new subspecies of Barn-Owl from
the Cape Verde Is. (Tyto alba detorta), 38.

Hetimayr, C. E. Description of two new subspecies: Grallaria
guatemalensis arypoensis and Geotrygon linearis from the Island
of Trinidad, 15.

Ingram, C. Remarks on examples of the Greater Bird-of-Paradise
released on Little Tobago, 63.

IrREDALE, T. Exhibition and remarks on the type-specimen of Larus
afinis Reinh. Larus fuscus antelius amended name for the
larger form of the Lesser Black-backed Gull, 69.

Jackson, Sir Freprericx J. Description of a new species of Cuckoo-
Shrike (Campophaga martini) from British East Africa, 18.

JourDAIN, Rev. F. C. R. Exhibition of eggs of the Crowned Crane
(Balearica regulorum guibbericeps), 24.

——. On the importance of keeping of incubation-records, 25,

——. Remarks on supposed breeding of Corvus cornix in the Balearic
Isles, 98.

Krisatt, Major H. J. Exhibition of an abnormal specimen of the
Standard-winged Nightjar (Macrodipteryx macrodipterus), 78.

——. Description of anew species of Shrike (Laniarius helene) from
Sierra Leone, 85.

Koss, C. Bopuy., Remarks on the distribution of some of the species
obtained by the New Guinea Expedition, 106.

La Tovcue, J. D. Description of ¢ new species of Reed-Warbler
( Acrocephalus tangorum) from N.E. Chihli, China, 10.
Lynes, Capt. H. Remarks on Lusciniola pryert sinensis, 12.

Matuews, G. M. Exhibition and remarks on the type of Psephotus
dissinulis Collett, 55, 56.

——. Description of a new subspecies of Australian birds, Ptilotis
ornata westleydalei & P. 0. underbooli, 68.

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MerapE-Watpo, KE. G. B. Remarks on the successful preservation of

the Kite in Wales, 24.

Remarks on the Lesser Black-backed Gull of the Canary Islands,
69.

Mount, H. Exhibition of eggs of three Lories and a Pigeon, 63.

Oaitvik-Grant, W. R. Remarks on Lusciniola pryeri sinensis, 13.

Remarks on Abrornis albigularis formosana Laubmann= Crypto-
lopha fulvifacies Swinh., 14.

Description of a new subspecies of Pheasant, Phasianus strauchi
chonensis, from S.W. Kansu, 16.

Remarks on the progress of Mr. Wollaston’s Expedition to New
Guinea, 16.

On a new species of Seed-eater (Poliospiza elgonensis) from
Mt. Elgon, 17.

Exhibition of a Golden-eye and remarks (illustrated by text-
figures) on the differences between Barrow’s Golden-eye and the
common Golden-eye, 18-20, 29.

Exhibition of a variety of Blackbird, 20.

Exhibition of Phasianus strauchi chonensts, 27:

On behalf of Mr. R. M. Barrington: exhibition of a white
variety of the Teal ( Querquedula crecca), 38.

Remarks on a specimen of Lagopus scoticus, 41.

Remarks on a small collection and descriptions of new species of
birds from Henderson Island, 8. Pacific :—<Acrocephalus taiti,
Vini hendersont, and Porzana murrayi, 58-61.

Remarks on an abnormally coloured Rook, 76.

Corrections and remarks on Birds from Henderson Island, 76.

Description and remarks on new species of birds collected by
G. W. Bury in Yemen: Tvadus menachensis, Parisoma bury,
Cfnanthe yemenensis, Accentor fagani, Polvospiza menachensis,
Cryptolopha umbrovirens yemenensis, and on a new genus and
species, Pseudacanthis yemenensis, 86-91.

Exhibition of examples of the Mongolian Black-Grouse, Lyrurus
tetria mongolicus, 91.

On the expected return of Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston from New
Guinea, 97.

Exhibition of a set of the birds obtained by Mr. Wollaston and
Mr. Kloss during their ascent of Mt. Carstensz, 103.

Description of new birds (Rallicula klossi, Mellopitta lugubris
rostrata, Edoliisoma utakwensis, Anthus wollastoni, and Paradi-
galla intermedia) from the Utakwa River, S.W. New Guinea,
104-106.

Exhibition and description of a new subspecies of Grosbeak,
Rhynchostruthus percivali yemenensis, from the mountains of
S. Yemen, 112.

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OgritviE-Grant, W.R. Remarks on the nest and eggs of the Hebridean
Song-Thrush, 114.

—-—. Notification that in future an Agenda will be issued, if possible,
before each meeting of the B.O.C., 114.

Pearson, H. J. Notice of the death of, 44.

Reap, R. H. Remarks on the nesting-habits of certain birds, 63-64.

Ricxett, C. B. Exhibition of a pale cinnamon-coloured variety of
East Siberian Snipe (Gallinago meyala), from Foochow, China,
10;

Roruscuitp, Hon. Water. JRemarks on Mr. Meek’s proposed
Expeditions, 17.

—. Exhibition and description of a new Weaver-Finch (Foudia
omissa) from Madagascar, 26.

—. Exhibition of four female examples of the Common Pheasant, in
melanistic plumage, 46.

—. Exhibition of pure-bred and hybrid Pheasants, 45.

—. Exhibition of melanistic Suipes, 46.

——. [xhibition of albino and abnormally coloured specimens, 46-51.

—. Exhibition of hybrid Parrots, Ducks, and Game-birds, 51-54.

——. Remarks on an abnormally coloured Kingtisher, 62.

——. Expression of regret at Dr. Sclater’s accident. Presentation of
address and piece of plate to W. L. Sclater for Dr. P. L. Sclater,
100, 101.

——. Welcome to Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston and Mr. C. Boden Kloss
on their return from their successful ascent of Mt. Carstensz,
New Guinea, 101.

——, Kxhibition of adult, nestlings and eggs of Rhamphocorys clot-bey ;
egos of Lrythrospiza githaginea zedlitzi and Lanius senator from
Algeria, 106.

——. Exhibition of three subspecies new to the Algerian Fauna
(Garrulus glandarius whitakerit, Chelidon daurica rufula, and
Apus affinis galilejensis), 107.

——. Remarks on his recent expedition to Algeria, 107.

Scuwann, GEOFFREY. Exhibition of an abnormally coloured Rook, 76.

SciaTsrR, Dr. P. L. Notice of death of, 115.

Sciater, W.L. Expression of thanks for the address and piece of
plate presented to his father, 101.

SetTu-Smiru, D. On the Budgerigar’s power of imitating song, 21.

Exhibition of a nestling and egg of Larus hemprichi, 25.

——. On the incubation-period of eggs, 26.

Seru-SmiTuH, L. M, Exhibition of and remarks on eggs from Uganda,
83, 84.

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Smatitey, F. W. Account of the moults of the Long-tailed Duck
(Harelda glacialis), 7.

SrRESEMANN, E, Exhibition and description of a new genus and species
of Starling (Leucopsar rothschildi), and of other new species
(Turdus deningert, Oreosterops pinale, Stigmatops monticola, and
S. deningert) from the Moluccas, 4-6.

——. Exhibition of some Parrots collected in the Moluccas, 15.

TreGETMEIFR, W. B. Notice of the death of, 44.

TickHuRsT, Dr.C. B. On behalf of Capt. C. H. T. Whitehead : exhibition
of a series of Motacilla citreoloides from the Kaghan Valley,
75.

——. On behalf of W. Eagle Clarke: exhibition of examples of the
Hebridean Song-Thrush, 115.

Watts, H.M. Mimicry of the song of a Canary by a Budgerigar, 21.
List of the spring-migrants, winter-visitors, and residents observed
by him in the Balkans, 92-96.

WHITEHEAD, Capt. C. H. T. See Ticehurst, C. B., 75.

Witson, Dr. E. A. Notice of the death of, 44.

Wirnuersy, H. F. Statement of accounts, 10.

Exhibition and description of a new subspecies of Warbler,

Lusciniola pryert sinensis, from Hankow, 11.

——. Exhibition of a map of the World, presented by Captain H.
Lynes, R.N., 25.

——. Exhibition of varieties of Game-birds (Lyrurus tetriz, Phasianus
colchicus, and Lagopus scoticus), 39.

——. Exhibition of a series of Scandinavian and British Greyhens, 54.

—. Exhibition of a hybrid Wigeon and Teal, 74.

——. Jixhibition and description of a new subspecies of Bunting
(Emberiza yessoensis continentalis), from Nanking, China, 74.

——, Amended name, Sitta europea hispaniensis, for S. minor Brehm.,
lite

——. Announcement of the decision of the Members to present an
address and silver token to Dr. P. L. Sclater on the completion
of the 21st session of the Club, 96.

——. On the proposed Excursion to Selborne, 97.

Wo.taston, A. F. R. Account of his Expedition to the Utakwa River,
Dutch New Guinea, 102-103.

BULLETIN

OF THE

BelLliSH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB.

No. CLAXATI.

Tne hundred and seventy-ninth Meeting of the Club was
held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.,
on Wednesday, the 9th of October, 1912.

Chairman: Hon. Wauter Rotuscaizp, Ph.D., F.R.S.

Members present :—K. C. Stuart Baker, D. A. Banner-
MAN, C. D. Borrer, P. F. Bunyarp, W. FitzHersBert-
Brockuouts, E. Hartert, Ph.D., Rev. F.C. R. Jourpain,
G. E. Loner, G. A. Macmitian, G. M. Maruews, H. Mont,
T. H. Newman, T. Parkin, C. E. Pearson, F. G. PENkosE,
M.D., F. R. Rarciuirr, G. Scuowann, W. L. Scrarer,
F. C. Sextous, D. Sers-Smiru, EK. Fraser Sranrorp,
oD. licsuursr, M.R.C.S., N. F. Ticenurst, F.R.C.S.,
H.M. Watuts, J. WiLKINson.

Visitors :—G. R. Baynes, H. A. A. Domprain, C. E.
Facan, I.8.0., J. O. Harrert, Goprrey Lampert,
F. W. Smattey, E. StreseMann.

At a Meeting of the Committee of the Club the following
Officers were elected for the ensuing Session, 1912-1913 :—

P. L. Scuater, F.R.S., Chairman.

W. RR. Ocitvis-Grant, Editor.

H. F. Witrnersy, Secretary and Treasurer.
W. LL. Sciater, Editor of the ‘Ibis.’

E. Hartert.

C. B. Rickert (in place of W. L. Scrarer).
N. F. Ticenurst.

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Dr. Hartert gave an account of his journey to Tidikelt,
m the centre of the Western Sahara, and_ illustrated
his lecture by maps and examples of the birds which he
collected during the trip. The outward journey was from
Biskra vid Touggourt, Ouargla, and El Golea, thus leading
through stony desert, over sand-dunes and rocky mountain-
ranges, and the return Journey vid El] Golea to Ghardaia and
then across the eastern Mzab country to Touggourt and
Biskra,

A full aceount of these travels and their results will be
given in the Tring Museum Journal ‘ Novitates Zoologice.’

Dr. Ernst Harrert also exhibited and deseribed three
new birds from the Molucecan Islands and Uganda, as
follows :—

PHYLLERGATES CUCULLATUS BATJANENSIS, subsp. n.

Adult male. At once distinguished from P. cucullatus
dumast from Buru and Ceram (originally described as
P. everetti dumasi, but these and other allied forms are
doubtless representatives of P. cucullatus) by the colour of
the abdomen, which is strongly suffused with olive, and by
having the nape olivaceous as in P. e. everetti from Flores, not
greenish washed with rufous as in P. c. dumasi. From
typical P. c. cucullatus it differs in the colour of the nape,
which is cinereous in the latter, and in the olivaceous wash
on the abdomen. Wings 47-48°2 mm.

Hab. Batjan, Northern Moluccas.

Type in the Tring Museum: ¢. Batjan, 5000-7000 feet,
vil. 02. J. Waterstradt coll.

Obs. Two males were obtained.

STOPAROLA PANAYENSIS OBIENSIS, Subsp. n.

Adult male and female. Nearest to S. p. harterti Van
Oort, from Ceram, but differs from the latter in its much
larger and wider bill, less whitish abdomen, which is pale
blue suffused with buff, and in the darker and duller blue
of the upper surface. Wings 79°5-80 mm.; in S. p. harterti

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the wing is 72 (?) to 78 (34), and in S. p. panayensis it is
over 80, at least in all males.

Hab. Obi Major, 2000 feet.

Type in the Tring Museum. Obi Major, 26. iv. 02.
J. Waterstradt coll.

Obs. Two specimens were received from John Waterstradt.
They were marked ¢ and ?, but being much alike in size,
are perhaps of the same sex.

In 1908 (Nov. Zool. x. p. 10) I pointed out the differences
between the present form and S. p. panayensis, which lie
chiefly in the longer and lighter blue feathers of the throat,
shorter wing, and paler upperside. I have now examined
additional Philippine examples and can no longer doubt the
distinctness of the Obi form. These birds are inhabitants
of the mountains and do not migrate.

CossYPHA SOMERENT, Sp. n.

Adult. Colour of the crown deep ashy, almost slate, not
washed with olive-green as in C. polioptera from Bukoba, nor
with black as in C. nigriceps Rchw., from Kamerun. <A wide
white superciliary stripe from the nostril to the sides of the
occiput, and a black line under the white superciliary stripe.
In C. polioptera as well as in C. nigriceps the feathers of the
supercilium have tiny black terminal points, while they are
pure white in C. somereni. Underside bright ochraceous,
not dull as in C. nigriceps and C. polioptera. Back rusty-
olive. Quills blackish-brown, wing-coverts dark grey.
Tail bright reddish-chestnut. Iris brown; bill black ; feet
horn. Slightly larger than its two allies. Culmen 16°5 mm.;
wing 81; tail 68.

Hab. Kyetume, near Kampala, Uganda, 14.1.11. Col-
lected by Dr. von Someren.

Obs. I have to thank Professor Oscar Neumann for kindly
comparing the type specimen with the types of the allied
forms in the Berlin Museum.

Dr, Harrtert further exhibited a specimen of Calamocichla
jacksoni, collected by Dr. von Someren near Kampala in
Uganda.

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Mr. Erwin Srresemann (introduced by Dr. E. Harrerr)
exhibited some new birds collected by him during the second

‘* Freiburger Molukken-Expedition,”? which he described as
follows :—

Lrvucopsar, gen.n. (Sturnide.)

Structurally nearest to Gracupica Lesson, but with the
bill differently shaped. Upper mandible with sharp, high,
straight culmen, bent downwards near the tip. Nostrils
completely covered by short bristles. Preorbital, post-
orbital, and superciliary regions bare. Feathers of the
occiput much elongated, forming a pendent crest.

LEUCOPSAR ROTHSCHILDI, Sp. 0.

Adult female. Pure white ; a terminal black bar, 25 mm.
wide, to all the rectrices. Primaries, including the first
rudimentary one, with a black tip, increasing in width towards
the middle. Iris dark brown; bill dirty brownish-yellow,
base of the lower mandible blackish-grey ; bare orbital region
dark blue; feet light grey. Culmen 381 mm.; wing 133;
inner rectrices 81; tarsus 44.

Hab. Island of Bali.

Type: 2, No. 852. Bubunan, North Coast of Bali,
24.11.11. IE. Stresemann coll.

Obs. I have named this remarkable new Starling in
honour of the Hon. Walter Rothschild, in whose mag-
nificent Museum I have had the privilege of working out
my collections from the Eastern Archipelago.

TURDUS DENINGERI, sp. n.

Adult male and female. Crown of the head, nape, sides ot
the head, chin, throat, and jugulum whitish, tinged with
greyish-brown. Rest of the upper- and underside, wings,
and tail brownish-black, this colour being sharply defined.
Iris dark brown ; eyelid yellow; bill and feet dark yellow.
Wing 109-127 mm.; tail 90-100; tarsus 34.

Cr

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Hab. Central Mountains of Middle Ceram, between 7000
and 8300 feet.

Type: g, No. 903. Giuntng Pinaia, Ceram, 7500 feet,
18. vii. 11. E. Stresemann coll.

Qbs. This species is named after my friend Dr. K.
Deninger, the leader of the “II. Freiburger Molukken-
Expedition.” It belongs to the same group as Turdus
papuensis (De Vis).

OREOSTEROPS PINAL, Sp. 0.

Adult male and female. Crown and sides of the head dark
grey. Throat, jugulum, and chest somewhat paler grey.
Forehead and middle of the chin whitish, sometimes tinged
with ochreous. A broad ring round the eye pure white.
Middle of the breast and abdomen dirty white, washed
with greyish-yellow. Back, upper tail-coverts, wing-coverts,
and outer edges of the quills and tail-feathers olive-green.
Iris rufous-brown; bill black, base of lower mandible pale
grey or darkish grey-brown; feet light brownish-grey to
greyish-olive, Wing: ¢ 72-77 mm., ? 71-73; tail 50-57;
tarsus 22.

Hab. Central Mountains of Middle Ceram, above 4000 feet.

ype: 4, No.36//. Gunung Pinaia, 7500 feet, 17. vin. 11.
i. Stresemann coll,

Obs. This species has no near ally.

STIGMATOPS MONTICOLA, Sp. N.

Adult male. Top of the head, neck, and back dark olive,
lower back and upper tail-coverts greenish-olive, all the
feathers being darker in the middle. Feathers of the chin,
throat, and jugulum blackish-grey with white edges, which
become wider on the chest; those of the breast and upper
abdomen with more blackish middles. Lower abdomen and
belly pale yellow, flanks washed with pale greenish-grey.
Sides of the head in front, below, and behind the eye covered
with brush-like glossy white feathers ; ear-coverts yellowish-
white. Quills blackish, with yellowish-olive outer and white

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inner margins; inner secondaries almost entirely olive-
green and margined round the tip with whitish-yellow.
Tail-feathers greyish-olive, with yellowish-olive outer mar-
gins and narrow pale yellow inner edges. Iris brownish-
grey ; bill black, base of lower mandible and nasal groove
wax-yellow.

Adult female. Like the male, but considerably smaller
and without the brush-lke feathers under the eye, this
region being bare of feathers as in the female of Stigmatops
argentauris. |

Wing: ¢ 79-82 mm., 2? 68-70.

Hab. Central Mountains of Middle Ceram, above 3000
feet.

Type: 6, No. 696. Gutntng Sofia, Middle Ceram,
4000 feet, 27. vi.l1. E. Stresemann coll.

Obs. The nearest ally is probably S. albiauricularis
Ramsay.

STIGMATOPS DENINGERI, Sp. 0.

Adult male. Chin, throat, and sides of the neck silvery-
grey, Jugulum and breast grey with yellowish edges. Middle
of the belly and under tail-coverts yellowish, flanks greyish-
yellow. Pileum and back dark olive, with dark grey middles
to the feathers. Upper tail-coverts yellowish-green. Tail-
feathers above yellowish-green, quills and upper wing-coverts
blackish-grey with the outer edges yellowish-green. Lores,
a line from the eye to the nape, and the ear-coverts silvery-
grey. leathers of the eyelid and patches of short brush-like
feathers below the eye whitish-grey. Iris greyish-brown ;
bill black, basal half yellow; feet plumbeous.

Adult female. Somewhat lighter. Eyelid feathered as in
the male, but with the patches of short feathers under the
eye less numerous and pale yellow.

Wing: ¢ 74-79 mm., ? 66-69.

Hab. High mountains of Buru above 4000 feet.

Type: o, No. 1104. Gunung Fogha, N.W. Base
4500 feet, 25.11.12. HE. Stresemann coll.

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On behalf of the Rev. J. Courrois, Mr. W. L. Sciater
described a new species of Pucras Pheasant :—

PUCRASIA JORETIANA, Sp. N.

Adult male. Resembling P. darwini in most respects, but
differing in the much heavier black markings on the back and
sides of the breast, the absence of chestnut on the under
tail-coverts, and the shape of the crest, which is shorter and
more stumpy and is composed of broader feathers, rounded at
the ends. From P. xanthospila it can be at once distinguished
by the absence of the yellow patch on the nape.

' Length 22:8 inches; wing 8°8; tail 7°8; tarsus 2:9;
middle toe and claw 2:9.

Obs. Mr. Courtois, who is the Director of the Siccawei
Museum near Shanghai, sent one example of this new
species and states that he has two others in his Museum,
All three come from the mountainous region of Hwosthan
or Hochar, in the Province of Anhwei or Nganwei, at
altitudes of 2000 to 5000 feet.

The type has been presented to the British Museum.

Mr. F. W. Smatuey gave an account of his observations
on the moults of the Long-tailed Duck (Harelda glacialis).

His conclusions, which he illustrated by a series of
examples killed at different seasons of the year, were briefly
as follows :— |

1. The spring-moult im the male was not a complete one,
the primaries, breast-shield, and feathers of the abdomen
being retained; it was really a building-up process, as it were,
from the breast-shield to the top of the head and a changing
of the scapulars from grey to pale chestnut.

2. The complete moult in August was followed by a
plumage perhaps corresponding to the eclipse-plumage of
other ducks, in which the entire head and neck were white;
and by the complete winter-dress, in which the cheeks were
grey, and the black and chestnut patches on the sides of the
neck were gradually assumed, reaching their full perfection
in February.

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3. In the female the August moult was complete and was
followed by a dark plumage resembling the dark summer-
plumage, and changing gradually into the winter-plumage,
which was not complete till February. The summer-plumage
was again assumed by a gradual and partial change in April.

Mr. E. C. Sruart Baker exhibited clutches of eggs of
Faico severus and Falco peregrinator.

The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday,
the 13th of November, 1912, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT,
42-48 Great Portland Street, W.; the Dinner at 7 p.m.
Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to
inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C.

| N.B.—Members who intend to make any communication
at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to
give notice beforehand to the Editor, also to supply
him with a written account of anything intended for
publication. |

(Signed)
L.W. Roruscuitp, W. R. Ocirvie-Grant, H. F. Wirnersy,
Chairman. Editor. Sec. & Treas.

BULLETIN

OF THE

Pe tioteeURNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB.
No. CLXXXII.

Tue hundred and eightieth Meeting of the Club was held
at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.,
on Wednesday, the 13th of November, 1912.

Chairman: P. L. Sciater, D.Sce., F.R.S.

Members present: —H.G.ALExanvER, H.C. Stuart Baker,
D. A. Bannerman, C. D. Borner, P. F. Bunyarp, C. Cuuss,
A. Contuert, EK. V. Earnie, THe Haru or GarInsporovuen,
E. Gizson, Rev. J. R. Haus, E. Harrert, Ph.D., C. Ineram,
Rev. F. C. R. Jourpain, G. E. Lover, P. R. Lows, M.D.,
Capt. H. Lynes, R.N., G. M. Marnews, H. Mun,
EK. Mackenzie Murray, T. H. Newman, M. J. Nicout, W.R.
Oaitvie-Grant (Lditor), C. OtpHam, H. L. Porpnam, Major
F. W. Proctor, W. P. Pycrart, F. R. Rarcuirr, R. H. Reap,
C. B. Rickert, Hon. Waurer Roruscuixp, Ph.D., F.R.S.,
W.L.Sctarter, D.Sern-Snira, M.C. Sexton, KE. F. Stanrorp,
J. H. Svennovuse, M.B., R.N., C. B. Ticznurst, M.B.,
N. F. Ticenvurst, F.R.C.S., H. M. Wauus, H. F. Witnersy
(See. & Treas.).

Visitors :—A. F. L. Bacon, Capt. Dayreti Davizs, R.N.,
H. A. Haines, Major E. M. Larons, J. K. Sranrorp,
J.C. Stevens, H. B. Stone, E. StreseMann.

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The TreasureR made his annual statement as to the
financial affairs of the Club, which were shown to be in a
satisfactory state. Mr. C. D. Borrer had duly audited the
accounts and certified them to be correct.

Mr. C. B. Rickert exhibited a pale cinnamon-and-whitish
variety of the East Siberian Snipe (Gallinago megala) from
Foochow.

On behalf of Mr. J. D. La Toucne, Mr. Ocitivis-Grant
exhibited and described a new species of Reed-Warbler
which Mr. La Touche proposed to call :—

ACROCEPHALUS TANGORUM, Sp. 0.

Adult male and female. Closely allied to A. agricola (Jerd.),
which it resembles in all essential characters, such as the
shape of the wing and the small size of the bastard-primary,
but it differs from that species in having a dark blackish
band above the pale superciliary stripe, and the general
colour of the upperparts darker and browner. In all the
specimens examined (twelve in number), which had been
killed in August and September, the underparts from the
throat downwards are very distinctly washed with bright
rufous-buff.

Iris grey-brown ; upper mandible black, lower mandible
pinkish or yellowish flesh-colour; mouth yellow; legs
plumbeous, soles greenish-yellow.

Total length about 127 mm.; wing 53; tail51; tarsus 22.

Hab. China.

Type ¢, Chin-wang-tao, N.E. Chihhi, 1.ix.12. J. D.
La Touche coll.

Obs. This Reed-Warbler is very common in the small
millet (Panicum italicum, P. miliaceum, and P. crus galli)
from the middle of August till about the 10th of September,
but leaves shortly after the latter date. It is a silent bird
at this season and hunts for its insect-prey about the stems
of the millet, occasionally working its way to the heads of
the stalks, where in the early morning it often remains a
few seconds before flitting down to the next millet plant.
It would seem to moult towards the end of August.

Yi [ Vol. xxxi.

Mr. La Touche had presented three examples of this
small Reed-Warbler to the British Museum. The name
had been given in honour of his skilful Chinese collectors,
the brothers Tang.

Mr. H. F. Wirnersy, in exhibiting examples of a new
Warbler collected by Captain H. Lynes in China, remarked
that by a curious coincidence Mr. La Touche had forwarded
a description of the same species from specimens collected
by himself at Chin-wang-tao. As Mr. Witherby had deter-
mined the bird to be new some three or four months ago,
Mr. La Touche’s description had very kindly been with-

drawn.

LUSCINIOLA PRYERI SINENSIS, subsp. n.

Adult male and female. Summer-plumage. Differ from
L. p. pryert (Seebohm) in the much less rufous colouring
of the upperparts; the whiter colour of the breast and
belly ; and in having a rather longer tail. General colour
of the upperparts bright brownish-buff striped with black,
the feathers being black broadly margined with bright
brownish-buff, the black markings being more restricted on
the upper tail-coverts ; forehead with only narrow streaks of
black ; lores and stripe over the eye whitish ; ear-coverts and
sides of neck brownish; throat, breast, and belly white, the
sides, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts bright buff.
Under wing-coverts and axillaries greyish-white; wing-
feathers brownish-black, with broad buff edgings to the outer
webs; the four innermost secondaries with the outer webs
deep black margined with bright buff. Tail buffish-brown
with black shaft-stripes, narrow on the outer feathers and
becoming much broader on the middle feathers. First
primary 6-9 mm. longer than the longest primary-covert
and about half the length of the second primary ; second
primary between the eighth and tenth and 7-9 mm. shorter
than the third; third 2 mm. shorter than the fourth and
fifth, which are almost equal and longest; ‘sixth 8 mm.
shorter than the fifth; seventh to tenth decreasing in steps
of 2 mm. Tail long, much graduated and composed of

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twelve feathers, the outermost pair about 10 mm. shorter
than the penultimate pair, the middle pair being slightly the
longest. Under tail-coverts long, extending to between the
outer and penultimate pairs of tail-feathers, and sometimes
to the tips of the penultimate pair.

$. Bill (from nostril) 63 mm.; wing 59, 57,and 56;
tail 62 and 61 (worn), 46 (much worn).

?. Bill (from nostril) 64 mm.; wing 54, 53, and 51;
tail 54, 54 (worn), 47 (much worn).

‘‘Tris dark umber; legs and feet pallid flesh-colour.”
(H. Lynes.)

Type in Coll. H. F. Witherby: ¢, No. 1863. Hankow,
20.11.12. H. Lynes coll.

Obs. Six specimens were collected by Captain H. Lynes,
R.N., at Hankow, China, between the 11th and 29th of
March, 1912. Iam much indebted to Mr. Ogilvie-Grant
for pointing out to me the close relationship between this
bird and L. pryeri.

All six specimens of this new Warbler are undergoing a
complete moult, but in most the new body-feathers are fully
grown. The wings are in various stages of moult, but in
the type specimen the wing-feathers are almost fully grown.
None of the specimens have new tail-feathers showing, but
in some the outer feathers have dropped. The graduated
tail and the long under tail-coverts are characteristic of
Locustella, but in Lusciniola major the tail is almost as
much graduated, though the under tail-coverts are not
quite so long.

Captain Lynrs then made some remarks on the nature of
the country where he had met with this small Warbler and
on its habits. He believed that it was a winter-visitor
to the Hankow district, which was probably near the eastern
limit of its winter-range, and that it left its winter-quarters
at the end of March or early in April, and was almost
certainly a Palearctic breeding-species. In winter it in-
habited the swamps near Hankow, which were thickly over-
grown with reeds, and was very retiring in its habits and

13 [ Vol. xxxi.

difficult to flush. It had a Warbler-like song (quite unlike
the “reel” of a Grasshopper-Warbler), which was heard in
spring just before the bird migrated north on the approach
of the breeding-season and possibly also during the winter
months.

Mr. Oattvie-Grant said that this new species, of which
Mr. La Touche had also obtained three examples at Chin-
wang-tao, in April and October 1911, and which he had
recently forwarded for identification, was evidently most
closely allied to Lusciniola pryert (Seebohm) from Japan.
That species had been referred by its original describer
to the Timeline genus Megalurus, on account of its form,
style of markings, and coloration.

Mr. C. E. Herumayr and Count Seiern sent descriptions
of two new subspecies of birds from the Island of Trinidad,
which they proposed to call :—

GRALLARIA GUATIMALENSIS ARIPOENSIS, subsp. n.

Adult. Nearest to G. g.regulus Scl., from the Andes of
Ecuador and Western Venezuela (Mérida), but smaller,
with the underparts much brighter, deeper ferruginous, and
the black squamate markings of the back decidedly broader,

3o ad, Bill 83-34 mm.; wing 102-105; tail 382-36.

‘eaens oe-o8 ,, 3, 3 101-105; ,, 34-87.

Hab. The Aripo Mountains, in the northern part ol
Trinidad, B.W.I., at elevations of 2000 feet.

Type in the Zoolcgical Museum, Munich: @. Aripo,
Trinidad, 30. vin. 12. 8S. M. Klages coll.

Obs. Mr. Klages collected a large series of this new
Ant-Thrush in August and September 1912. The genus
Grallaria has not previously been recorded from Trinidad, and
is a very interesting addition to the avifauna of that island.

GEOTRYGON LINEARIS TRINITATIS, subsp. n.

Adult. Nearly related to G. /. venezuelensis Salvad., from
Northern Venezuela, but much smaller, with considerably
weaker legs and toes. The upper wing-coverts and outer
webs of the remiges are olive-brown with a hardly per-

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ceptible rufescent tinge, instead of warm rufous-brown ; the
fore-neck and breast strongly shaded with cinereous, much
less suffused with brownish; the flanks and under tail-
coverts much paler fulvous-brown ; the hind-crown purplish-
brown like the nape, lacking the clear cinereous colour which
is sO prominent a feature in the continental form.

Bill 143-16 mm. ; wing 138-142; tail 95-97.

Hab. The Aripo Mountains, in the northern part of
Trinidad, B.W.I., at elevations of 2000 feet.

Type in the Zoological Museum, Munich: ¢. Aripo,
Trinidad, 4. ix. 12. 8. M. Klages coll.

Obs. A small series of this well-characterized Mountain-
Pigeon was procured in September 1912. Mr. Cherrie had
already obtained a single example in the same locality, but
owing to lack of material it was identified with the mainland
form, from which, however, it is obviously distinct.

Dr. E. Hartert described a new form of Starling from
Formosa as follows :—

JETHIOPSAR CRISTATELLUS FORMOSANUS, Subsp. n.

Adult. Differs from 4. c. cristatellus, from China, and
AK. c. brevipennis, from Hainan, in having the frontal crest
more developed, and attaining a length of 23 to 27 mm. in
adult males, against 15 to 18 mm. in the two allied races.
In colour and size it resembles 4. c. cristatellus.

Hab. Island of Formosa.

Type in the Tring Museum: ¢. No. F112. Bankoro,
Central Formosa, 6.v.07. Procured by Mr. Owston’s
Japanese collectors.

Obs. Twenty specimens have been compared.

Mr. W. R. Oaitviz-Granrt said that as the Meeting had
just been hearing of a new Formosan Starling he would
hke to point out that the recently described Abrornis albi-
gularis formosana was founded on immature examples of
Cryptolopha fulvifacies (Swinh.), and that adult Formosan
specimens were absolutely identical with those from China.
All the characters given by Dr. Laubmann (Orn. Monatsb.
xx. p. 174, Nov. 1912)—namely, the whiter throat and

15 [ Vol. xxxi.

yellower breast-band—were characters of youth, as was clearly
shown by the series of these small Flycatchers in the British
Museum.

Mr. Erwin Srresemann (introduced by Dr. Harrerr)
exhibited some of the Parrots collected by him during the
second “ Freiburger Molukken-Expedition,”’” and made the
following remarks :—

“1. Prioniturus mada Hartert was common on the moun-
tains of Buru above 3500 feet, and was observed flying
about in flocks. This species had been hitherto only known
from three specimens, all apparently females; the male
remained unknown.

“2, Eos semilarvata Bonap. During the ascent of the
Gunting Pinaia, the highest mountain of Ceram (8250 feet),
a series of this species was collected at elevations between
5000 and 6000 feet. This bird had been described by
Bonaparte in 1850, but its habitat was hitherto unknown.

“3. Trichoglossus hematodus mitchelli Gray. The home
of this Parrot was also unknown for many years, but
in 1896 Doherty and Everett discovered it on Lombok.
I was fortunate in finding it also on the Island of Bali.”

With regard to the zoo-geographical relations of Bali,
as shown by its Ornis, he said that of the 151 species now
known to occur on that island, and of which a list would be
published in the ‘ Novitates Zoologice,’ a great number were
also found in Java, but not elsewhere. 'T'wo species (Gracupica
tertia Hartert and Trichoglossus hematodus mitchelli Gray)
were confined to Bali and Lombok, while six other species
extended over a number of the islands forming the Lesser
Sunda Chain as far west as Bali, but were not found in
Java. Only five forms were confined to the island of
Bali. Although the strait of Lombok, through which
“* Wallace’s line” passed, did not form a sharp boundary of
two faunal regions, recent explorations had shown that the
difference of the Ornis of the two islands of Bali and Lombok
was greater than that between any other two islands of the
Sunda Chain from Timor to Sumatra.

Vol. xxx1.1 16

Mr. Ocirvie-Grant described a new Pheasant which had
been procured by Mr. George Fenwick-Owen in South-
western Kansu during his recent expedition to Central Asia.

PHASIANUS STRAUCHI CHONENSIS, subsp. n.

Adult male. Most nearly allied to P. strauchi Prijev.,
which it resembles in having the chest bronze-red, but of a
darker hue; it differs principally in the darker bronze-gold
colour of the mantle, the dark greenish bronze-red margins
of the scapulars, and in the very much wider bars across
the tail-feathers. In this latter respect it approaches P. siieh-
shanensis Bianchi, from N.W. Sze-chuan, and P. elegans
from South-west Sze-chuan, West Yunnan, &c., but is
easily distinguished from both these forms by having the
chest bronze-red instead of dark green, and the middles of
the scapulars largely creamy-white as in P. strauchi. It
stands, in fact, in an intermediate position between
P. strauchi and P. siiehshanensis, but is most nearly allied
to the former.

P. strauchi inhabits the Sining Mts. and the Tatung Mts.
and valley to the east of Koko-nor,

Hab. Banks and tributaries of the Tau River in the Chone
District of S.W. Kansu, and among the foot-hills of the
North Peling Mts., at elevations varying from 6000-9000 feet.

Type in the British Museum: ¢ . Tau River, 7000 feet.
G. Fenwick-Owen coll.

Obs. This interesting new Pheasant, together with examples
of other species, has recently been presented to the British
Museum by Mr. Fenwick-Owen. It was so numerous in some
of the valleys that three guns might easily have killed five
hundred birds inaday. It was always found near cultivation,
but retired to the bush-clad hills and river-belts at night.

Mr. Ocitvie-Grant said that he was sure all the Members
of the Club would be glad to learn that Mr. Wollaston and
his party had reached the southern coast of Dutch New
Guinea about the 18th of September, and had formed a
base-camp on the Oetakwa River, as far up as the water
was navigable for their launch. Mr. Kloss reported that

iF [ Vol. xxxi.

after one week of strenuous work almost the whole of the
stores had been transported from the mouth of the river to
the base-camp, and that he hoped very shortly to start
collecting at about 8000 ft.

The Hon. Watrer Rortuscuivp said that he had recently
heard from Mr. A. S. Meek, who informed him that he was
leaving Sydney in December for Port Moresby to pick up
his native boys, and that until the change of the monsoon
he intended to explore the mountains of Fergusson and
Goodenough Islands above 3000 ft. After that it was his
intention to proceed to the Admiralty Islands, visiting
Dampier, St. Mathias, and other small islands on his
way there.

Mr. Ocitviz-Grant described a new species of Seed-
eater from East Africa. He said :—‘‘In Mr. F. J. Jackson’s
collection there are two adult male examples of a species
of Poliospiza obtained at Mangiki, Mt. Elgon, 6000 ft.,
in June and August 1900. ‘These specimens have been
identified as P. tristriata, but are really very distinct and
have a much longer wing. The most closely allied form
appears to be P. leucoptera (Sharpe) from South Africa,
which has the same double whitish band across the wing
formed by the tips of the median and greater coverts ; but
in that species the bill is much stouter and the wing is
much shorter.

“I propose to name the bird from Mount Elgon

“ PoLIOSPIZA ELGONENSIS, Sp. 0.

“ Adult male. General colour above earthy-brown; super~
ciliary stripes white and extending to the occiput ; sides of
the feathers of the crown also white, giving these parts a
distinctly streaked appearance; lores, cheeks, ear-coverts,
and sides of the throat dark earthy-brown, median and
greater wing-coverts and outer margins of the quills,
especially the innermost secondaries, whitish, the light tips
of the wing-coverts forming two bars across the wing; chin

3)
and middle of the throat whitish, with a few faint streaks

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of brownish; breast and sides of the body pale brown
indistinctly mottled with whitish; belly and under tail-
coverts whitish. Wing 82-85 mm.; tail 57-58.

““The present species resembles P. reichardi Reich. in the
coloration of the upperparts, but the breast and sides are
not streaked. It seems quite certain that P. elgonensis is
not founded on fully adult examples of P. retchardi, for the
latter has been found breeding in its striped plumage.

« Hab. Mt. Elgon, 6000 ft.

“Type in the British Museum: ¢. Mangiki, 14. vi. 00.
Presented by Mr. F. J. Jackson.”

Mr. F. J. Jackson forwarded the description of a new
species of Cuckoo-Shrike from Uganda, which had hitherto
been confounded with the West African Campophaga quis-
calina Finsch; he proposed to name it

CAMPOPHAGA MARTINI, Sp. Nl.

Adult male. Similar to the male of C. quiscalina.

Adult female. Differs from the female of C. quiscalina in
having the chest and rest of the underparts much paler
yellow, and the white throat, chest, sides of the breast and
flanks finely barred with dusky. Wing 100 mm.

Hab. British East Africa and Uganda, 6000-7000 ft.

Types in the British Museum: ¢@. Nandi, 6500 ft.,
2.v.98. 9. Ravine, 7500 ft., 23. vii.97. F.J. Jackson coll.

Obs. This species, which had hitherto been overlooked, I
have named in honour of Mr. James Martin, of the Mabira
Rubber Estate, who is well known throughout Hast Africa
and Uganda.

I have presented the types of this Cuckoo-Shrike to the
British Museum.

Mr. Ogitvie-Grant exhibited a Golden-eye which had
been shot by Mr. F. Menteith Ogilvie on the River Alde,
Suffolk, on the Ist of February, 1908. This bird was at
the time believed to be an immature male of Barrow’s
Golden-eye (Clangula islandica) | cf. Bull. B. O. C. xxiii.
pp. 63-65 (1909) |, but it had now been conclusively proved
to be a Common Golden-eye (C. glaucion).

19 [ Vol. xxxi.

Tt had hitherto been considered a matter of great difficulty
to distinguish immature males of the two species, but
Mr. Ogilvie-Grant said that he had been fortunate in finding
a character by which they might always be recognized at a
comparatively early period. The black and white inner
scapular feathers which formed such a conspicuous feature
in the adult bird began to make their appearance in young
males killed towards the end of November. These white and
black feathers, though much alike im general appearance,
were structurally quite different in the two species. In
Barrow’s Golden-eye the black lateral portion was produced
into a long process extending much beyond the white por-
tion, while in the Common Golden-eye the white feather
was of the usual shape, margined on the side with black.
Moreover, the young of C. islandica had the general colour
of the head much darker and of a blackish-brown, while in
C. glaucion it was rufous-brown, much like that of the
female.

Clangula tslandica, Clangula glaucion,

Mr. Ogilvie, writing of the doubtful specimen killed by
him on the Alde River, stated that he too had arrived
at the conclusion that it was a Common Golden-eye. He
remarked: ‘I also know of a character which appears to me
to be a good one for separating C. islandica from C. glaucion
at any age. There is a ‘boss’ on the frontal bone imme-

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diately above the bill in C. ¢slandica which is absent in
C. glaucton.”

Barrow’s Golden-eye must therefore be removed from the
List of British Birds, though its occasional presence in
winter off our coasts can scarcely be doubted.

Mr. Currrorp Borrer exhibited a variety of the Song-
Thrush (Turdus musicus), taken at Tunbridge Wells in June
1911. The bird was immature and showed a well-defined
white superciliary stripe, the remainder of the plumage being
a good deal mottled with white. He also exhibited some
skins of the continental Song-Thrush, shot on the Norfolk
coast during a very remarkable migration on the 25th Sep-
tember, 1912.

The Rey. J. R. Hate exhibited a pale cinnamon-coloured
Blackbird (Turdus merula Linn.), which had been shot at
Lydd, Kent, in October 1911. He also showed eggs of the
Budgerigar, or Grass-Parroquet (Melopsittacus undulatus),
laid in captivity. The eggs, which were of a light bluish
colour, were remarkable for their extremely small size,
about equal to those of the Long-tailed Titmouse, and from
the fact that all three had been laid in one day.

Mr. Ocitvie-Grant also exhibited a remarkable-looking
variety of the Blackbird, sent to him by Major B. K. W.
Bacon from Llanegan, N. Wales, on the 8th of November,
1912. The bird, which was a female, had a wide white collar
round the back of the neck, the rest of its plumage being
normal,

Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited clutches of remarkably
coloured eggs of the following species :—

Swattow. (Hirundo rustica.) A clutch of five eggs, Kent,
June 1896.

Sone-Turusu. (Turdus musicus.) A clutch of four eggs,
Surrey, 15th June, 1912.

CrossBiLtu. (Lowxia curvirostra.) A clutch of five eggs,
Suffoik, 12th May, 1911.

21 PWol. xxx.
Nienrsar. (Caprimulgus europeus.) Suffolk, 1911.

Common Tea. (Nettioncrecca.) A clutch of eight pure
white eggs, S. Varanger, 24th June, 1912.

Great Brack-Backep Guii. (Larus marinus.) One
clutch of three eggs, having white ground and normal
markings. Sweden.

Common Purrin. (Fraterculaarctica.) Co. Kerry. Two
finely scrolled specimens.

Mr. H. M. Wa tis read a letter from Mr. James Glenny,
in which the latter described the singing of a Budgerigar
which could imitate the voice of a Canary so perfectly, that
it was impossible to detect which bird was singing.

Mr. Sera-Smiru stated that he had known similar instances
of the imitative power of these birds, and that he had known
individuals which had not only learnt to sing like a Canary,
but had also learnt to talk.

The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday,
the 11th of December, 1912, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT,
42-48 Great Portland Street, W.; the Dinner at 7 p.m.
Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to
inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C.

| N.B.—Members who intend to make any communication
at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to
give notice beforehand to the Editor, also to supply
him with a written account of anything intended for
publication. |

(Signed)
P.L.Scrater, W.R.Ocitvis-Grant, H.F. Witnersy,
Chairman, Editor. Sec. & Treas.

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BULLETIN

OF THE

PrtblsH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB.
No. CLXXXIII.

Tue hundred and eighty-first Meeting of the Club was held
at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.,
on Wednesday, the 11th of December, 1912.

Chairman: P. L. Scuiater, D.Se., F.R.S.

Members present: —H.G. Aiexanner, H.C. Stuart Baker,
D. A. Bannerman, J. L. Bonuortse, 8S. Boorman, C. D.
Borrer, W. FirzHersert Brockuotes, P. F. Bunyarp,
C. Cuuss, Guy L. Ewen, C. Garnett, E. Gipson, F. H.C.
Goutp, C. H. B. Grant, A. F. Grirritu, E. Harrterr,
Ph.D., G. B. Hony, Rev. F.C. R. Jourpain, G. M. Matuews,
E. G. B. Meape-Watpo, H. Munt, W. R. Ocitvis-Grant
(Editor), C. EH. Pearson, Major F. W. Proctor, F. R.
Ratcuirr, C. B. Rickxett, B. B. Rivers, F.R.C.S.,
Hon. Water Roruscuitp, Ph.D., F.R.S., A. D. Sapsworrn,
G. Scuwann, H. Scuwann, W. L. Sctater, D. Seru-Smira,
M. C. Srton, A, THorsurn, N. F. Ticenurst, F.R.C.S.,
H. F. Wirnersy (Sec. & Treas.), R.O. Wynne.

Visitors:—Joun Borrer, S. Russert Cooks, G. A. B.
Dewar, H. A. P. Disney, H.S. L. Fry, Leanper Goop-
HART, J. C. Hartrert, Henry Maurice, A. H. Meikiesoun,
Puiiip Miuus, S. L. WHymprr.

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Vol. xxxi. | 24,

Mr. EK. G. B. Meavr-Watpo (Treasurer of the ‘“ Kite
Fund ”’) made the following statement :—

‘‘ At the commencement of the recent nesting-season we
knew of ten pairs of Kites, and nests of nine pairs were
located. Of this number three pairs successfully reared
broods of three, two, and two young respectively ; three
nests were taken, and one, in a new locality, contained addled
eggs, probably due to over zeal on the part of the watchers.
An eighth nest was forsaken, and the ninth was blown out
of the tree. The tenth pair, whose nest was not found,
hatched and certainly reared one young bird, which was
frequently seen.

‘It is remarkable that none of the Kites which lost their
eggs laid a second clutch; and, although they were fre-
quently seen carrying nesting-materials, they never settled
down. On the whole the past season has been a good one,
but it might have been much better; and if next season
proves successful, the British race of Kites will no longer be
in danger of extinction, and the birds ought soon to spread
back into some of their former haunts.”

The Rev. F. C. R. Jourpain exhibited a clutch of three
eges of Balearica regulorum gibbericeps, Reichenow taken
by Mr. W. M. Congreve at Njoro, British East Africa, on the
16th of September, 1912. Though not represented in the
British Museum Collection or in that of Herr Nehrkorn,
the eggs had been described by Dr. Reichenow | cf. Vég.
Afr. i. p. 266 (1900) ]. The eggs exhibited were bluish-white
with a glossy surface, and measured 86 x 53°7, 77°7 x 51, and
84°3 x 55°6 mm. respectively. It was noteworthy that two
out of the three eggs were infertile. Probably the brown
markings described by Mr. E. L. Layard on eggs of B. r.
regulorum from Bechuanaland and by Mr. L. M. Seth-Smith
on eggs from Uganda were due solely to nest-stains.

Mr. KE. GC. Sruarr Baker drew attention to the fact that
white eggs could not be considered unique in the Crane
family, as such eggs were often laid both by Grus antigone

25 i Wole xx.

and G. sharpei. As a general rule, the ground-colour of
these eggs was of a faint greyish-white or yellowish-white,
and the markings consisted of larger blotches of light reddish
and smaller ones of lavender and pale neutral tint. These
eggs were also more like eggs of the Balearic Cranes as
regarded their texture than those of the typical Cranes,
such as Grus grus, &c., being very hard, with a considerable
amount of gloss.

Mr: H. F. Wituersy exhibited a map of the world on a
large scale, mounted on rollers, which had been presented
to the Club by Capt. H. Lynes, R.N. He said that this
map would prove of great value to the Members of the Club
and supply a much-felt want at their meetings.

The Cuarrman proposed that a letter of thanks should be
sent to Capt. Lynes. This was unanimously agreed to.

Mr. D. Sern-Smitn exhibited a nestling of Larus hem-
prichi, hatched in the Zoological Gardens in the summer of
1912, and pointed out that whereas the young of most Gulls
had a spotted downy plumage, that of L. hemprichi was of
a pale buffy-white without any distinct markings. Another
young bird of this species had been hatched under a domestic
hen and successfully reared.

An egg of Hemprich’s Gull was also exhibited *.

The Rey. F. C. R. Jourparn inquired if any record had
been kept of the incubation-period of Hemprich’s Gull, as
statistics of this kind, though of great value to naturalists,
were seldom recorded. The Zoological Gardens afforded ex-
ceptional opportunities for ascertaining the number of days
occupied in the incubation of a large number of species
concerning which little or nothing was known. ‘The period
of incubation no doubt varied considerably even in young
hatched by their own parents; but when domestic hens

* [There is a large series of eggs of LZ. hemprichiin the Natural History

Museum, taken by Col. IX. A. Butler on Astolah Island off the Mekran
coast [cf. Cat. Eggs Brit. Mus. 1, p. 209 (1901) |.—Ep. ]

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were utilized as foster-mothers, or the eggs were placed in
an incubator, the variation in time was even greater. All
records of this kind were, nevertheless, of great value if it
was clearly stated under what conditions the young had
been hatched.

After several other Members had taken part in the dis-
cussion, Mr. Seru-SmitH in reply said that he was in the
habit of keeping records of the incubation-periods at the
Zoological Gardens as far as possible, but it was often by no
means easy to ascertain even approximately the length of
time occupied. It was generally extremely inadvisable to
disturb birds nesting in the outdoor aviaries, and it was
often impossible to tell how many days they had been
sitting before they actually came under observation; in
many instances, especially in the case of species breeding
on the ground among long herbage, nothing was known
of the nesting until the young were observed with their
parents.

The Hon. Watrer Rotuscnitp exhibited a new Weaver-
Finch from Madagascar, which he described as follows :—

FoupIA OMISSA, sp. 0.

Adult male. Yintire head, throat, and chest crimson, eyelid
and streak behind the eye black. Back and upper wing-
coverts olive-green, striped with black; rump orange-
scarlet ; upper wing-coverts dull olive; quills and greater
upper wing-coverts brownish-black, with olive-green edges ;
rectrices blackish-brown with dull olivaceous edges ; abdo-
men olivaceous, greyish along the middle, and sometimes
with reddish spots; under tail-coverts olivaceous, with whitish-
olivaceous borders. Wing 77-79 mm.; tail 52°5-55°5.

Hab, Madagascar.

Type in the Tring Museum: -¢. Tamatave, 21. vii. 91.

Obs. We have three specimens of this hitherto unnamed
bird from Tamatave and Ankoraka. It is closely allied to
Foudia eminentissima from the Comoro Islands, but differs

27 [ Vol. xxxi.

in its smaller dimensions, especially in the smaller size of
the bill and wings, and in having black behind the eye and
the head of a deeper red. It should probably be regarded
as a subspecies of /. eminentissima, which, in turn, might
perhaps be looked upon as a subspecies of Foudia rubra
(= F. erythrocephala), though the latter is very much
smaller.

This is evidently the bird which Newton saw near
Ankaranickra, in the same part of Madagascar, and which
he distinguished from the common Foudia madagascariensis
under the name ol F. erythrocephala. The latter (Ff. rubra
of modern authors) would hardly be distinguishable on the
wing from the new form.

Mr. Oaitvis-Grant exhibited a male example of the new
subspecies of Pheasant (Phasianus strauchi chonensis) which
he had described at the previous Meeting of the Club (see
pe 56).

Dr, Ernst Harrert, on behalf of Mr. Erwin Stresemann |
exhibited an example of a new species of Abrornis from
the Malay Peninsula. Mr. Stresemann’s description was as
follows :—

ABRORNIS SAKAIORUM, Sp. Nn.

Adult male. Ditters from A. s. vordermanni, from Java, in
lacking all trace of yellow on the underparts and of greenish
on the upperparts.

Crown dark brownish-grey, back and upper tail-coverts
very dark brown. Superciliary stripe, commencing at the
base of the upper mandible, white ; lores black ; ear-coverts
dark brownish; chin and throat white; jugulum cream-
colour; sides strongly washed with grey ; remaining under-
parts pale cream-colour, flanks inclining to whitish. Quills
and upper wing-coverts blackish, with dull brown margins
cf the same colour as the back ; under wing-coverts and
axillaries whitish ; rectrices dark brown, the two lateral pairs
with the outer webs cream-colour. Iris brownish-black ;

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bill black; feet pale brown. Exposed culmen 9 mm. ;
wing 52, middle pair of rectrices 43; tarsus 19.

Hab. Perak-Pahang Frontier, Malay Peninsula.

Type: ¢&, No. 25. Upper Batang- Padang Valley,
3000 ft., 1.x.10. E. Stresemann coll.

Obs. That this bird cannot be the young of A. s. schwaneri
or of A. s. vordermanni is shown by a young bird of the
former from Borneo in the Tring Museum, collected by
A. H. Everett. The nesting-plumage of A. s. schwaneri
is of the same colour as that of the adult bird, except that
the yellow colour on the breast and the underparts is less
brilliant.

Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited eggs of the following
species :—

GotpEN Eacite. (Aguila chrysaétus.) Two rather small
and handsomely-marked eggs from the Kola Peninsula.

Meru. (Falco esalon.) Two rather remarkable clutches
of five eggs each from Yorkshire and Orkney.

GREENSHANK. (Totanus nebularius.) <A clutch of five
eggs from Inverness.

Bramsuine. (Fringilla montifringilla.) A series of
clutches showing great variety, and among them three sets
of eight eggs each.

Mr. Bunyarp also exhibited two clutches of eggs of the
Golden-eye (Clangula glaucion) and two of Barrow’s Golden-
eye (C. islandica) with the down and flank-feathers. He
called attention to the characteristic differences between the
eges and down of the two species, the eggs of the fcrmer
being smaller and greener, while the down was much paler
and the flank-feathers smaller. He pointed out that with
regard to the colour of the down Mr. Dresser had stated
that the paler down and smaller flank-feathers were charac-
teristic of C. islandica, but his conclusion was based on an
examination of one nest only of each species.

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Mr. Oaitvie-Grant desired to call attention to the fact
(which he had overlooked) that in the ‘ Bulletin of the
Nuttall Ornithological Club,’ v. p. 189 (1880), Dr. J. A.
Jeffries had already pointed out the difference in the shape
of the scapular feathers between Barrow’s Golden-eye and
the Common Golden-eye. His remarks, however, only
referred to the differences between adult birds, which were
easily distinguished by many other characters. Dr. Jeffries
was, moreover, of opinion that in the white and_ black
scapular feathers of Barrow’s Golden-eye “the terminal
part of the white breaks off, and leaves the black edges
projecting beyond.” This was a mistake, as was proved by
an examination of younger specimens assuming their first
adult plumage, and exhibited at the last Meeting of the Club.
In these the peculiarly-shaped scapulars, still partly in
sheath, had the black edge produced much beyond the white
portion, as in the adult (cf. supra, pp. 18-20).

Mr. Brewster, ‘ Auk,’ xxvi. pp. 153-164 (1909), had also
discussed the differences between Barrow’s Golden-eye and
the Common Golden-eye at considerable length.

The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday,
the 8th of January, 1913, at PAGANITS RESTAURANT,
42-48 Great Portland Street, W.; the Dinner at 7 p.m.
Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to
inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C.

| N.B.—Members who intend to make any communication
at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to
give notice beforehand to the Editor, also to supply
him with a written account of anything intended for
publication. |

(Signed)
P.L.Scuater, W.R.Ocitvie-Granr, H.F. Wirnersy,
Chairman. Editor. Sec. § Treas.

BULLETIN

OF THE

Paetbitot ORNITHOLOGISTS CLUB.

No. CLAXAXAIV.

Tue hundred and eighty-second Meeting of the Club was held
at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.,
on Wednesday, the 8th of January, 1913.

Chairman: P. L. Sciater, D.Sc., F.R.S.

Members present: —.C.Stuart Baker, D.A. BanNeRMAN,
E. Brpwevz, 8. Boorman, C. D. Borner, P. F. Bunyarpn,
C. Cuvuss, Colonel S. R. Crarkxe, E. Gipson, F. H.C. Goutp,
Rey. J. R. Harz, BE. Harrert, Ph.D., Rev. F.C. R. Jourpain,
Capt. H. Lynzs, R.N., G.A. Macmi.uan, W.E.F. Macminian,
G. M. Maruews, H. Mount, T. H. Newman, W. R. Ocinvis-
Grant (Hditor), C. OLpnam, C. E. Pearson, Major F. W.
Proctor, W. P. Pycrart, F. R. Rarcuirr, C. B. Rickert,
Hon. W. Roruscuitp, Ph.D., F.R.S., A. D. Sarsworrn,
W.L.Sctater, F.C. Serovs, D. Seru-Siru, E.F. Sranrorp,
N.F. Trcenvrst, F.R.C.S., 8S. L. Waymprr, J. WILKINSON,
H. F. Wirnersy (Sec. & Treas.).

Visitors :—G. F. Arncner, G. K. Baynzs, C. M. Dyer,
T. IREDALE.

Colonel SrEPHENSON CLARKE gave a short account of a
shooting expedition which he and his brother, Captain
Goland Clarke, had made to the Lorian, British East Africa.
During their trip they had formed a considerable collection

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of birds, and on their return to Mombasa had sent a native
collector to work along the coast to Lamu, and had thus
obtained skins of several rare species, as well as two which
appeared to be new to science.

He exhibited specimens of the following :-—

1. Ureginthus eyanocephalus Richmond, near Chanlers
Falls, Guaso Nyiro. An immature specimen pre-
sented by Colonel Clarke was the only example in
the Natural History Museum.

. Erythrocercus holochlorus Erlanger, coast south of
Lamu. A species not represented in the Museum.

3. Stizorhina grandis O.-Grant, Malindi. The type speci-
men in the Museum was the only example hitherto
known.

. Macronye aurantigula Reichenow, Malindi. Three
examples of this rare and beautiful Long-claw had
recently been presented to the Museum by Mr. A. B.
Percival and Mr. Guy Blaine.

cw)

aN

The new forms he proposed to describe as follows :—

HrrrRHYPHANTES GOLANDI, sp. n.

Adult male. Resembles the adult female of H. reichenowi
(Fischer), but the chin, throat, fore-neck, upper breast, and
thighs are black ; the bastard-primary is narrow and slender,
measuring 16 mm., while in H. reichenowi it is much wider
and twice as long.

Hab. British East Africa.

Type in the British Museum: g. Mombasa. Presented
by Col. 8S. R. Clarke.

LANIARIUS QUADRICOLOR NIGRICAUDA, subsp. n.

Laniarius quadricolor Bannerman (nee Cassin), Ibis, 1910,
p- 689.

Adult male. Differs from the male of LZ. quadricolor Cassin
in having the middle pair of tail-feathers black almost to
the base; like the outer pairs, and the scarlet colour on the
upper breast, below the black pectoral band, continued over
the abdomen. Wing 79 mm.

Adult female. Similar to the male, but with all the tail-

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feathers green and with very little scarlet on the upper
breast only, the belly and under tail-coverts being yellowish-
green. From the female of ZL. quadricolor it differs in
having a black pectoral band. As the tail-feathers in this
specimen are in moult and a partially grown feather on the
left side is green like the rest, it seems probable that the
sex has been correctly determined by the native collector,
and that the specimen is not an immature male, as might at
first be supposed.

Hab. Coastal Districts of British East Africa: Lamu,
Takaungu, Malindi, Rovuma.

Type in the British Museum: [ ¢ | No.123. Takaungu,
Bo. mi, O01, Presented by A. B. Percival:

Obs. There are five male examples of this subspecies
in the British Museum: we procured three males and a
female.

Mr. D. A. Bannerman exhibited specimens of a new
subspecies of Oyster-catcher found in the eastern islands
of the Canary group, and made the following remarks :—

“The existence of a black Oyster-catcher in the Canary
Islands is by no means a recent discovery. It is, however,
decidedly a scarce bird and very poorly represented in
museums. There are two adult females in the British
Museum from Graciosa and Fuerteventura, presented by
Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo, and an adult male in the
Liverpool Museum from Graciosa, procured by the late
Canon Tristram, and kindly lent me for examination by
Dr. Clubb. Up to the present time these specimens had
been considered identical with Hematopus niger, the Black
Oyster-catcher found in South Africa, but on comparing
birds from the two localities it at once became apparent
that important differences existed. I therefore propose to
name this bird

H@MATOPUS NIGER MEADE-WALDOI, subsp. n.

Hematopus capensis Meade-Waldo (nec Licht.), Ibis,
1889, pp. 18, 508; 1890, p. 437; 1898, p. 204.

Adult. Similar to H. niger Temm., but decidedly smaller,

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particularly as regards the measurement of the wing, but
with the culmen conspicuously longer and the tarsus more
slender. The basal portion of the inner webs of the primaries
is white, formi:g a large patch, partially concealed by the
under wing-coverts. In H. niger there is scarcely any white
at the base of the quills, though the primaries become
hghter towards the base.

Hematopus niger. Hn, meade-waldor.

Wines ences 285 mm. OVine Sees 259 mm.
® Ween ces erp aim, yy awe ate. s 200,207 meme
Culmen ...... 69=/1 mm. Culmien <2 3%. 77-81 mm.*

Hab. Eastern Canary Islands: Fuerteventura, Lanzarote,
and Graciosa.

Type in the British Museum: 2. Jandia, Fuerteventura,
7.1v.88. Presented by E. G. B. Meade-Waldo.

Obs. Mr. Meade-Waldo has recorded the specimens
obtained by Tristram and himself in his papers published in
the ‘ Ibis’? and quoted above. Those from Graciosa were a
breeding pair: the female from Fuerteventura was also a
breeding bird and contained well-developed eggs.

Mr. E. C. Stuarr Baker exhibited a series of eggs of
Asiatic parasitic Cuckoos, from an examination of which he
maintained that certain definite conclusions could be drawn,
the principal amongst these being :—

(1) That parasitic Cuckoos, as a group, nearly always
laid very small eggs in proportion to the size of the parent,
and it was therefore probable that a small egg was gradually
being evolved by the elimination of those which were most
strikingly disproportionate in size when compared with eggs
of the foster-parent.

The adoption and incubation of the large eggs of Cuculus
canorus bakeri by small birds of the genera Cisticolg, Suya,
Orthotomus, &c., showed, however, that evolution in this
direction must be exceedingly slow.

* The male has the culmen somewhat shorter than the female, as in
other species of Oyster-catcher,

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(2) That a process of adaptation in colour was most
undoubtedly being undergone.

(3) That evolution in shape was not indicated.

Amongst the series exhibited, Mr. Stuart Baker showed
that in some cases, as in the eggs of Coccystes and of
Hierococcyx varius, adaptation in colour had reached great
perfection and that it was only in abnormal cases that the
Cuckoo’s egg did not agree with that of the foster-parent.
With other eggs it was manifest that evolution was still in
progress, the most noticeable case in this respect being the
marvellous adaptation obtaining in the eggs of Cuckoos of
the genus Cacomantis. Whilst asserting that it could hardly
be doubted that evolution in adaptation was in progress,
Mr. Stuart Baker repeatedly emphasized the fact that this
evolution was brought about not by creation, but by elimina-
tion. It seemed to him that amongst the foster-parents
selected by the Cuckoo to hatch its eggs birds were occa-
sionally met with sufficiently clever tu discover the difference
between their own eggs and that of the Cuckoo. The more
startling the difference the easier it would be for the foster-
parent to exercise this power of discrimination, and so by
very slow degrees those individual Cuckoos whose eggs were
unlike the eggs of any foster-parent would gradually die out,
whilst those laying eggs more like the eggs of the host would
persist.

Evolution was brought about by the foster-parent and
not by the Cuckoo.

Another important point alluded to was that if evolution
was admitted, it was possible to estimate the comparative age
of the various genera amongst parasitic Cuckoos. Thus
Cuculus canorus and its subspecies were probably of modern
origin, only commencing to evolve eggs of any particular
colour and as yet quite indifferent as to what species of host
they might select. Coccystes, on the contrary, would appear
to be a very ancient form of Cuckoo, in which evolution in
the colour of the eggs had been perfected and the number of
foster-parents reduced to species of one or two genera, all
laying similarly coloured eggs.

Vol. xxxi.] 86

Mr. Stuart Baker also described a new subspecies of
Warbler, which he proposed to call

ACANTHOPNEUSTE TROCHILOIDES HARTERTI, subsp. n.

This subspecies differs from A. ¢. trochiloides in its some-
what smaller size, the wings of the males varying from 53
to 56 mm. and those of the females from 50 to 55 mm. as
against 57 and 63 mm. in 4. ?. trochiloides (Hartert, Vég. pal.
Faun. i. p. 522). In general coloration this new subspecies is
somewhat darker and brighter, the yellow bars on the wing
are more developed and of a deeper tint, and the white on
the outer webs of the two outermost pairs of rectrices of
much greater extent. In A. ¢. trochiloides the white is
generally confined to a very narrow edging and tip, and is
often not to be seen at all on the penultimate pair; in
A. t. harterti the white often covers nearly the whole of the
outer webs of the outermost pair and sometimes the greater
part of the penultimate pair. The wing-formula is the same
as in A. ¢. trochiloides, the second primary being inter-
mediate in length between the eighth and tenth, generally
equal to the tenth.

Hab. Assam Hills, 4000-6000 feet.

Types in the Tring Museum: ¢ 2. Peak near Shillong,
Khasia Hills, 13. vi.08. E.C. Stuart Baker coll.

Obs. This is a small local form of A. ¢. trochiloides which
I discovered breeding in the Khasia Hills at an elevation |
between 4000 and 6000 feet. Surprised at finding a bird of
normally high elevations, of 9000 feet upwards, breeding so
low down, I trapped a number on their nests and was at
once struck by their small size and dark coloration.

On wy arrival in England last year I compared my birds
with a series of A. ¢. trochiloides in the Tring Museum and
then found the above differences to exist, and my conclusions
have been confirmed this year by comparison with additional
material.

This bird is a very common breeding species in the Khasia
Hills and makes a beautiful egg-shaped nest of brilliant

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green moss, placed cither on a high sloping bank or wall, or
against the trunk of some moss-covered dead tree.

The eggs, three to five in number, are pure white,
smooth and fragile, and usually without much gloss. They
are of a rather long pointed oval shape, and the average
measurements of 25 eggs are 16°5 x 12°5 mm.

Two birds obtained by me in Dibrugarh in October-
November, 1901, would appear to be of this subspecies, as
they are both males with a wing-measurement of less than
57 mm. It may be, therefore, that the non-migratory
form extends all through the mountain-ranges south of the
Brahmapootra, from the Khasia Hills to the Trans-Dikku
Naga Hills in the extreme east of Assam. Birds were taken
on their nests on the 13th of June, 1908.

I name this species after Dr. Ernst Hartert, who has
done so much to elucidate the difficulties of this most
puzzling group of Warblers.

Dr. Ernst Harrert exhibited an example of the Barn-
Owl from the Cape Verde Islands, obtained by the late
Boyd Alexander ; he also showed examples of some of the
allied forms, and made the following remarks :—

“In the ‘ Journal fiir Ornithologie,’ 1872, p. 23, Pelzeln
described an Owl from the island of St. Vincent as ‘ Strix
insularis” The specimen was purchased from a-dealer in
London and was said to have come from St. Vincent ‘in
America.’ A perusal of Pelzeln’s description shows that
it refers to the Owl found in St. Vincent, West Indies.
Unfortunately, however, the author believed that the bird
came from St. Vincent, one of the Cape Verde group, and
Sharpe, Salvadori, and other ornithologists have since used
the name Striv insularis for the Barn-Owl met with in those
islands. It is evident that they could not have read Pelzeln’s
description. The fact that he says it is the smallest of all
Barn-Owls, even smaller than 8S. punctatissima from the
Galapagos Islands, is sufficient to show that he referred to
the West Indian bird. Until 1911 the small Owl from

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St. Vincent, West Indies, was believed to be the same as the
bird from Dominica—i. e., T. a. nigrescens Lawrence; but
recently it has been separated as a new subspecies under the
name of Hybris nigrescens noctividus { Barbour, Proc. Biol.
Soc. Washington, xxiv. p. 57 (1911) ] (Grenada).

It is quite clear that the Owl from St. Vincent, West
Indies, must be called 7. a. insularis Pelzeln, while that from
the Cape Verde Islands remains unnamed.

I propose to call it

TyTo ALBA DETORTA, subsp. n.

This Ow] differs widely from the West-Indian 7. a. insularis
Pelzeln in its larger size and in the different markings on the
underparts of the body, but it is so closely allied to the dark
continental form of the European Barn-Owl, that one can
only separate it from the latter by the larger black and
white spots on the upperside and by the more thinly
feathered metatarsus. From the smaller 7. a. gracilirostris
of the eastern Canary Islands it differs in its generally larger
dimensions, and from T. a. maculata of tropical Africa it is
distinguished by the constantly dark orange-brown colour of
the underside and by the smaller spots. Wing 287-300 mm.
(Five specimens examined. )

On behalf of Mr. R. M. Barrineron, Mr, Octivie-Grant
exhibited a remarkable variety of the Common Teal
(Querquedula crecea) which had been killed at Thurles,
Co. Tipperary, on the 15th of October, 1912.

The bird was a male with the head and neck in almost
normally coloured immature plumage, but with the re-
mainder of the body and wings mostiy white. ‘The upper-
parts showed the finely vermiculated markings of the adult ;
the chest was spotted with black; the secondaries were
black on the greater part of the outer web, with the basal
part metallic green, but this colour did not extend to the
tips of the quills on the innermost feathers as in normally
marked specimens; the primary-quills and tail-feathers were
more or less blackish towards the tip ; the upper tail-coverts

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showed a certain amount of dark pigment and cinnamon-
buff, while the under tail-coverts were mostly of the latter
colour.

Varieties of this kind amongst Teal were extremely rare:
Mr. Walter Rothschild possessed a curious cream-coloured
specimen.

Messrs. Williams & Son, Naturalists, Dublin, had kindly
forwarded the specimen exhibited, which had now become

the property of Mr. J. B. Nichols.

Mr. C. Cuuss exhibited, on behalf of Mr. F. V.
McConnett, examples of Berlepschia rikeri, Chlorophonia
roraime, and Oceanodroma leucorrhoa, which had been
collected on the east bank of the Essequibo River, near the
mouth.

He said that Mr. McConnell had very kindly presented
one of his two examples of Berlepschia rikeri to the Natural
History Museum, where the species had not hitherto been
represented.

Mr. Cuvusp also remarked that Dr. C. W. Richmond had
drawn his attention to the following descriptions :—

Myospiza humeralis (Bosc), Journ. d Hist, Nat. u. p. 179,
pl. xxxiv. fig. 4 (1792: Cayenne), which had.priority over
M. manimbe (Licht.), 1828.

Topaza smaragdulus (Bosc), op. cit. i. p. 385, pl. xx. fig. 5
(1792), which was the female of Topaza pella (Linn.), 1758.

Mr. Wirnersy exhibited the following varieties of Game-
Birds which he had recently received :—

1. Buacxcock (Lyrurus tetrix).—A male killed at Bogra
Dunscore, Dumfriesshire, on the 10th of December, 1912,
by Mr. R. Martin, whose brother had kindly brought it to
Mr. Witherby for examination. This was apparently a bird
of the year, and was very much like the Blackcock he had
exhibited at the Meeting held on the 12th of April, 1911
(Bull. B.O.C. xxv. p. 79). It had most of the feathers of
the head, neck, upper mantle, throat, and upper breast barred

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with reddish-brown; most of the scapulars, wing-coverts,
tail-feathers, and upper tail-coverts vermiculated with brown,
and three scapulars tipped with white; many feathers on the
breast tipped, barred, streaked, or vermiculated with white
or grey, and several similar feathers on the belly. The tail
was normally shaped, but one side was slightly more curved
than the other. The bird was moulting on the head, breast,
upper mantle, and other parts, and the feathers actually
growing were normally coloured. Exactly the same thing
had been noted in the other specimen, and Mr. Witherby
concluded that at the time they were killed, and while the
moult was still in progress, the birds had recovered from
the loss or disturbance of pigment which had apparently
caused the abnormal coloration. The testes of the bird
appeared to Mr. Witherby to be quite normal.

2. Purasant (Phasianus colchicus).—A female caught by
a keeper at Springkell, Dumfriesshire, in December 1912,
and kindly sent to Mr. Witherby by Mr. A. Johnson-
Ferguson.

This was a very remarkable specimen showing a com-
bination of melanism, erythrism, and albinism. The whole
of the upperside and wing-coverts were so suffused with
black and deep brown that the usual greyish-buff edgings
and markings had almost disappeared, and were only repre-
sented by narrow wavy lines near the tips and notch-shaped
markings on the edges of the feathers. The back of the
neck and upper mantle were dark chestnut marked with
black, and many of the feathers had small metallic-green
tips. The chin, throat, lores (on one side only), and sides
of the neck had many white or white-tipped feathers, and
there were a number of white feathers on the points of the
wings (carpal joimts), and a trace of white on some of
the feathers of the belly. The whole of the rest of the
underparts were rich chestnut, with large black spots and
bars, and a narrow penultimate dark buff band on most of
the feathers. The tail was of a dark brown like the back,

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with broad black markings and narrow reddish-buff wavy
bands.

The ovary was normal, but the bird was in an emaciated
condition and had some yellow watery sores under the
skin,

3. Rep Grovusr (Lagopus scoticus)—An adult female,
killed at Kirkconnell, Kirkcudbrightshire, on the 12th of
December, 19]2, and kindly sent to Mr. Witherby by
Mr. H. S. Gladstone.

This bird had most of the feathers of the throat and
breast, as well as a large number on the right flank and a
much smaller number on the left flank, barred with yellow
and black like the summer-plumage, while a number of other
feathers were partially barred and blotched with yellow.
One or two of the under tail-coverts and some of the feathers
on the legs were also similarly barred. The upperparts,
lower breast, and belly were in normal winter-plumage.
The bird was moulting, and all the feathers with sheaths
were barred with yellow and black.

The ovary was normal, and the oviduct beg much dis-
tended near the distal end indicated that eggs had been laid,
and that the bird was, therefore, an adult. The body was
in good condition, and there did not appear to be any
intestinal worms.

Mr. Witherby concluded that this bird, for some reason,
had moulted late, and that during the course of the moult
the pigment had changed to that producing the summer-
plumage. This explanation, he thought, would account for
the facts that none of the normally coloured winter-feathers
had sheaths though they were not abraided, that some of
the feathers were partially of winter- and partially of summer-
plumage pattern, and that many of the entirely summer-
plumage feathers had sheaths and were therefore of the
most recent growth.

Mr. Ocitvie-Grant said that it seemed to him probable
that this specimen had suffered from disease, and though it

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had subsequently entirely recovered, its moults had been
upset and the assumption of summer-plumage retarded for
several mouths. The shape and large size of the black-and-
buff barred flank-feathers clearly showed that they belonged
to the nesting-plumage, the autumn-feathers being always
much smaller.

The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday,
the 12th of February, 1913, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT,
42-48 Great Portland Street, W.; the Dinner at 7 p.m.
Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to
inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C.

[ N.B.—Members who intend to make any communication
at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to
give notice beforehand to the Editor, also to supply
him with a written account of anything intended for
publication. ]

(Signed)
P.L.Scrater, W.R.Ocitviz-Grant, H.F. Witreresy,
Chairman. Editor, Sec. & Treas.

BULLETIN

OF THE

BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB.

No. CLAAXV.

Tue hundred and eighty-third Meeting of the Club was held
at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.,
on Wednesday, the 12th of February, 1913.

Chairman: Hon. W. Roruscuixp, Ph.D., F.R.S.

Members present: —HK.C.Stuart Baker, D.A. BAnNERMAN,
E. Browet, C. D. Borrer, P. F. Bunyarp, E. V. Earte,
F. W. Fronawk, E. Gisson, C. H. B. Grant, Geratp Gur-
nEY, J. H. Gurney, E. Harrert, Ph.D., C. Ineram, Staff-
Surgeon Krnnetu H. Jonzs, R.N., G. E. Lopes, W. EH. F.
Macmituan, G. M. Maruews, E. G. B. Meape-Wa po,
H. Mount, W. R. Ocitviz-Grant (Lditor), C. OtpHam,
T. Parxin, Sir Tuomas Dicsy Picort, C.B., W. J. Percy
Prayer, A. E. Pricz, Major F. W. Procror, W. P. Pycrart,
F. R. Rarcuirr, R. H. Reap, C. B. Rickert, W. L. Scrater,
M. C. C. Seton, E. Fraser Stanrorp, J. H. Srenuouse,
M.B., R.N., C. B. Ticenurst, M.R.C.S., S. L. Waymprr,
H. F. Wirnersy (Sec. & Treas.).

Visitors :—T, P. ALpwortn, H. D. Astiery, G. K. Baynes,
J. Borner, W.Macponatp, C. Keita Murray, W. J. Puaver,
H. Stevens, E. Srresemann, Hueu Wuistier.

Before commencing the business of the evening the
CHAIRMAN said it was his sad duty to call attention to the
deaths of three well-known Members of the Club.

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Vol. xxxi.] 44,

The first of these was Mr. W. B. Trcrrmeiegr, the mention
of whose name by an unfortunate oversight had been omitted
at the last Meeting of the Club. He had been one of the
oldest Members, and had for many years attended the
meetings and added to their interest by exhibiting specimens
and contributing notes.

Mr. Henry J. Pearson, whose death had taken place in
Egypt on the 9th of February, after a short illness, was also
one of the oldest Members of the Club, and from 1903-05
had served on the Committee and acted as a Vice-Chairman.
Until the last few years he had been one of the most
regular attendants at the meetings and had contributed
many interesting exhibits. His presence would be greatly
missed by his many friends.

Dr. Epwarp A. Witson had perished in the terrible
Antarctic disaster which had overwhelmed Captain Scott
and his heroic companions on their return journey from
the South Pole, and had caused such widespread sorrow in
all parts of the land. His premature death was a sad loss
to this country and to science generally, for as an accurate
field-observer and naturalist he had few equals. His dis-
covery of the nesting-place and breeding-habits of the
Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) would always be
associated with his name. His great personal charm and
modesty had endeared him to all who knew him, while his
unusual abilities as a scientist rendered his loss doubly sad.

‘The CuarrMan also referred with sorrow to the death of
Professor Rosrert Coiierr, of the University Museum,
Christiania, who had been elected an Honorary Member of
the B. O. U. in 1900. He was well known to ornithologists
in this country and immensely esteemed, both on account
of his personal qualities and his scientific attainments. His
knowledge of Norwegian ornithology was unrivalled, and
he had also done much to elucidate the zoology of Northern
Australia,

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The Hon. Water Roruscuitp, Ph.D., F.R.S., exhibited
a male and four female examples of the English Pheasant
(mongrel race) in melanistic plumage, to further illustrate
the points raised by Mr. Witherby at the last Meeting. He
pointed out that the dark females were the exact counterpart
of “‘ Sanine’s Snipe” and “Von HurGer’s Snive” in Galli-
nago gallinago and ‘‘Gallinago aucklandica” respectively,
and of the so-named “Synoicus lodoisie”’? in the Common
Quail, Coturnix coturniz. They had the same broad black
bars and darkened ground-colour on the breast, and the grey
of the remaining parts was much reduced, while the red
and black colours were greatly increased and intensified.
The dark plumage in the male Pheasant, produced by the
intensifying of the pigment, was very unusual. Instead of
the metallic green and blue of the head and neck ending
abruptly, and the breast and flank-feathers being coppery-
orange edged with black, the metallic colouring merged
completely into the purple of the lower neck and upper
breast. The lower breast, flanks, and abdomen were sooty-
black, each feather broadly edged with metallic-purple and
with a buff shaft-stripe. The wings and greater coverts
were brownish-olive, the lesser coverts margined with metallic
steel-purple, the lower back and rump with olive instead of
rufous edges to the feathers, and each with a broad bluish-
purple instead of a green cross-bar. The upper tail-coverts
olive instead of rufous, and washed with ochre-yellow on
the sides ; the tail-feathers with metallic-purple instead of
rufous edges.

The male and three of the female Pheasants had been
purchased in the winter of 1889 in the Cambridge Market,
and were said to have come from Elveden Hall; the other
female was obtained some years later in Leadenhall Market.

My. Roruscuitpexhibited pure-bred examples of Phasianus
colchicus colchicus and P. c. versicolor, as well as crosses
between them and between P. c. torquatus, to prove that the
peculiar, almost Crow-like purple-black plumage was melan-
istic and not the result of cross-breeding.

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He also exhibited the parallel cases of melanism in the
two species of Snipe mentioned above; likewise in the
Woodcock and Common Quail, with their respective normal
forms.

Mr. Roruscarip also exhibited the following albino
or partially white specimens, and remarked that he had
only brought such as had not already been exhibited by him
at the Meeting held on the 25th of April, 1900 :—

Corvus cornix. A nearly complete albino specimen ;
dull white, with the head cinnamon-brown, and the wings
and tail pale cmnamon. Holland.

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS. An albino specimen, the white
slightly stained with pale cinnamon: Seychelles Islands,
24.iv.06 (P. N. K. Naidoo). A male and female with pearl-
grey or silvery-grey plumage, shipped from Singapore, and —
received alive in March 1905.

SCOLECOPHAGUS CAROLINUS. A specimen with the head
and throat pure white, and the rest of the plumage thickly
interspersed with white feathers. N. America.

ERyrurura psittacgEa. A male with the red of the fore-
head, face, neck, and upper tail-coverts replaced by golden-
yellow. Died at Tring.

JinYTHRURA PRASINA. A male with the red of the abdo-
men and under tail-coverts replaced by golden-yellow.

PacHYCEPHALA ORPHEUS. A male with the upperside
white, with a few grey feathers; the rump and tail golden-
yellow, the wings pale primrose-yellow ; the underside and
throat white, the breast and abdomen cinnamon-buff, and
the under tail-coverts golden-yellow. ‘Iris chocolate-red,
bill black, feet dark plumbeous” Wetter Island, 23. x. 02
(H. Kiihn).

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MuscitR#a MACROCEPHALA. A male with the upperside
dull whitish-buff, with a narrow black collar, the primary-
quills, several of the rectrices, and a few spots also sooty-
black ; the underside whitish-buff, the breast with a large
irregular black patch, and the abdomen orange-buff. Can-
terbury, New Zealand, 1873.

ANTHORNIS MELANURA. A specimen with cinnamon
plumage, washed more strongly with yellow on the under-
side; the tail and wings whitish-buff : Nelson, New Zealand,
1822. A female with white plumage washed with lemon-
yellow, strongest on the abdomen: Canterbury, New Zea-
land, 1878.

Muscicapa stTRiATA. A male in white plumage. Re-
ceived September 1906; died May 1907. Great Britain.

Ruipipura RurorrontaTa. A female with the upperside
mostly white, the forehead rufous with a few white feathers,
the nape brown, a few brown feathers on the head, the
secondaries and four of the primary-quills white; the upper
tail-coverts rufous, and the tail broadly tipped with white.
Iris, bill, and feet normally coloured. Rendova, Solomon
Islands, 6.11.04 (4. S. Meek).

SYLVIA sUBALPINA. A male with the general colour very
pale; the occiput and collar white, several of the rectrices
white; the throat and upper breast pure white. Pisa,
(H. H. Gigholi).

ACROCEPHALUS SCH@NOBANUS. A male in white plumage
with a slight sulphur tinge. Tring Reservoirs, 12. ix. 05.

ACROCEPHALUS STENTOREUS. A male with the upperparts
largely mixed with white; the tail white; the wings
cinnamon-brown ; the underparts white, tinged with yellow,
and with a few scattered pale brown feathers. Wadi
Natroon, Egypt.

CAMPEPHILUS MELANOLEUCUS. A specimen with the head
crimson and the crown greyish-cinnamon ; the neck, back,

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and wings cinnamon-grey ; the tail cinnamon-brown; and
the underparts buff, barred with cinnamon-grey. Novita,
Columbia (W. Hyde coll.).

AULACORHAMPHUS ALBIVITTA. A male example with pure
golden-yellow plumage, only the throat being white. ‘Eyes
blue.’ La Cutata, Venezuela, 3000 metres, 14.x.04
(S. Bricefio).

Hatcyon vacans. A specimen with pure white plumage.
Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, 1893.

AmMaAzona #STIVA. <A female with pale mealy yellowish-
green plumage: received August 1905; died April 1906.
A male with the crown pale yellow, the hind-neck and back
strongly mixed with deep yellow and crimson feathers, the
throat, cheeks, and upper breast deep yellow mixed with
crimson feathers: received October 1902; died 1907. A
female with the upperside largely mixed with yellow feathers,
and the underside less so.

PaL#orNIs ToRQUATUS. A male with pure golden-yellow
plumage, and the ring round the neck, as well as the eyes,
pink. Received alive from India. |

PLATYCERCUS ELEGANS. A male with the crimson in the
plumage replaced by cherry-red, the blue of the throat,
wings, and tail-feathers replaced by creamy-white, and the
black of the back by sulphur-yellow. Purchased alive with
another exactly similar specimen.

SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA GRALLARIA. A female in pure
white plumage ; “iris bright yellow, bill and feet lemon-
yellow.” la Soledad, Argentina, 12. x1i.01 (B. Britton).

NINOX NOV#-ZEALANDIAZ, A specimen with the upperparts
white, a few scattered brown feathers on the back, anda
few of the rectrices and primary-quills brown ; underparts
white, irregularly washed with yellowish-buff and with a
few scattered normally coloured feathers. Wellington,
New Zealand (H. Travers).

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Circus goutpI. <A female with the upperparts white,
a few scattered brown feathers on the head, back, and
wings ; the tail pale; the underside white, with a few
rufous feathers. “Iris pale yellow.” Canterbury, New
Zealand.

AcciPITeR GENTILIs. An adult female specimen with
the upperparts milk-white and the head strongly clouded
and streaked with brownish-grey, the rest of the plumage
slightly streaked and washed with dirty grey; the wings
and tail with indistinct brownish-grey bars; the underside
white, with pale silvery-grey shaft-stripes and cross-bars.
West Siberia, December 1902 (Lorenz) (see p. 51).

Three males and one immature female with the plumage
milk-white, but much more strongly marked with brownish-
grey than in the adult.

3 2. West Siberia, December 1897 and 1902 (Lorenz) ;
6. Turkestan, 1901; 4. Archangel, N. Russia (Henke
eall.).

DrENpROcyGNA ARcUATA. A specimen showing partial
melanism. Received 10.11.04 ; died 28. iv. 04.

Anas cutorotis. A female with the head, neck, and
back largely mixed with white. Wanamatu, North Island,
New Zealand, January 1894.

ANAS PENELOPE. A male with pale cinnamon-buff plumage,
and a few grey streaks on the scapulars; the abdomen
white.

Anas crecca. A male with the sides of the head metallic-
blue instead of green, and the area below the metallic patch
dirty white; the throat sooty black, mixed with red and
white feathers; the grey vermiculations abnormally dark ;
and the breast with broad black bars. A wild bird shot on
the Tring Reservoirs.

Awas piscors. A pure white specimen. British
Columbia.

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Darina acuta. A female with cinnamon-white plumage
and markings of a somewhat darker shade. A wild bird
shot in Holland, September 1897.

SPATULA CLyPEATA. A female with the upperparts white
mottled with dark brown on the back and wing-coverts ;
the underparts white, much mixed with cinnamon, and with _
some brown spots. Lake Manitoba, October 1897 (H. J.

ScoLopax RustTicota. A male in white plumage, with a
few dark patches on the head, back, and wing-coverts;
portions of the primary-quills washed with brownish-grey.
Durago, Albania, February 1907 (R. B. Lodge).

Macueres pucnax. A female in white plumage, with
dark grey patches on the back and wings, and with a few
spots on the neck. Received alive from Holland, January
19038; died November 1903.

APTENODYTES PATAGONICA. A male with the upperside
normally coloured; the double nuchal band, as well as the
chin, throat, and median line on the chest olive-green ; breast
and rest of the underside deep seal-brown. Macquarie
Islands.

MeEGADYPTES ANTIPODUM. A_ pure white’ specimen.
Macquarie Islands, 1901].

Prion AriEL. A specimen with the upperparts almost
white. Cook’s Straits, New Zealand, July 1902.

Larus ripipunpvus. ‘Two pure white examples; eyes
normally coloured. One from the Lake of Geneva, 3. ix. 01;
and the other killed near Paris.

Ratius aquaticus. Entirely deep black, a few whitish
freckles indicated on the lower flanks and lower abdomen.
Grand Canal, Dublin, 18. x1. 03.

FRANCOLINUS FRANCOLINUS. A male in almost completely
black plumage. Received alive in April 1900.

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CotuRNIx coTURNIx. A specimen with the upperparts
dark silver-grey and the underparts buffy white. Pavoacio,
St. Miguel, Azores.

Mr. Rotuscuitp drew special attention to the Toucan,
the Pennant’s Parrakeet, the Ring-necked Parrakeet, and
the five Goshawks, Accipiter gentilis (see p. 49).

The latter were of very great interest, as a similar bird
had been described by Pallas as Accipiter astur, var. albus.
Count Berlepsch, some years ago, had found in the warehouse
of a Berlin plumassier a box containing dozens of these
white Goshawks. It would seem, therefore, that there must
be a locality in the high north where this form was plen-
tiful, and it would probably prove to be a distinct local
race.

He exhibited normally coloured specimens of the Toucan,
Pennant’s Parrakeet, and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker for
comparison with the varieties shown.

He also exhibited :—

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHA (Boscas). <A female assuming male
plumage. Tring, March 1906,

Aix sponsa. A female assuming male plumage.
Mr. Roruscuixp further exhibited the following hybrids :—
Ps pur Ac iD At.

TRICHOGLOSSUS NOVE-HOLLANDIZ X T, CHLOROLEPIDOTUS.
Wild shot (Schrader coll.) .

ARA CHLOROPTERA X A. MILITARIS. Two female examples.
Bred in the Milan Public Gardens.

PLatTyceRcus ExIMIus X P. ELEGANS. Two males and a
female.

PLATYCERCUS EXIM1US X BARNARDIUS SEMITORQUATUS.
A male and female.

PLATYCERCUS EXIM1US X P. FLAVEOLUS. A female.

PLATYCERCUS EXIMIUS X PsEPHOTUS HZMATONOTUS. A
male and female.

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Psrrnotus curysotis x P. muxtticotor. A male.

PoLYTELIS BARRABANDI X P. MELANURA. A male and
female, bred in Essex.

POLYTELIS BARRABANI X P. ALEXANDRA. A male, bred on
the Continent.

ANATIDA.

CHENOPIS ATRATA X Domestic Goose. Bred in New
Zealand.

CHENALOPEX AGYPTIACA X CHLOEPHAGA MAGELLANICA. A
male and female.

CHENALOPEX HGYPTIACA X CAIRINA MOoSCHATA. A male.

CHENALOPEX AGYPTIACA X CASARCA FERRUGINEA A
female.

CASARCA FERRUGINEA X C. TADORNOIDES. A male.

CasARCA FERRUGINEA X TADORNA TADORNA. A female.

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHA (Boscas) X A. oBscuRA. A male.

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHA X A. PENELOPE. ‘Two males and
two females, bred in England.

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHA X Darita acuta. Three males, one
shot wild in Holland.

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHA X DAFILA SPINICAUDA. Four males
and two females.

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHA X SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA. A male,
shot at the Isle of Auskerry, Orkney, 1912, by Mr. Laidlaw

(cf. ‘Scottish Naturalist,’ September 1912). Sent for
exhibition by Mr. W. Eagle Clarke.

ANAS PENELOPE X A. SIBILATRIX. Two males bred in

Lancashire; two males bred by Sir Edward Grey ; and a
female.

ANAS PENELOPE X A. cRrECCA. A male, shot wild in
Holland.

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ANAS PENELOPE X Nyroca FruLicuLA. A female, bred in
Holland.

Darina acuta X ANAS sTREPERA. ‘Two males and a
female.

Darina acuTa X ANAS PENELOPE. ‘Two males and a
female shot wild in Holland; a male bred by Sir Edward
Grey.

Darina acuta X Anas ckEccA. A male, shot wild in
Holland.

DAFILA SPINICAUDA X ANAS STREPERA. A female.

DaFiILA sPINICAUDA X Pa@cILONETTA BAHAMENSIS. A
male.

AIX sPoNSA X TADORNA TADORNA. ‘Two males.

AIX spoNSA X ANAS PLATYRHYNCHA. ‘I'wo males.
AIx sponsaA X ANAS PENELOPE. A male and female.
AIx Sronas x Darita acura. A male.

Aix sponsA X Nyroca FERINA. ‘Three males and a
female.

Ax sponsa X Nyroca nyrzoca. A male.
AIx sponsa X Nyroca FULIGULA. A male and female.
A1Ix sponsaA X NyYROCA CLANGULA. A male.

NyYROCA PEPOSACA X SARCIDIORNIS MELANONOTUS. A
male and female.

Nyroca Ppeposaca X Arx sponsa. ‘Two males and two
females.

NYROCA PEPOSACA X ANAS PLATYRHYNCHA. ‘Two males.

Nyroca pEPposaca X Domestic Duck (Call Duck). A
male and female.

Nyroca peposacA X N. rurina. A male and two
females,

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Nyroca PEposaca X N. Ferina. A male and female.
Nyroca pEposaca X N. FULIGULA. A male.

Nyroca RUFINA X N. Ferina. Three males and two
females.

GALLINA.

NUMIDA MELEAGRIS X Domestic Fowl. <A male.

NuMIDA MELEAGRIS X Pavo cristatus. A female.

ACRYLLIUM VULTURINUM X Domestic Fowl. A male.

Mr. Roruscuitp drew special attention to the Macaw
hybrids and the cross between the Guinea-fowl and Peafowl.
He also said that it was evident that the Carolina and
Rosy-billed Ducks crossed more freely and were more
prolific than other species, since they had accounted respec-
tively for eight and seven of the hybrids exhibited.

The parent species of the Macaw hybrids were also ex-
hibited for comparison.

Mr. Roruscuitp said that they were all much indebted to
Mr. Eagle Clarke for sending for exhibition the cross between
the Mallard and Eider Duck. It was certainly one of the
most remarkable wild hybrids that had ever been procured.

Mr. J. H. Gurney exhibited a copy of Major’s ‘Chronicle’
(1521) in black letter, which contained an early account of
the Gannet settlement on the Bass Rock. Major was born
at Gleghornie, a few miles from the Bass, in 1469, and had
probably visited it as a young man on more than one
occasion.

Mr. Wirtnersy exhibited a series of Scandinavian and
British Greyhens, and explained that in conjunction with
Prof. Einar Lénnberg he had described the British form as
distinct, under the name Lyrurus tetrix britannicus, in a
recent issue of ‘British Birds’ (vol. vi. pp. 270-1). No
difference could be found in the males, but the females

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differed in several points, the Scandinavian birds having
more white on the breast and wing-coverts, more black on
the belly, more grey on the rump, less rufous and wider
black bars on the under tail-coverts than British Greyhens.
Mr. Witherby remarked that as continental stock had been
introduced in many places in: Great Britain, care should be
taken to discover the origin of specimens examined. He was
much indebted to Lord William Percy, Mr. H.S. Gladstone,
and the late Professor Collett for having supplied him with
a number of specimens. While varieties were numerous in
collections, normal specimens were, in Mr. Witherby’s ex-
perience, very scarce and he had had some difficulty in con-
sulting a sufficiently large series for his purpose.

Mr. Husert D. Astiey exhibited two living examples of
Psephotus dissimilis in immature plumage, which he had
succeeded in breeding in captivity for the first time. A
brood of five were hatched in October 1912, four being
reared to maturity.

He said that this species was a native of North
Australia and little was known of its nidification in a
wild state. There was a doubt as to whether the late
Professor Collett had described the species correctly ;
for he wrote that his type specimen of Psephotus dis-
similis differed from P. chrysopterygius (Golden-shouldered
Parrakeet) in having a dark chestnut hood and no yellow
frontal band.

Later Mr. A. J. North described a bird with a black hood
and named it P. cucullatus.

It had since been claimed by Mr. Mathews that P. dis-
similis and P. cucullatus were synonymous and that Collett
had erred in describing the crown as chestnut, when in
reality it was black.

Mr. G. M. Martuews, who exhibited the type specimen of
Psephotus dissimilis Collett, said that he wished to correct a
mistake in the original description of that species (¢f. Proc.
Zool. Soc. 1898, p. 356). There it had been stated that the

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‘forehead, lores, and crown” were “ dark chestnut,’ but
these parts in reality were black.

This bird was first collected in Australia (probably in
Arnhem Land, so far its only known habitat) by Robert
Brown about the year 1803, when he accompanied Captain
Flinders. A beautiful figure was made from the specimen
by Bauer, but no skin was preserved. This painting is now
in the Natural History Museum at South Kensington.

About the year 1909 numbers of these birds were brought
to Europe vid Sydney. Whilein Sydney they were examined
by Mr. A. J. North, who, believing them to be new,
described a specimen in the ‘ Victoria Naturalist,’ vol. xxv.
p- 176 (1909), under the name Psephotus cucullatus.

After the birds arrived in Europe Mr. Blaauw purchased
some, and Dr. Van Oort, who also considered them to be
undescribed and knew nothing of Mr. North’s action, named
a specimen P. chrysopterygius blaauwi [| cf. Notes Leyden
Mus. vol. xxxisop. 71 (ore).

It was obvious that the birds described by Mr. North and
Dr. Van Oort were of the same species ; the latter had sent
his type specimen for examination to Mr. Mathews, who had
compared it with the type of P. dissimilis and found them to
be identical. |

Mr. D. A. Bannerman described a new species of Thrush
collected by Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton in Rhodesia. He
proposed to name it

TURDUS SWYNNERTONI, Sp. 0.

Turdus cabanist Swynnerton (nec Bonap.), Ibis, 1907,
p. 60.

Turdus milanjensis Swynunerton (nec Shelley), Ibis, 1908,
p..6ls

Adult male and female. General colour above olive-brown,
becoming lighter on the lores and cheeks ; wing-coverts like
the back ; primaries dark brown, as also the tail. Chin and
throat white, tinged with buff, boldly streaked with black.

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Chest and upper breast dull olive-brown tinged with buff;
‘lower breast and abdomen orange-buff, becoming whitish on
the lower abdomen ; sides strongly washed with olive-brown,
becoming darker on the flanks; under wing-coverts and
axillaries bright orange-buff, brighter than the breast. Iris
brown; upper mandible brown, lower mandible orange ;
feet deep raw-sienna, back of the tarsus gamboge. Total
length in the flesh 214 mm.; culmen 20; wing 110;
tarsus 28.

Hab. Rhodesia. Chirinda Forest.

Type in the British Museum: 2. Chirinda Forest, 17. v1.06.
C. F. M. Swynnerton coll.

Obs. There is a series of eleven skins of this Thrush in
the British Museum, all procured in the Chirinda Forest by
Mr. Swynnerton, in whose honour the species has been
named.

Major H. H. Harineron forwarded the description of a
new subspecies of Swift from the Northern Shan States,
which he proposed to call

CyPsELUS PACIFICUS COOKI, subsp. n.

Adult male. Similar to C. pacificus Lath., but smaller,
with the white band across the rump narrower, about 10 mm.
wide (instead of 15 mm.); only the feathers on the middle
of the throat white, with well-marked black shaft-stripes,
those on the sides of the throat black fringed with white,
producing a barred appearance; the mantle deep glossy
black. Wing 170 mm.; middle tail-feathers 51, lateral tail-
feathers 75.

Hab. Northern Shan States.

Type in the British Museum: ¢. Goteik Caves, 2. vi. 12.
Presented by J. Pemberton Cook, Esq.

Obs. This Swift, which is evidently a resident form of
C. pacificus, was found breeding in the Goteik Caves,
Northern Shan States, 2nd June, 1912.

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Mr. W. R. Ocitvis-Grant made the following remarks
on a small collection of birds from Henderson Island, South
Pacific, collected and presented to the British Museum by
Messrs. D. R. Tait and J. R. Jamieson :—

“Under the direction of Sir John Murray, an expedition
in search of lime deposits visited Henderson Island in 1912.
Though unsuccessful in their principal object, the members
met with several interesting birds, three of which appear to
be new and peculiar to the Island.

‘* Henderson (or Elizabeth) Island, one of the most southern
and easterly islands of the Southern Pacific, lies about
120 miles to the north-east of Pitcairn Island.

“ Very little appears to be known about this island, but in
a little work on “ Pitcairn”’ by the Rev. T. B. Murray, 1860,
to which Mr. T. Iredale has kindly drawn my attention, we
find on page 15 the following remarks :—‘ It is nearly 80 feet
above the level of the sea, 5 miles in length, 1 mile in breadth,
of volcanic formation, and covered with dead coral. The
soil is poor and sandy. There are many trees and shrubs on
the island, and it has been occasionally visited by the Pit-
cairn people chiefly for the sake of the timber found there.’
Again, on page 273, we find (11th November, 1851) :—
‘Thirty-eight of the inhabitants sailed in the ship ‘ Sharon,’
of Fairhaven, for the purpose of visiting Elizabeth Island.
ae at The soil is very scanty, totally unfit for cultivation.
Various specimens of marine shells are dispersed all over the
surface of the island, which, in combination with the thickly
scattered pieces of coral, render travelling both difficult and
dangerous. Water is found on the north-west part of the
island, slowly dripping from the roof of a cave, which cannot
be reached without the aid of ropes. The island rises about
sixty feet above the level of the sea.’”

ACROCEPHALUS TAITI, Sp. n.

Adult male and female. General colour above earth-brown,
the greater wing-coverts with pale edges and the four outer
tail-feathers tipped with white in decreasing proportions from
the third outwards to the sixth pair ; lores, eyebrow-stripes,

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and underparts white tinged with buff; thighs dusky; under
* wing-coverts and bend of wing washed with pale fawn-colour.
Iris brown in the male, red in the female; bill grey ; feet
slate-grey.

Adult male. Total length about 180 mm.; culmen from
feathers on forehead 164; wing 84; tail 77; tarsus 32.

Adult female. Total length about 177 mm.; culmen
from feathers on forehead 154; wing 79; tail 74; tarsus 29.

Another male has a large portion of the plumage
showing that curious tendency to albinism which is so
often to be found in the allied A. vaughani Sharpe, from
the Pitcairn Islands. This individual has the head mostly
white, with the exception of a few dark feathers on the
forehead and occiput ; feathers of the upperparts and wing-
coverts a mixture of brown and white, many of the brown
feathers being tipped with whitish, producing a mottled
appearance; primary-quills mostly dark brown,) one or two
of the middle and inner ones being tipped with white;
secondary quills largely white on the left wing, less so on
the right ; tail mostly white, some of the middle feathers
only being partially brown ; underparts, including the sides
of the head, chin, and throat, white. Iris brown; bill grey ;
feet slate-grey.

Types in the British Museum: ¢¢. Nos. 9 & Qa.
Henderson Island, 8S. Pacific, 27-29.x.12. D. R. Tait
coll.

Obs. This species differs from 4. vaughani in having the
feathers of the head uniform brown, not edged with yellowish-
white, which gives the crown of that species a somewhat
scaled appearance.

The amount of white in the plumage of Acrocephaline
birds from Pitcairn and other Pacific Islands appears
to vary greatly in different individuals, and is generally
unevenly developed on the two sides of the body. It would
seem as though it might be due to degeneration caused by
inbreeding.

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VINI HENDERSON], Sp. 0.

Adult male and female. Appear to be most nearly allied
to Vint kuhli (Vigors) from the Fanning Islands, but differ in
many important particulars. The feathers of the occiput are
dark green with brighter green shaft-streaks, like those of the
crown, instead of deep purple; the tail-feathers have the
terminal portion yellow tinged with greenish, and the basal
portion mottled with dark green on the outer web and with
scarlet and black, or scarlet, on the inner web, while in
V. kuhli they are very differently coloured. The green of
the neck extends on to the sides of the chest, and there is an
indistinct dark purple band across the upper breast, which
is wanting in the bird from the Fanning Islands. The tail
is rather more wedge-shaped than in V. kuAli, the middle
pair of tail-feathers being proportionately somewhat longer.
Iris yellow ; billdark yellow; feet and legs yellowish-brown.
Total length about 200 mm. ; wing 125; tail 90.

Types in the British Museum: ¢ ¢. Nos. 21 & 22.
Henderson Island. D. R. Tait coll.

Obs. 'The genus Vini has been characterized by Salvadori
(cf. Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p. 11, and Wytsman’s ‘ Genera
Avium,’ Psittaci, family Loriide, p. 2) as having the first
three or four primaries notched at the tip; but this character
is only found in a marked degree in V. australis, from Samoa
and the Frieadly Islands, while in V. kuhli, the type of the
genus, it is much less apparent, as also in the present
species from Henderson Island. This character appears to
be of specific rather than of generic value.

It seems pretty certain that the true home of V. kuhli was
the Society Group, in the Islands of Tahiti, Bcra-Bora, &c.,
where it is probably now extinct, and that it must have been
imported subsequently to the Fanning Group. The occur-
rence of the present species on Henderson Island strengthens
this view, and the geographical range of the genus Vint
would thus extend from Samoa andthe Friendly Islands,
where V. australis occurs, to Henderson Island. The Fanning
Islands lie far to the north and are distant from Samoa about
1500 miles, and from Henderson Island about 3000 miles.

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PoRZANA MURRAYI, Sp. 0.

Adult. Perhaps most nearly allied to the widely dis-
tributed P. tabuensis (Gmel.), but the entire plumage is deep
black, with a slight greyish gloss. Iris red; bill black ;
feet orange. Total length about 180 mm.; culmen 22,
wing 80; tail 39; tarsus 36; middle toe and claw 41.

Type in the British Museum: ? No. 3. ITenderson
fiend. 2).x.12.. D: Kh. Tait coll.

Obs. This species is evidently non-migratory, as 1s evidenced
by its comparatively short feeble wings, which are much
shorter than in P. tabuensis. In general appearance the
species recalls Lymnocorax niger (Gmel.), which is widely
distributed over Africa, but the latter is of a rather greyer
black and has the bill dull green.

The young in first plumage is rather greyer on the throat
and underparts than the adult, and has the legs black. Wing
76 mm.

The nestling is covered with deep velvety-black down.

This species is named in honour of Sir John Murray.

PTILOPUS CORALENSIS, Peale.

The type of this species was obtained at Carlsoff I., Pau-
motu Group, which les about 100 miles to the north-west
of Henderson Island. The only example im the British
Museum is a specimen from Hervey Island, the type of
P. chalcurus Gray, which is obviously an immature bird,
with the tips of the outermost primary-quills less attenuated.

The Henderson Island bird appears to belong to this
species. It has the iris brown, bill dark yellow, and the legs
and feet reddish-pink.

Two adult ppecinie us were procured on the 5th of
November.

In addition to the above, the following species were
also obtained at Henderson Island :—
Sula piscator, Linn. Gygis candida (Gmel.).

Procelsterna cerulea (Bennett), Totanus incanus (Gmel.).
Anous leucocapillus (Gould), Calidris arenarta (Linn.).

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Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited and made remarks on
abnormally marked eggs of the following species :—

Wueatear. (Saxicola enanthe Linn.) A clutch of six
eggs from Sussex, distinctly marked with small spots of
pale reddish-brown.

Nigursar. (Caprimulgus europeus Linn.) A clutch of
two eggs from Suffolk, one of which had an unusually
large black-brown blotch measuring one inch in length by
half an inch in width, the second egg being quite normal.

Repsreast. (Lrithacus rubecula Linn.) A clutch of five
eges from Kent, abnormally marked round the larger end
with rich chestnut-red forming a cap.

WuitrrHroat. (Sylvia communis Lath.) Two clutches
of five eggs of the rare erythristic variety—one British, the
other Continental.

Perecrine Fatcon. (Falco peregrinus Tunstall.) <A
clutch of four eggs from Pembrokeshire, with pale pinkish
ground-colour, large shell-markings of lavender-grey, and
surface-markings of orange-red.

Darrrorp WarBLER. (Melizophilus undatus Bodd.) A
nest lined almost entirely with dodder and a few feathers.
England.

Mr. Bunyarp also exhibited a variety of the Kingfisher
from Haywards Heath, the property of Mr. J. Brooman of
that town. The crown of the head was pale blue-green with
the normal mottlings ; the lores and ear-coverts pale chest-
nut; the sides of the throat white; the back greyish-white,
tinged with azure-blue; the upper tail-coverts greenish-blue ;
the tail greyish, tinged bluish-green ; the underparts pale
chestnut; the wings greyish-white, tinged with pale blue.
Bill normally coloured ; feet orange.

Mr. Roruscuitp remarked that, as far as he was aware,
very few specimens of the Kingfisher in abnormal plumage
were known.

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Mr. C. Incram remarked that it might interest the
Members to learn that examples of the Greater Bird-of-
Paradise (Paradisea apoda) released on Little Tobago by
his father in September 1909 were apparently thriving.
It was, of course, impossible to estimate their numbers
amidst the tropical vegetation of the island, but as several
had been seen and heard, and as on one occasion four. had
been observed together, it was reasonable to presume that
they had at least maintained their numbers. In all forty-
seven birds had been released on the island.

Mr. H. Munrt exhibited eggs of the following species,
hitherto unknown or rare in collections :—

1. Brack Lory. (Chalcopsitiacus ater.) One egg laid in
captivity in 1908 in Mr. Brook’s aviaries at Hoddam Castle,
Dumfries-shire. 3815 x25 mm.

2. Rep-rrontep Lory. (Chalcopsittacus scintillatus.) One
egg laid in captivity in 1908 in Mr. Brook’s aviaries. 88x
25 mm.

8. Buack-THROATED Lory. (Trichoglossus nigrogularis.)
Laid in captivity in 1912in M. Pauwel’s aviaries in Belgium.
26 xX 24 mm.

4, PEaRu-sporTep I'rurt-Pienon. (Pttlopus zonurus.) Laid
in captivity in 1912 in M. Pauwel’s aviaries. 37 x 24 mm.

Mr. R. H. Reap made some remarks on the nesting-
habits of certain birds which he had observed during the
past year. He exhibited a nest of the Song-Thrush in which
the four eggs originally laid had probably become addled by
the hard frosts early in April. Instead of forsaking the
nest and building a new one, the birds had plastered these
eggs into the mud lining the bottom of the nest, leaving
about one-fourth of the surface exposed. Three fresh eggs
were then laid on the top of them.

He also exhibited a nest of the Reed-Warbler with an
egg of the Cuckoo woven into the lining; also one of the
Warbler’s eggs which he had found at the root of the large
dock plant in which the nest had been built by the river-side.

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Mr. Read stated that he had found two nests of the Hedge-
Sparrow a few hundred yards apart, each of which contained
an egg of the Cuckoo, evidently laid by the same bird.
Both the Cuckoo’s eggs had been addled by the frosts at the
end of May, the yolks being quite black. The Hedge-
Sparrows’ eggs were quite fresh, and one nest which con-
tained two eggs when found had four two days later. It
seemed evident that the Cuckoo’s eggs had been laid some
few days before those of the Hedge-Sparrows, and had
possibly remained on the ground and become frozen before
being deposited in the nests of their hosts.

He further stated that he had found a second laying of
Starlings’ eggs in two nests, from each of which a brood
had previously been hatched out. This was the first instance
he had ever met with of a second brood in a Starling’s
nest.

Mr. Read also remarked that fur many years past he had
noticed that the last broods of the House-Martin on his
brother’s premises in Somersetshire left their nests with
unfailing regularity on the last day of September or early the
following morning ; and, further, that as insect-life became
scarce at that time of the year, these broods were fed not
only by their own parents, but also by many other adult
birds, all working for the welfare of the community. The
young were thus well-nourished and able to leave the nest
in good condition in time for their autumn migration.

The question of the double brood of Starlings raised an
interesting discussion, which was joined in by the Cuarrman,
Dr. Harrert, Mr. Mrape-Waxpo, and others. The general
opinion was that the second brood occasionally reared in a
nest was the offspring of different parents.

Mr. EK. Bipwetx said that he did not believe that the
Starling was double-brooded, and in support of this state-
ment quoted the observatious of Mr. J. Whitaker at
Rainworth, who had put up ninety boxes for Starlings :
when every box was occupied there were sometimes two

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or three pairs which used them after the first brood had
flown. These were all birds which had not previously been
able to find a nesting-place. When the ninety boxes were
not all used there were never any latenests. If the Starling
was double-brooded, many of these boxes would have been
occupied a second time. These observations were the result
of nearly forty years’ experience.

The Chairman announced that the next Meeting of the Club
would be held on the THIRD Wednesday of the month instead
of on the second Wednesday.

As none of the Members of the Club have intimated
their desire to exhibit lantern-slides at the March Meeting,
the evening will be devoted to the ordinary business.

The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday,
the 19th of March, 1913, at PAGANT’S RESTAURANT,
42-48 Great Portland Street, W.; the Dinner at 7 p.m.
Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to
inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C.

| N.B.—Members who intend to make any communication
at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to
give notice beforehand to the Hditor, also to supply
him with a written account of anything intended for
publication. |

(Signed)
W.Roruscuoitp, W.R.OciLviz-Grant, H.F. Wituersy,
Chairman. Editor. Sec. & Treas,

BULLETIN

OF THE

BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB.
No. CLXXXVI.

Tue hundred and eighty-fourth Meeting of the Club was held
at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.,
on Wednesday, the 19th of March, 1913.

Chairman: P. Li. Sciuater, Ph.D., F.B.S.

Members present: —.C.Stuart Baker, D.A. BANNERMAN,
R. M. Barrineton, E. Bipwew.z, C. D. Borrer, P. F’. Bun-
yarpv, A. Cottert, Guy L. Ewen, Major B. R. Horssrvuen,
C. Inecram, Staff-Surgeon Kennetu H. Jonegs, R.N., Capt.
H. Lynes, R.N., W. E. F. Macmititan, G. M. Martuews,
{.G. B. Meape-Watpo, H. Munt, E. Mackxenziz Murray,
C. OtpHam, C. E. Pearson, A. E. Price, F. R. Rarcrirr,
C. B. Rickert, W. L. Scuater, D. Seta-Smitu, M.C. Seton,
KE. F. Stanrorp, C. G. Tatsor Ponsonsy, N. F. Trcenurst,
F.R.C.S., J. Witginson, H. Ff. Wirnersy (See. & Treas.).

Visitors :—A. F. L. Bacon, G. K. Baynes, E. M. Brip-
WELL, J. Borrer, Major G. E. Brucz, J. H. Crow, Capt.
DayreLL Daviss, R.N., A. Rapciyrre Duemorg, C. HE.
Faean, I.8.0., T. Inepars, J. C. Puitiirs, W. J. W. Ryan,
ho Geol, SLADEN, J. K: Sranrorp, H. W. B. VERNON,
G. J. D. Warner.

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Mr. G. M. Maruews described the following new sub-
species of Australian birds :—

PrILOTIS ORNATA WESLEYDALEI, subsp. n.

Adult male. Differs from P. 0. ornata Gould, in being
much darker above, and in having the yellow ear-patch
and the dark stripes on the under surface much more
pronounced.

Hab. Inland districts of South-west Australia.

Type: ¢. No. 8260. 16. vi.08, Broome Hill, South-
west Australia. T. Carter coll.

PTILOTIS ORNATA UNDERBOOLI, subsp. n. (Mallee Yellow-
plumed Honey-eater.)

Adult male. Differs from P. 0. tatlemi Mathews, in its
smaller size, more curved bill, lighter upper- and under-
parts, and smaller yellow ear-patch.

Hab. Mallee country of Victoria and South Australia.

Type: ¢. No. 6276. 12.1x.10, Underbool, Victoria.
T. Tregellas coil.

Mr. T. Irepauz, introduced by Mr. G. M. Maruews,
exhibited the type-specimen of Larus affinis and made the
following remarks :—

“ Larus affinis was described by Reinhardt (Vidensk.
Meddel. Kj6benhavn, 1853, p. 78) from a single specimen
obtained in Greenland. The name was applied by Howard
Saunders toa large Siberian Gull, and his identification has
been accepted up to the present time. The pale-backed race
of Larus fuscus, recently described by Dr. P. R. Lowe under
the name of L. f. britannicus, suggested a misuse of the
name given by Reinhardt, his description and measurements
agreeing very closely with those of the form described by
Dr. Lowe, whilst they disagreed entirely with those of the
bird to which Saunders had applied Reinhardt’s name.
Such a conclusion necessitated a re-examination of Rein-
hardt’s type-specimen ; and upon application to Herr Winge,
of the Copenhagen Museum, it was forwarded to me
and is exhibited here to-night. It has been examined
by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant at the British Museum, also by
Dr. Hartert and the Hon. Walter Rothschild; and the

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unanimous conclusion is that it is undoubtedly a specimen
of the pale Western race of the Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Consequently, that bird will have to bear the name of

Larus Fuscus AFFINIS Reinhardt,
while L. f. britannicus Lowe becomes a synonym.

“The bird, which is described in the ‘ Catalogue of the
Birds in the British Museum,’ vol. xxv. pp. 254-5 (1896),
under the name Larus ajinis, must therefore be called
by some other name. The nomenclature of the genus Larus
is, however, in such a state of confusion that without a
monographic revision no conclusion on this point can be
arrived at. Meantime, it is necessary to have some name by
which the larger bird can be known, and I therefore propose
for it that of

LARUS FUSCUS ANTELIUS, nom. n.
(= Larus uffinis Saunders (nec Reinhardt), Cat. Birds Brit.
Mus. vol. xxv. p. 255.)

“Type in the-British Museum: ¢. 7.ix.76, Obi River.

O. Finsch coll.”

Mr. D. A. Bannerman said that, as far as was at present
known, the form of Black-backed Gull found in the Canary
Islands was intermediate in colour between the two races
distinguished by Dr. Lowe, but, owing to the meagre
material from those islands, no definite conclusions could be
arrived at. He hoped that when he returned from his
forthcoming expedition to the Canary Islands he would be
able to throw more light on the question, by procuring a
series of this Gull in breeding-plumage ; he also hoped to
be able to find a breeding colony.

Mr. Muapz-Watpo said that he had shot a specimen of
the Lesser Black-backed Gull in the Canary Islands, in
which the back was very dark. It should be noted, how-
ever, that it was the only dark-backed bird he had obtained.

Mr. BanneRMAN said that the specimen referred to by
Mr. Meade-Waldo agreed exactly with eastern dark-backed

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examples of L. fuscus, and that the bird was no doubt an
accidental straggler to the islands.

Mr. E. Bipwett pointed out that the inaugural Meeting of
the Club had been held on the 5th of October, 1892, so that
the June Meeting would complete the 21st Session. The
Club had been so useful, and so successful in carrying out
the objects for which it was founded, that he hoped every
member would agree that “its coming of age”’ was an event
that should not be passed over without recognition. He
would therefore like to submit the following proposal :—

“As the June Meeting will complete the Twenty-first
Session of the British Ornithologists’ Club, the Committee
be requested to consider some means of celebrating its coming
of age and be asked to report on the matter at an early
meeting.”

The motion was seconded by Mr. Meade-Waldo and
unanimously agreed to.

Mr. Wirnersy suggested that any proposals as to what
form the celebration should take should be forwarded to
him, so that he might place them before the Committee.

Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited the eggs, down, and feathers
from the abdomen of various species of Grey Geese, including
Anser anser, A. albifrons, A. finmarchicus, A. fabalis, and
A. brachyrhynchus. He called attention to the announce-
ment in ‘ British Birds,’ vol. vi. p. 320, in regard to the recent
discovery of the breeding-haunts of the White-fronted Goose,
A, albifrons, in Central Iceland, and read a communication
from Mr. R. Plumb, of Preston, to that effect. He remarked
that, as far as he was aware, this was the first authenticated
record of this Goose having bred in Iceland. The discovery
was made in 1911 by native collectors, who were struck
by the small size of the eggs, which were smaller than those
of any other Goose which they had previously collected. A
few eges had apparently reached this country, but without any
down and feathers. In 1912 Mr. Plumb received a further

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consignment with down and feathers from the abdomen,
and from some of these specimens descriptions had been
drawn up.

The eggs were smaller than those of any of the other Grey
Geese mentioned above, with the exception of small eggs of
A, finmarchicus, but were considerably heavier, the grain
of the -shell being similar to that of A. finmarchicus, but
a little coarser in some specimens.

Average weight of five eggs :—

A.anser. A.albifrons. A.finmarchicus. A. fabalis. A. brachyrhynchus.
17'134¢. 10:292 ¢. GOEL go: 11°736 g. 12:075 g.

Mr. Bunyarp also exhibited mounted specimens of the
down and feathers from the abdomen of each species for
comparison, and called attention to their characteristic
features—those of A. albifrons he considered to be distinct
and not easily confused with the others.

The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday,
the 9th of April, 1913, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT,
42-48 Great Portland Street, W.; the Dinner at 7 p.m.
Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to
inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C.

The Annual General Meeting of the British Ornithologists’
Union will be held on the same day (9th of April), and the
Annual Dinner of the B. 0. U. will take place conjouihy with
that of the B. 0. C.

| N.B.—Members who intend to make any communication
at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to
give notice beforehand to the Hditor, also to supply
him with a written account of anything intended for
publication. |

(Signed)
P. L. Scrater, W. R. Octtviz-Grant, H. F. Wirnersy,
Chairman. Editor, Sec. & Treas.

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At the termination of the conjoint dinner of the B. O. U.
and B.O.C., at which Mr. Epowarp Brinwe tu presided,
Colonel R. G. Warpiaw Ramsay, the newly elected President
of the British Ornithologists’ Union, proposed the health of
His Masesty tue Kine and that of “ Absent Ibises,” as is
customary at the Annual Dinner.

He said that, in proposing the latter toast, he expressed
a hope that several Members of the Union who were at
present engaged in carrying on the work of exploration in
unknown parts of the globe would soon be safely back in
England, and would be able to entertain their less adventurous
Brother ‘“Ibises” with details of their experiences in the
field in New Guinea, Africa, and elsewhere.

Mr. Bidwell then vacated the Chair in fayour of Dr. P. L.
ScLaTER, who, as Chairman of the B. O. C., conducted the
business during the remainder of the evening.

Mr. H. F. Wirnersy exhibited a hybrid Wigeon and
Teal. The bird was a male in nearly full plumage, and had
been lent for exhibition by Mr. J. Beddall Smith, who
obtained it from a decoy in Essex in November 1912. The
specimen had been fully described in ‘ British Birds’ (vol. vi-
pp. 345-7).

Mr. WirHersy also exhibited specimens of a Bunting
collected by Captain H. Lynes, R.N., in China, and remarked
that they appeared to belong to an undescribed subspecies,
which he proposed to call

EMBERIZA YESSOENSIS CONTINENTALIS, Subsp. n.

Adult. Similar to E. y. yessoénsis (Swinhoe) from Japan,
but with less chestnut-buff on the upperparts, which are
paler and more pink, especially on the hind-neck, rump,
and upper tail-coverts, as also on the edgings of the feathers
of the mantle and wings. The crown of the female and of
the male in winter-plumage is less rufous and more distinctly
striped with greyish-white. The underparts are whiter and
much less heavily washed with buff than in Japanese speci-
mens. The wing-measurement is about the same as in the

75 [ Vol. xxxi.

typical form, viz. two males 63 and 68 mm., four females
63 to 65 mm.

Type in the Collection of H. F. Witherby: 3. No. 767.
-01.1.11. Yashwanen, near Nanking, China. H. Lynes
coll.

Obs. Captain Lynes collected five examples in winter
(December to March) on the Yangtze, and these agree
precisely with a specimen from Amur Bai (38. iv. 94) in the
Natural History Museum. I have compared them with
eighteen specimens of the Japanese form, including the type.
E. yessoénsis was described by Swinhoe from a specimen
collected by Blakiston in Japan, and the bird is now known
to breed there (C. Ingram, ‘ Ibis,’ 1908, p. 155). Probably
all the specimens which winter in China belong to the new
form described above, which, no doubt, breeds somewhere in
Kastern Siberia, and probably in the basin of the Amur.

Dr. C. B. Ticruvrst exhibited a series of female examples
of Motacilla citreoloides (Hodgs.) on behalf of Capt. C. H. T.
WHITEHEAD, who had collected them in the Kaghan Valley,
N.W.F, India, and made the following remarks :—

“Tn the ‘ Faunaof British India,’ vol. 11. pp. 298-9, Oates
states that it is pretty certain that the sexes of this Wagtail
are alike and that the young assume adult plumage at the
first spring-moult. Capt. Whitehead, in his paper on the
birds of Kohat and Kurram (‘ Ibis,’ 1909, pp. 242 & 621),
indicated that this species takes at least two years to
attain the fully adult plumage, though it breeds in its first
summer-dress; but he did not realise, until he obtained
the series which I exhibit here to-night, that the female
never resembles the adult male in plumage. Capt. White-
head was examined many pairs of breeding birds in confirm-
ation of this statement. ‘The females exhibited were all shot
at the nest, and in every instance they were paired with a
fully adult male. The specimens shown are easily divisible
into two groups: those with the forehead, supercilium, and
the whole of the underparts bright canary-colour, which,
until further proof comes to hand, we may assume to be

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fully adult females; and those in which these parts are
yellowish-white, which we may assume to be females in
their first year. Capt. Whitehead has also found the male
breeding in its first summer-dress, which he has described
(‘ Ibis,’ 1909, p. 621) as being dark grey above with some
black feathers, and with the head and under-surface deep
yellow, sullied on the crown and flanks. A specimen in this
plumage is in the Natural History Museum.”

Mr. Grorrrey Scuwann exhibited an example of an
abnormally-coloured female Rook, with much of the plumage
of the back and wings greyish. It had been shot by Mr. P.
R. Croft at St. Margaret’s, Ware, Hertfordshire, on the
12th of March, 1913, and had been noticed when a young
bird in 912. A bird with similar light-coloured plumage
had been observed three years ago in the same locality.

Mr. Ocitvin-Grant said that he had recently received a
Rook with most of the plumage rusty-brown and in very
worn condition. The specimen had been shot at Charterhall,
Duns, Berwickshire, and forwarded to the Natural History
Museum by Colonel A. R. Trotter, who said that other
similar specimens had been met with in the neighbourhood.

Major H. J. Keusatt, R.A., exhibited an abnormal
specimen of the Standard-winged Nightjar, Macrodipteryxr
macrodipterus (Lath.), in which the 8th as well as the 9th
primary quill in the right wing was elongated. The left
wing was normal. All three elongated pinions were of the
same length, viz. 895 mm.

The specimen had been shot by Capt. H. S. Perrott,
R.G.A., near Waterloo (about 20 miles S8.S.E. of Freetown),
Sierra Leone, on the ]1th of February, 1912, and had been
given to Major Kelsall shortly after for preservation. The
specimen was now in the Collection of the Natural History
Museum.

Mr. Ocitvir-Grant wished to call attention to the fact
that, when describing the birds from Henderson Island,

fi [ Vol? xxx.

recently presented to the Natural History Museum by
Messrs. Tait and Jamieson (cf. Bull. B. O. C. xxxi. pp. 58-
61), he had unfortunately overlooked the fact that a paper
describing three new species from that island had already
been published by Mr. A. J. North in the ‘ Records of the
Australian Museum,’ vii. pp. 29-31 (1908). He was in-
debted to Mr. Charles W. Richmond, of the United States
National Museum, Washington, for very kindly calling his
attention to this paper. The name of the new species of
Parroquet, Calliptilus (?) stephent North, had, however, been
accidently omitted from the systematic portion of the
‘Zoological Record’ for 1908; and it had also been over-
looked by Count Salvadori in Wytsman’s ‘Genera Avium,’
Family Loriide (1910). Thus the description of this species
had been lost sight of. The Acrocephalus, which was the
next bird examined, had not been previously recorded, so
afforded no reference to Mr. North’s paper. The Rail and
the Pigeon had both been described as new species by
Mr. North, and were duly mentioned in the ‘ Record’ for
1908, but had been missed.

Thus Vini hendersoni became a synonym of Calliptilus (?)
stephent North, and the species shou!d stand as

Vini stePHeNtI (North).
Porzana murrayi became a synonym of
Porzana atra North.

The Fruit-Pigeon described as a new species by Mr. North
under the name of Péilopus insularis was almost certainly
synonymous with P. coralensis Peale, but this could not be
definitely decided until the birds from Henderson Island
had been compared with typical specimens of P. coralensis,
which Mr. Richmond had kindly offered to forward for
comparison.

Mr. Wirnersy wished to add the following note :—At
the meeting held in February 1912 he had exhibited some
Nuthatches from Spain and Portugal, and had shown that

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they were separable as a local race (Bull. B. O. C. xxix.
p. 75). Mr. Witherby had referred to this form as S. minor
Brehm, Allg. D. Naturh. Zeitung, 1857, p. 447, but Dr. C. E.
Hellmayr had recently very kindly pointed out to him that
this name was preoccupied by S. minor Bechstein in Latham’s
Allg. Ubersicht der Vég. i. part 2, 1793, p. 533 footnote,
which was a synonym for the North-American S. pusilla.
It was therefore necessary to give a new name to the race of
Nuthatch inhabiting Spain and Portugal, and Mr. Witherby
proposed to call it

SITTA EUROPA HISPANIENSIS, nom. n.

The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday,
the 14th of May, 1913, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT,
42-48 Great Portland Street, W.; the Dinner at 7 p.m.
Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to
inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C.

[N.B.—Members who intend to make any communication
at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to
give notice beforehand to the Editor, also to supply
him with a written account of anything intended for
publication. |

(Signed) .
P, L. Scuater, W. R. Ociiviz-Grant, H. F. Wirnersy,
Chairman. Editor. Sec. & Treas.

BULLETIN

OF THE

meron ORNITHOLOGISIES CLUB.

No. CLAXRAVITI.

Tue hundred and eighty-sixth Meeting of the Club was held
at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.,
on Wednesday, the 14th of May, 1913.

Chairman: F,. G. Penrose, M.D.

Members present :—K. C. Stuart Baker, E. Bripwe tt,
N. Cuapuin, H. J. Eiwes, F.R.S., E. Gisson, H. Goopcuitp,
C. H. B. Grant, Major H. H. Harineton, G. SeccomBe
Hert, M.D., G. A. Macmintnan, W. E. F. Macmiuuian,
G. M. Martuews, W. R. Ocitvis-Grant (Editor), C. E.
Piancon, Major PW. Puocror, W. P. Pycrart, C. B.
Rickxett, W. L. Scrater, D. Sera-Smiru, L. M. Sers-
SmirH, Major R. Sparrow, J. H. Srenuouse, M.B., R.N.,
H. M. Wats, C. Wuymprer, S. L. Wuymper, H. F.
Wirnersy (Sec. & Treas.).

Visitors :—H. M. Cotrart, J. G. Cornisu, C. E. Facay.

Mr. E.C. Stuart Baxer described and exhibited examples
of a new species of Thrush which he proposed to call
OREOCINCLA WHITEHEADI, Sp. n.
Adult. Nearest to Oreocincla mollissima (Blyth), but
differs in having the whole upper plumage olive-grey instead
[May 28th, 1913. ] a VOR, Serr,

Vo). sx 80

of rich olive-brown with a strong rufescent tinge; under-
parts also without any of the bright rufous tint, which is
always present to a greater or less extent in OQ. mollissima,
though there is a very slight tinge of ochre on the breast of
one of the adult birds; the whole crown of the head is
strongly marked with pale shaft-stripes, a character never
present in the adult of O. mollissima. Bill from gape
28'4 mm., from feathers of forehead 21°6; wing 142°5-150;
tail 95°4-98 ; tarsus 30°4.

Younger examples shew the same comparative differences
to the young of O. mollissima as are shewn in the adults:
that is to say, they are much less rufous both above and
below; they are also much more strongly striated and have
the dark margins of the feathers of the upperparts more
conspicuous.

Obs. I have named this bird in honour of Capt. C. H. T.
Whitehead, who discovered it in the Khagan Valley, in the
Afridi Country, North-West Frontier Province of India.

Capt. Whitehead has furnished me with the following
interesting notes :—

“This Thrush differs entirely in its habits from O. mol-
lissima, which latter bird is an inhabitant of dense forests
growing at a much lower elevation. This bird, on the
contrary, frequents bare precipitous slopes above the limits
of tree-growth at an elevation of 12,500-14,500 feet, where
it nests in clefts in the rocks on cliffs. The notes I heard
it utter were similar to the rattling alarm-notes (like a
policeman’s rattle) made by Merula maxima, which occurs
on the same ground; also the single call-note, but I was
too late in the season to hear its song. It was quite
common in this one Valley (Khagan), but very wild and
difficult to approach once the young ones could shift for
themselves. As far as I could judge by observing (through
glasses) pairs feeding their young, the male and female
differed in no way from one another. In life the white bar
bordered with black under the wing seemed to me very

conspicuous.””

81 [Vol. xxx.

Mr. Sruarr Baker also made the following remarks upon
Oreocincla mollissima and O. dixoni :—

“In working through the large series of O. mollissima in
the British Museum I was greatly struck by (1) the great
range of colour in that species and (2) by the variation in
in the size of the bill.

“As regards colour, that of the upperparts varies from a
rather pale rufescent olive-brown to a rich rufous-brown
slightly tinged with olive. This variation in colour does not
differ according to locality, for though Eastern specimens,
more especially those from Nepal, are more richly coloured
than those from the Western portions of its range, there
are individuals from Nepal, Eastern India, and Burmah quite
as pale as any from either Sikkim or Simla.

“The bill varies greatly in size, not only in length, but
also in stoutness; in length it varies from 24 to 37 mm.,
and in depth at the base from 6 to 8°5 mm. The size of the
bill is certainly no indication of sex, but it may be that the
oldest birds have the longest and stoutest bills, though this
is difficult to prove, for many apparently young birds have
bills slightly longer than those which appear to be older.

“As regards Oreocincla dixvoni this bird certainly cannot be
separated from O. mollissima. The two points of difference
are said to be (a) the mottling or barring of the greater
wing-coverts in O. dixoni and (b) the longer tail.

“The ranges of O. dixoni and O. mollissima are identical,
and extend from Chamba in the extreme N.W. to the
Shan States in the extreme S.E. Throughout the whole
of this range one finds specimens which exhibit no trace
of wing-bars or mottling on the coverts, some which have
faint signs of one or two wing-bars, others which show a
little mottling on the coverts, and a few which have these
feathers quite richly marked.

“The measurements of the whole series in the Museum
of both O. divoni and O. mollissima shew that the tails of
the former vary between 113 and 180 mm. and those of the
latter between 100 and 126 mm.

“The mottling appears to be a sign of great vigour and
a 2

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high condition in old birds, and as such is accompanied by a
slightly longer average measurement of the tail.”

Mr. Sruart Baker drew attention to a clerical error in
his description of Acanthopneuste trochiloides harterti (Bull.
B.O.C. xxxi. p. 36), where the outermost pair of tail-
feathers were described as being white on the outer webs,
instead of on the inner webs.

Mr. Srvart Baker also exhibited the following eggs :—

(1) A series of eggs of Anthus rufulus and Anthus richardi
striolatus, shewing that it is quite impossible to dif-
ferentiate between the eggs of the two forms.

(2) A nest and eggs of Diceum trigonostigma, shewing that
the eggs of this Diceum are white, as are the eggs of
almost all other species of this genus, and not spotted,
as described in the Catalogue from eggs presented by
Sir Hugh Low (Cat. Eggs. B.M. v. p. 8).

(3) Four clutches of the eggs of Zoothera marginata, shewing
that the single egg in the B.M. Collection is either an
abnormal egg, both in size and coloration, or, as is
more likely, is an egg of Geocichla citrina (Cat. Eggs
B.M. av: p. 174);

(4) Eggs of birds not represented in the Museum Collection,
shewing as far as possible the range of coloration in
the various species.

Zoothera monticola: .. <s. «<0 canes 4
9
SriDurd AOL 44 ss 4 aus «euler 6
J ”
ribura Mitelventris « & sas ek eee eee 8 a
Triburaaandellii 2, -oee. seme 8
9)
iHiemixus Mavala. ii. ba ce eee ee 4
7
Rubigula melanicterus............ ee
SPiZiXUs CAMmlMTONhss nach ote law Ce 8
”
Janthocinela austemi ..osc<. <2. 1 clutch.
Grammatoptila austenl .......... ee
Trochalopterum chrysopterum .... 4 clutches,

Trochalopterum pheeniceum bakeri. 4
Actinodura egertoni khasiana .... 4

”?

”

83 [: Vol. xxxt,

Staphidia rufigenis. fein ne ees 6 clutches.
Pseudomimla cimerea, oy. sc car ness alae [eggs
Urocichla longicaudata .......... 1 clutch and 3 single
Cyornis pallidipes: “ic. bei ake. os +s iB? 5

COrmis AStIOIMA 2 Ne teense. eo ws en 2485

Cyormis Hodegoni),.o0 0. diteas snes 2 clutches.

feed Ord auc. yok a aie ce se 8.’ 1 clutch.

Pitre: Strigtatar cs cic . 552i vele se 3 ee,

This valuable series of eggs had been presented by
Mr. Stuart Baker to the Trustees of the British Museuin.

Mr. L. M. Seru-Smira exhibited a most interesting series
of eggs of various species of birds which he had met
with nesting in Uganda (see p. 84), and made the following
remarks :—

“My exhibit consists of a number of eggs of Uganda
birds collected at Mpumu, some 15 miles east of Kampala.
In most instances the parent birds were obtained, so as to
ensure correct identification, and these are shewn together
with the eggs. In some cases it was not possible to obtain
the parent-bird, but I feel confident that almost every clutch
of eggs has been correctly identified, with the following
possible exceptions :—

(1) Cossypha natalensis. I saw the bird on several
occasions, and believe my identification to be
correct; but it is by no means a common species
in Uganda.

(2) Hyphantornis xanthops. <A set of white eggs.

““ (3) Prinia mystacea. A set of blue eggs.

“Tn every case the bird was seen, but with such species it
is possible to make a mistake unless the bird is obtained.

“Though most of the species represented are by no means
uncommon birds, their eggs have, I believe, not previously
been exhibited at the Club, and in some cases, at least, have
not been described.

“The eggs of Balearica pavonina and Otis melanogaster
were obtained in other parts of Uganda, but not at Mpumu,
although the birds are to be found there.”

Vol. xxxi.] 84
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& 3a :
So: (2 oie
3.2 ese =
Name. Ze) 39 é Mouth.
cali -= 5
6S} iil 3 |
Zz QZ, a
1. Cinnyris chloropygius ....} 1 S. 2 September. |
2. Chaleomitra ack J: vais sc 9 S. N. 1 May, June. |
3. Anthothreptes hypodila ..| 9 N. 2 May.
A. Passer @itists 0). sce. oe 3 S: N.N. |s:0r April and June.
5. Chrysomitris frontalis ....| ] S. 2 May.
6. Serinus sharpel.5 .5.<.. .- ] S. 2 October.
7. Nigrita schistaces:. 2... 1 S. 4 May. |
8. Pyrenestes ostrinus ...... if Sar 13 April.
9. Heterhyphantes nigricollis.| g (S.S.S.S.)/2 or 3) April, oe June,
S. aN:
10. Hyphantornis xanthops ..| 9 S.N. 2 Pee
11. Hyphantornis dimidiatus..} 9 S.8. 2 March, April.
12. Hyphanturgus ocularius ..| 2 S. 8. 2 April, August.
18. Sitagra pelzelni.....,:... il N. 2 April.
14. Campophaga phoenicea 1 S. 2 March.
15, Pyenonotus layardi ...... 1 S. 2 April.
16. Andropadus virens ...... 1 N, 2 April.
17. Bleda pallidigula ........ 1 Ss. 2 March.
18. Burnesia reichenowi 1 N. o June.
19;"Prinia mystace@. 252. ven. 8 | S.S.N. |2 or 3/ March, June, Sept.
20-Cisticela sylvia {3.2.7.0 2 S.S. |2or3| April and Sept.
*21, Camaroptera chrysocnemis.| 1 S. ? June.
22. Cossypha melanonota ....| 1 8. 3 May.
23. Cossypha natalensis ...... ] WN. 3 Mav.
DA CV undis. pelos ...5,<h setswre 2 uN. 3 April and May.
25, Platystira cyanea ........ 1 S. 2 April. |
26, Elminia longicauda ...... 2 S.N. 2 April, June. |
27. Terpsiphone emini ...... 2 S.N, 2 April, June. |
28. Eurystomus afer ........ 1 8. 2 April.
29. Otis melanogaster ........ il N: 1 April. |
30. Balearica pavonina ...... 1 N, 2 October.

* This nest contained 1 white egg of Chrysococcyx klaasi and 1 of
Camaroptera chrysocnemis.

The CnarrmMan congratulated Mr. Seth-Smith on his
beautiful exhibit and on the care which he had taken to
identify the eggs of each species.

My. Oaitvin-Granvt added that Mr. Seth-Smith had most
generously promised to present this interesting series to
the Trustees of the British Museum, who were already

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indebted to him for a valuable collection of birds’ skins from
the Mabira Forest.

Major H. J. Krzsarz, R.A., sent a description of a new
species of Laniarius from Sierra Leone, W. Africa, which he
proposed to name :—-

LANIARIUS HELENA, sp. n.

Adult female. Nearly allied to L. barbarus (L.), which it
closely resembles, but differs in having the forehead, crown,
and nape rich orange-brown instead of yellow-olive as in
that species. Entire back, wings, tail, and a band from the
base of the bill through the eyes (including the lores,
supercilium, cheeks, and ear-coverts) black, with a slight
greenish gloss on the mantle and edges of the upper wing-
coverts; concealed white subterminal spots or bars on the
scapulars and feathers of the rump, the sides of the latter
having the longer feathers tipped with ochreous-buff. Crown
and nape orange-brown shading into bright orange on the
forehead and sides of the crown; chin, throat, breast, flanks,
and upper abdomen bright crimson-scarlet slightly tinged
with orange on the chin; lower abdomen, thighs, and under
tail-coverts dull ochreous-buff.

Iris dark brown; bill black; legs and feet slate-grey.

Total length in the flesh 2383 mm.; bill about 30;
wing 99; tail 105; tarsus 33.

Obs. A single specimen was obtained by me on a small
mangrove-covered island just off Bonthe, Sherbro Island.

I have named this species after my wife.

L. mufumbiri Ogilvie-Grant is easily distinguished from
this species by the colour of the crown which is yellow-olive,
by the colour of the thighs which are black and white, and
by having white tips to some of the upper wing-coverts.

Hab. Sierra Leone.

Type in the British Museum: ¢. No. 733. Bonthe,
Sherbro Island, 30.ix.12. Presented by Major H. J. Kelsall.

Mr. C. E. Facan informed the Members of the Club that
Mr. G. W. Bury, who had already done a considerable
amount of collecting for the Natural History Museum, both

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in N. Africa and Arabia, had landed at Hodeida, on the
Red Sea coast, and had succeeded in penetrating to the
mountains of the interior of Yemen, where he had formed a
considerable collection of birds round Menacha and Hajeilah,
at elevations of from 7,000 to 8,000 feet. Mr. Bury had
experienced considerable difficulty in carrying out this
interesting exploration, and Mr. Fagan thought he was. to be
highly congratulated on the success of his undertaking.

Mr. Ogitvie-Grant said that he had always suspected
that the high mountain-ranges of Yemen would yield many
interesting forms of birds, and this supposition had been fully
borne out, as would be seen by the results attained. He
then exhibited and described examples of the following new
species, which had been procured by Mr. G. W. Bury :—

TuRDUS MENACHENSIS, Sp. 0.

Adult male. General colour above, including the crown
and sides of the head, greyish olive-brown ; ear-coverts
rather browner; chin and throat whitish, the latter more or
less washed with buff, each feather with a broad blackish
shaft-stripe giving these parts a heavily streaked appearance ;
chest greyer than the upperparts, with dark shaft-streaks ;
breast greyish, inclining to white on the belly; flanks
washed with rusty ; under tail-coverts whitish, with a broad
brownish submarginal band. Quills and_ tail-feathers
blackish ; the outer webs of the secondaries, outer margins
of the primaries, middle tail-feathers, and outer webs of
the outer pairs greyish olive-brown, slightly paler than the
back ; under wing-coverts and axillaries bright rust-red.
Iris pale brown; bill chrome-yellow ; bare orbital skin
umber-brown ; gape and feet chrome-yellow. Total length
in the flesh 270 mm.; wing 127; tail 115; tarsus 82.

Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male, but rather
smaller. Wing 115 mm.; tail 110.

Hab. Yemen.

Types in the British Museum: ¢. No. 83. 28.x.12;
9. No. 127. 3.1.13. Menacha, 7000-8000 ft. G. W. Bury
coll.

87 (Vol, xuxy

Obs. This species has no near ally. As regards the colour
of the upperparts, it perhaps most nearly resembles the
female of 7. atrigularis, but the latter has a much shorter
tail and the underparts are quite different. A female of
T. atrigularis was actually obtained in the same locality.
The most distinctive characters in the present species are
the unusual jength of the tail, the dark streaks on the chest,
and the bright rust-red under wing-coverts and axillaries.

PaRISOMA BURYI, Sp. n. |

Adult. Most nearly allied to P. jacksont Sharpe from
Mt. Elgon and P. lugens Riipp. from Abyssinia. General
colour above dark brown, almost sooty-brown on the crown
and nape; quills blackish edged externally with pale whitish-
grey ; the tail-feathers blackish narrowly tipped with whitish,
widest on the outermost pair; chin, throat, and cheeks
whitish, shading into grey on the underparts and pale
rufous on the lower belly and flanks; under tail-coverts pale
brownish-white. The shafts of the quills are feeble; the
lst primary is nearly two-thirds of the length of the 2nd,
which is about 9 mm. shorter than the 3rd and 5 mm.
shorter than the 10th; the 38rd is 3 mm. shorter than the 4th ;
the 5th and 6th slightly the longest. The tail is slightly
rounded, the outer pair of feathers being about 8 mm.
shorter than the midd!e pair. Inris pale yellow, with a bluish
tint ; bill rusty black; feet pinkish-grey. Total length in
the flesh 165 mm.; wing 70; tail 71; tarsus 25.

Hab. Yemen.

Type in the British Museum: Adult. No. 146. 6.1.13,
Menacha, 7000 ft. G. W. Bury coll.

CEINANTHE YEMENENSIS, Sp. 0D.

Adult male. Most nearly allied to S. botte Bonap., but the
crown is darker, each feather being blackish narrowly edged
with brownish-grey ; the back and rump are light brownish-
grey, in marked contrast with the crown; there is a short
white streak behind the eve; the buff on the underparts is
generally much paler, and there is less white on the basal

part of the outer tail-feathers, The billis longer and stouter,
aod

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and measures 174 mm. from the feathers on the forehead to
the tip (as compared with 15 mm.in S. dotte). Bill and
feet black. Total length in the flesh 180 mm.; wing 105;
tail 61; tarsus 34.

Adult female, Similar in plumage to the male, but rather
smaller. Wing 100 mm. ; tail 61.

Hab. Yemen.

ee in the British Museum: ¢. No. 301; 2. No. 300,

5.1.13. Menacha, 7000 ft. G. W. Bury coll.

ACCENTOR FAGANTI, Sp. 0.

Adult male. This species has no very close ally. On the
upperparts it bears a general resemblance to A. ocularis
Radde, from the mountain-ranges south-west of the Caspian,
having, like that species, a strong whitish eyebrow-streak,
extending backwards to the occiput, but not united
posteriorly with the distinct white malar stripe; the back
brown, heavily streaked with black, net unlike that of
A, modularis (Linn.); underparts whitish tinged with buff,
especially on the breast, the feathers on the sides of the
throat, also the breast and flanks, with blackish spots or
streaks. Iris light brown; upper mandible black, lower
mandible horn-colour; feet pale brown. Total length in
the flesh 150 mm.; wing 70; tail 70; tarsus 21.

Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the chest
generally spotted with brownish-black.

Hab. Yemen.

Types in the British Museum: ¢. No. 359, 1.1.13;
2. No. 256, 20.1.18. Menacha, 7000 ft. G.W. Bury coll.

PsEUDACANTHIS, gen. nov.

The species for which this new genus has been established
does not appear to have any very close ally. In general
appearance both sexes resemble the male of Linota canna-
bina Linn., but lack the crimson colour on the forehead
and breast ; the middle primary-quills have the basal half
white, and the outer tail-feathers have the white restricted to
a narrow band or streak on the inner web next to the shaft.

89 [ Vol. xxx.

The bill is shorter and stouter than in Acanthis, with the
culmen more arched and the basal part of the cutting-edge
decurved, almost as in Alario. The species also bears some
resemblance to the female of A. alario (Linn.), except that
the latter has no white in the wing, and has the tail-feathers
dark chestnut with black shaft-streaks and rounded extre-
mities. The bill may also be compared with that of the
smaller species of Serinus. The combined characters are,
however, so different from those of any Finch known to me
that I have been obliged to establish a new generic name
for it.

PSEUDACANTHIS YEMENENSIS, Sp. Nl.

Adult male. Much like the male of Acanthis cannabina
Linn., but without any crimson on the crown and chest.
Head and neck grey, paler on the throat and chest ; mantle
chestnut with dark brown middles and sandy-brown edges
to most of the feathers ; lower back chestnut with a hidden
basal white bar; rump greyish-white; upper tail-coverts
grey with black middles, the middle pair being long; sides
of the breast chestnut edged with buff; flanks paler ;
middle of the breast and belly, as well as the vent and under
tail-coverts white; lesser and median wing-coverts and
scapulars dark chestnut ; outer webs and tips of the inner-
most secondaries paler chestnut, rest of the quills and greater
primary-coverts black, except the basal half of the six inner
primaries and the basal part of the inner web of the six
outer secondaries, which are white; tail-feathers black,
narrowly edged with pale brownish-white, the outermost
pair with a white band on the inner web next to the shaft,
the inner pairs with a white streak along the basal part of
the shaft, decreasing in length from the fifth pair to the
middle pair, in which it is confined to the basal portion.
Bill dull slate-colour; feet dark brownish-grey. Total
length, measured in the flesh, 140 mm.; wing 80; tail 58;
tarsus 15. Legs and feet very slender.

Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the grey of the
crown, throat, and chest slightly tinged with brownish and

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the back and wing-coverts less brightly coloured. Wing
75 mm.; tail 50.

Hab. Yemen.

Types in the. British Museum: ¢. No. 226, 16:1:13;
9. No, 91,.50. xu.12., Menacha, 7000-8500 ft-..Gaiee
Bury coll.

Obs. ‘The song of this species resembles that of a Sky-
Lark.’”’—G. W. B.

PoLiosPIZA MENACHENSIS, Sp. 0.

Adult male. Most nearly allied to P. reichardi Reichenow,
originally described from Kakoma, German East Africa, aud
which has recently been procured in South Abyssinia.
Above pale brown, with darker middles and paler edges to
the feathers of the head and back, giving these parts a
distinctly streaked appearance ; underparts white streaked
with pale brown except on the chin, middle of the throat, and
belly. Feet pale raw-sienna, ‘Total length, measured in the
flesh, 125 mm.; wing 74; tail 55; tarsus 16.

Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Wing
7] mm. |

Hab. Yemen.

Types in the British Museum: ¢. No. 354, 31.113;
2. No. 254, 20.1.18. Menacha, 7000 ft. G. W. Bury coll.

Obs. This Seed-eater is smaller than its African ally,
P. reichardi, the bill being much less stout; it likewise lacks
the white margins to the feathers of the crown and the
marked white superciliary stripes. It is also more remotely
allied to P. leucopygius (Sundev.) (which is often included in
the genus Serinus), but the latter may be at once recognized
by its white ramp and white breast and belly.

CRYPTOLOPHA UMBROVIRENS YEMENENSIS, subsp. n.

Adult male. Most nearly allied to C. umbrovirens (Riipp.),
from Northern Abyssinia, but much paler on the underparts ;
the lores white, the throat whitish, the chest, sides of the
breast, and belly sandy-brown, a little darker on the sides of
the breast; middle of the belly whitish, thighs and under tail-
coverts pale buff. Iris dark brown ; upper mandible slate-

91 [Vol. xxx.

colour, lower yellow at the base and pale slate at the tip; legs
and feet greenish-grey. Total length, measured in the flesh,
110 mm.; wing 52; tail 46; tarsus 21.

Adult female. Similar to the male. Wing 52mm. ; tail 41.

Hab. Yemen.

Types in the British Museum: ¢.No. 11, 20. x11. 12;
9. No. 318, 28.i1.18. Menacha, 8000 ft. G. W. Bury coll.

Mr. Oertvis-Grant also exhibited examples of the
Mongolian Black Grouse (Lyrurus telrix mongolicus Lonn-
berg), of which large numbers had recently been imported,
in a frozen condition, to the London market. He shewed
several very handsome Greyhens of this form, one of which
had the wing fully expanded to shew the great amount
.of white on the secondary-quills ; he also exhibited for
comparison a female of the typical Scandinavian Greyhen
with the wing expanded. The differences between the two
birds were very striking, not only as regarded the amount of
white on the secondaries, but also the colour and markings
of the upper and underparts of the body. The males of
L. t. mongolicus were also easily distinguishable from typical
L. tetriv, males of which were exhibited for comparison.

Full particulars of this form were to be found in Prof.
Lonnberg’s paper (cf. Orn. Monatsb. xii. pp..105—-9. 1904).

The birds imported into the London market came in
company with vast numbers of Pallas’s Sandgrouse (Syr-
rhaptes paradoxus) and smaller numbers of Pallas’s
Pheasant (Phasianus pallasi). They were said to have been
obtained on the western slopes of the Chingan range, which
separates Hastern Mongolia from Manchuria, but the exact
locality was somewhat doubtful. The birds described by
Prof. Lonnberg came from Mongolia, south of the town of
Urga.

Through the kindness of Dr. J. A. Clubb, Curator of the
Free Public Museums, Liverpool, Mr. Ogilvie-Grant had
been alle to examine the type specimen of Lyrurus derbianus
Gould (P. Z. 8. 1837, p. 132), obtained by Askew in Russia

Vol. xxxi.]

92

on the 8th of May, 1833. This proved to be a female of
L. tetrig assuming male plumage.

Mr. H. M. Watts gave an account of the birds arranged
under three sections which he had observed during a recent
visit to the Balkans, giving the earliest dates on which the
migrants and winter visitors were observed, as follows :—

(1.) Spring-Migrants in the Balkans.

Willow-Warbler.
Chiffchaft.

Wheatear.

European Stonechat.

Redbreast.

Black Redstart.
White Waztail.
House-Martin.

Swallow.

Cuckoo,
TLoopoe.
Lesser Kestrel.
Black Kite.
Flamingo.

Crane.
Stork.
Glossy Ibis.

Avocet.
Common Sandpiper.

Little Ringed Plover.

Sofia.

Bourgas ; singing,

Sofia ; =

Bourgas ; a single bird.

Sofia; nuptial display, fighting and
singing.

Near Mustafa Pacha; one bird.

ope pei

the Black Sea;

” ”
On the shore of

paired.
Near Mustafa Pacha; a single bird.

Kostanitz, in Rhodopes.

Rhodopes.

Nesting in Sultan Selim Mosque ;
fairly abundant.

Near Jamboli.

Sofia ; a single bird.

In Servia ; several,

Servia ; a single bird in the snow.

Bourgas.

Adrianople ; abundant.

North of Adrianople ; one pair.

Sistova (reported).

Near Sofia (reported).

Karnobat Plains, Black Sea; a
flock of hundreds, resting.

Philipopolis.

Adrianople.

Mustafa Pacha; at its nest.

Servia; a single bird in the snow.

Bourgas.

Sofia.

Near Sofia; one bird.

March 29.
March 22.
March 29.
March 22.
March 29.

December.
March 12.
March 28.

Late in
November.
April 18
Feb. 14.
April 3.

March 24.
March 29,
April 16,
April 16.
March 21,
April 5.

April 2.

March 24,
March 28,
March 24,

April 1.
April 7.
April 9.
April 16.
March 22.
March 29.
March 29.

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(II.) Winter-Visitors to the Balkans.

Rooks,

Sardinian Starling.

Common Starling.

Northern Bullfinch.
Siskin,

Brambling.

Great Grey Shrike.
Sombre Tit.
Short-teed Lark.
Song-Thrush,

Short-eared Owl.
Merlin.

Avocet.
Snipe.

Black-necked Grebe.

Red-necked Grebe.

Red-breasted
Merganser,
Shelduck,
Garganey.
Pochard.

Extremely common in Servia and
in Lower Bulgaria until the snow
fell; returned to Sofia early in
March.

Sofia ; two birds in a large flock of
the Common Starling.

Sofia; left the district during the
hard weather, between December
and February; returned sporadi-
cally in parties to prospect, and
came to stay and sing in early
March.

Sofia; one pair; fine male.

Sofia; one small flock, two males

being in exceptionally bright
feather.
Sofia; small flocks mixed with

Chaffinches, stayed on until the
heads became blackish.
Rhodopes ; single bird.
Sofia ; one bird.
Stara Zagora; one bird.
Lubimetz, Lower
bird.
Sofia ; one bird.
Bourgas; one bird.
Sofia; a pair.

Maritza; one

North of Mustafa ; a single bird.

Bourgas.
Lower Maritza; a few.

Black Sea.

Black Sea.

Black Sea; abundant,
Bourgas.

Bourgas,
Bourgas,

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March 17.

January.
January 21.

January to
February.

February 14.
February.
March 10.
Late
November.

March 22.
January to
February.
Late
November.
March 22,
Late
November.
November
to March.
November
to March,
March 238.

March 22,
March 22.
March 22.

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Pintail.
Tufted Duck.

Wigeon.
Wild Geese.

W ood- Pigeon.

Raven.

Hooded-Crow.

Jackdaw.

Magpie.
Common Jay.

Nutcracker.
Greenfinch.

Bullfinch.
Tree-Sparrow.

Tlouse-Sparrow.

Goldfinch.
Chaffinch.

Meadow-Bunting.
Yellow Hammer.
Common Bunting.
Reed-Bunting (sp.

inc.).
Cirl-Bunting.

94.
Bourgas. March 22.
Bourgas. November
to March.
Philipopolis. March.

Sofia, Lower Maritza, Black Sea; March 22.
all the winter. The White-
fronted was the only species
recognised near Bourgas.
Left Sofia in November, returned
to Palace Gardens March 15-16.

(III.) Residents.

Quite common: frequents the outskirts of Sofia.

Abundant: frequents towns.

Sofia and other towns: extraordinarily abundant,
flies and calls long after dark, and begins again
before daylight all through the winter. Very
white about the sides of the neck.

Universally distributed.

Extraordinarily abundant: as many asa hundred
being seen in one small oak-wood. (Twenty
mobbing an Owl.)

Reported to me by a trustworthy friend, who saw
it in the Balkans.

Rare.

In pairs: not often seen.

Common in considerable flocks. A much hand-
somer bird than our form, the head being
not chocolate, but a rich ruddy chestnut.

Abundant: differs slightly from the British
form, the male having, in many cases, scarcely
a trace of chestnut on the head, and being not
easy to distinguish from the female when seen
from behind. A much duller bird.

General] and abundant.

Abundant: universally distributed.

Iskar Gorge.

Abundant: always present around Sofia and
other towns.

Bourgas.

At Kustendil in the west and Bourgas in the
east ; common.

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Marsh-Tit. Prince Boris Gardens, Sofia ; less common than
other Titmice.
Turkish Long-tailed Prince Boris Gardens, Sofia: common.
eat

Blue Tit. os ae %

Great Tit. - A ”

Goldcrest. Generally distributed.

Nuthatch. y ”

Tree-Creeper. 5 4

Calandra Lark. Seen on the waste-country round Adrianople.
Crested Lark. The “ Robin” of Bulgaria. Abundant in every

town, and in the railway-stations and goods-
yards. Ridiculously tame.

Sky-Lark. Leaves Sofia during the coldest weather.

Grey Wagtail. Found wherever there is running water.

Wren. Nowhere common, but generally heard, and
sometimes seen.

Blackbird. Sofia: frequents town-gardens in snow.

f King Ferdinand
Dipper, Black-bellied. Chepino Valley, Rhodopes. | only recognizes
White-throated. Above Sofia. | the latter species

L in his collection.

Lesser Spotted Wood- Higher country, Balkans and Rhodopes:

”

pecker. common.
Grecian Spotted Lower Maritza: one seen.
Woodpecker.
Greater Spotted 5 re : common.
Woodpecker.
Green Woodpecker. a “. : common.
Kingfisher. Lower Maritza.
Brown Owl. One seen north of Mustafa Pacha being mobbed
by Jays.
Little Owl. Frequents villages in snow, so must be resident.
Hen-Harrier. Seen several times in all plumages near Sofia.
Marsh- Harrier. Mustafa Pacha: a single pair seen twice, same
marsh.
Common Buzzard. Fairly common around Sofia; some birds were

in extremely variegated plumage, with a single
deep terminal bar to an otherwise white tail.

Kestrel. Common: baunts the Zoological Garden for mice
Sparrow-Hawk. Abundant and generally distributed. Sits on

the top shoot of small pine-tree at sunset and
strikes small birds coming to roost.
Bonelli’s Eagle. Mustafa Pacha: once seen,

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Tmperial Eagle.

Golden Eagle.
Peregrine.
Wild Swan (sp. inc.).

Pelican (sp. inc.).
Cormorant.

White Keret.
Night-Heron.
Heron.
Peewit.
Moorhen.

Mediterranean Black-
headed Gull.
Yellow-legged
Herring-Gull.
Dabchick.
Great Crested Grebe.
Diver (sp. inc.).
Ringed Turtle.
Stock-Dove.

Grey Partridge.

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Common and generally distributed : visits Sofia,
flies over city and public gardens, Nests in
low pear-trees and in elms, in open country
quite close to the railway-line and villages,
and may be seen on its nest from passing trains.
A mean bird, sits with Hoodies upon the
ground. Has a deep cry.

Sofia: once seen, regarded as rare.

Bourgas: well-identified once.

Seen in the distance on the Danube. (The
Whooper is known).

Seen in the distance on the Danube.

Abundant on the lower Maritza above Mustafa
Pacha, 7. e. a hundred miles and more from its
mouth.

Bourgas.

9

Universal: common.

In flocks about the grass-country as in England.

Seen from the train in Servia: not observed or
heard in Bulgaria. —

Bourgas.

Bourgas: abundant, almost a pest.

Bourgas.
”
A pair on the Black Sea off Bourgas.
Abundant in all towns throughout the winter.
Abundant, to the exclusion of other forms, on the
upper Maritza.
Rhodopes.

Mr. Wiruersy stated that at the June meeting, on the
completion of the 21st Session of the Club, it had been
decided to present to Dr. P. L. Sclater the address (which
had been circulated) engrossed on vellum with the signatures
of the members in facsimile, the whole bound in album
form. It was proposed that the silver token should be in
the shape of an Ibis standing on a Globe, and a sketch of
the design was passed round and approved of by those

present.

97 | Wolk xxx.

Mr. Wiruersy further stated that the arrangements for
the Selborne excursion on Saturday, the 12th of July, were
nearly complete, and that full particulars would presently
be circulated to every member. It was proposed that the
party should start from Waterloo at 9.25 a.m., reaching
Alton at 11.2, and drive to Selborne. A visit was then to
be made to the garden of the ‘ Wakes,” for which Colonel
A. Bibby had very kindly given permission. After lunch,
which would be served at the Queen’s Arms Hotel, Selborne,
Mr. W. H. Mullens would read a short paper on points of
interest connected with Gilbert White and Selborne. The
party would then take a drive round Woolmer Forest, the
scene of so many of Gilbert White’s observations. A return
would be made to the Hotel for tea before driving back to
Alton to catch the 5.32 train which reached Waterloo
at 7.6.

Mr. Witherby felt sure that the members would be very
grateful to Colonel A. Bibby for the permission to visit the
“ Wakes,” and to Mr. W. H. Mullens for having kindly
consented to conduct the party and to read a paper.

Mr. Ocitvie-Grant announced that Mr. A. F. R. Wollas-
_ ton was expected to arrive in England from New Guinea on
the 25th of May, and it was hoped that he would be present
at the last meeting of the Session to be held on the 11th
of June. By that date a preliminary examination of the
specimens would no doubt have been made, and in that
case the members might hope to see some of the more
important results of the Expedition. It appeared that
Mr. Kloss and his Dyak collectors had procured about
1250 birds between sea-level and 8000 feet.

At the previous meeting of the Club, held on the 9th of
April, the Rev. F. C. R. Jourpain made the following
remarks, but the manuscript was not received in time for
publication :—

Vol. xxxi. | 98

In the course of a discussion on various points in the
British Museum ‘ Catalogue of Eggs,’ he pointed out that
the statement in Dresser’s ‘ Birds of Europe,’ iv. p. 545,
and Howard Saunders’s ‘ Catalogue des Oiseaux du Midi de
lEspagne,’ that Corvus cornice was found breeding by
Von Homeyer in the Balearic Isles, was based on error, as
Von Homeyer in the passage referred to (J. f. O. 1862,
p. 252) did not mention the Hooded Crow. He merely
stated that he had found a nest, which was not examined
and from which no birds were shot, but which he believed
to be that of Corvus corone.

By an unfortunate oversight the date of the last meeting
was incorrectly printed as the 19th of March instead of the
9th of April. The accompanying slip with the correct date
is intended to be pasted over this error.

The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday,
the llth of June, 1913, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT,
42-48 Great Portland Street, W.; the Dinner at 7 p.m.
Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to
inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C.

[N.B.—Members who intend to make any communication
at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to
give notice beforehand to the Kditor, also to supply
him with a written account of anything intended for
publication. |

(Signed)
F. G. Penrosz, W. R. Ocitvie-Grant, H. F. Witnersy,
Chairman. Editor. Sec. & Treas.

BULLETIN

OF THE

BPertiot ORNITHOLOGISTS CLUB.

No. CLXXXIX.

Tux hundred and eighty-seventh Meeting of the Club was held
at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.,
on Wednesday, the 11th of June, 1918.

Chairman: Hon. W. Rotuscuttp, Ph.D., F.R.S.

Members present :—H. C. Stuart Baker, H. G. Barcuay,
E. Binwett, ©. D. Borrer, W. FirzHerpert BROCKHOLES,
P. F. Bunyarp, N. Cuaruin, C. Couss, Colonel S. R. Ciarxs,
F. H. Drewitt, M.D., H. J. Evwes, F.R.S., H. Goopcui1p,
C. H. B. Grant, Rev. J. R. Harz, Major H. H. Harineron,
K. Hartert, Ph.D., G. P. Hony, C. Incram, Rev. F. C. R.
Jourpain, C. Bopren Ktioss, G. A. Macminuan, W. E. F.
Macmitian, G. M. Martuews, E. G. B. Metapr-Wa po,
P. W. Munn, H. Munt, Mackenzie Murray, T. H. New-
MAN, W. R. Ocintviz-Grant (Editor), C. Otpnam, C. E.
Pranson, F. R. Rarcuirr, R: H. Reap, C. B. Rickert,
A. D. Sapswortn, W. L. Sctarer, D. Sern-Smiru, L. M.
Seru-SMmitH, Major H. A. Terry, C. B. Ticrnurst, M.B.,
N. F. Trcesurst, F.R.C.S., A. F. R. Woutaston, 8S. J.
Waite, H. F. Wirnersy (Sec. & Treas.).

Visitors :—Col. R. C. Batrwarp, G. K. Baynes, C. E.
Facan, H.S. L. Fry, Sir Witxiiam INncram, Bart., Bruce
S. Incram, T’. WELLs.

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Vol. xxxi. | 100

The Hon. Watter Roruscuitp said that it was with
great regret he had to intimate to the Memhers of the Club
that their Chairman, Dr. P. L. Sclater, had met with
an accident and would be unable to join them on that
occasion. ‘This was the more to be regretted, as the occasion
was a very special one, being the 21st anniversary of the
Club. During all those years Dr. Sclater had been an
unfailing supporter of the Club and had seldom missed a
meeting, and the Members had determined to mark the
present occasion by presenting him with a testimonial and
a piece of plate in commemoration of his long and faithful
services.

Mr. Rothschild said that the honour and pleasure of
presenting these souvenirs had fallen on him, and that the
absence of Dr. Sclater would be as great a disappointment to
all the Members as it was to himself. In the absence of his
father, Mr. W. L. Sclater had kindly consented to receive
the gifts.

The testimonial, which took the form of a beautifully
bound book, contained the following short address engrossed
in coloured letters on vellum, and signed by nearly all the
Members of the Club :—

«IN COMMEMORATION
OF THE
TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY
OF THE

BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB.

FOUNDED IN OCTOBER, 1892.

‘We, the undersigned Members of the British
Ornithologists’ Club, in presenting this testimonial to
Puitie Lutrtey Scrater, M.A., D.Se., F.R.S., desire to
record our high appreciation of his valuable services as
Chairman during the past twenty-one years.

101 [ Vol. xxxi.

“We would also express our admiration for the way in
which he has at all times furthered the best interests of the
Club, by his untiring devotion, and we feel that the high
status it has attained is largely due to his unfailing
support.”

The piece of plate, intended as a centre-piece for a dining-
table, was in the form of a silver [bis standing on a silver
globe and mounted on an ebony stand bearing a tablet and
inscription. The Ibis was a copy of the familiar drawing
which ornaments the cover of the ‘ Ibis,’ the well-known
Journal of the British Ornithologists’ Union, with which
Dr. Sclater had always been so closely connected as Editor.
The globe had the Jand-areas of frosted silver and the seas
of polished silver. This unique design, about fifteen inches
in height, together with the testimonial, were handed to
Mr. W. L. Sclater, who in a few well-chosen words thanked
the Members very sincerely for the beautiful gifts which
he had received on behalf of his father. He deplored
his father’s absence, and explained that Dr. Sclater had
recently met with a carriage-accident and was still confined
to his bed. He felt sure, however, that if anything could
accelerate his recovery it would be the kind thoughts of
the Members of the Club in which he had always been so
deeply interested.

Mr. Roruscuitp said it was also his privilege on that
memorable night to extend the warm welcome of the Club
to Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston and Mr. C. Boden Kloss, who
had just returned from their most successful ascent of
Carstensz Peak, in the Snow Range of New Guinea. It was
a great pleasure to see them back safe and sound, and
apparently none the worse, after all the hardships they had
endured. As they were there to tell their own story, it only
remained for him to present to Mr. Wollaston the Silver
Medal of the B.O.U., which had been awarded to him after
the previous attempt to reach the Snow Mountains by way
of the Mimika River.

a2

Vol. xxxi.] 102

Mr. A. F. R. Wo taston gave the following account of
the expedition to the Utakwa River, S.W. New Guinea :—

** Our party consisted of Mr. C. B. Kloss, an engineer, five
Dyak collectors, and 74 Dyak carriers ; the escort, provided
by the Dutch Government, numbered 130 men under the
command of Lieut. Van de Water. We left Java on the
3lst of August in a Government steamer and anchored a few
miles up the Utakwa River on the 18th of September. In
seven days all our baggage had been landed and a base-camp
established about twenty miles from the sea. A fortnight
later we proceeded up the river in six large canoes, which
had been made by the Dyaks. Two days’ journey took us
as far as it was possible to go by water, and there a second
permanent camp (Canoe Camp) was made. Three marches
from the river a camp was made im the foothills at an
altitude of about 2500 ft., and collectors were sent there as
soon as possible. When sufficient stores had been accumu-
lated at that place a preliminary excursion was made for
six marches into the mountains in the middle of December,
and at the end of that month two collectors were sent up to
a camp between 4000 and 5000 ft. In the middle of
January we set out on our excursion to the highest moun-
tains, and at the ninth camp from the river (about 6000 ft.)
two collectors spent a fortnight and obtained a valuable
series of birds. Three days’ further march brought us to a
place (10,500 ft.) from which we were able to reach the
highest mountains. We climbed above the snow-line on to
the ice-cap of Mt. Carstensz on the 30th of January and the
Ist of February, but on neither occasion were we able to reach
the summit of the mountain (15,800 ft.). Above 6000 ft. the
character of the forest begins to change, the trees are of
smaller size and herbaceous plants are more numerous.
About 8000 ft. are many Casuarinas, which are replaced
higher up by bushy heaths and various flowering shrubs,
until at about 11,000 ft. the rocks become so steep as only
to support the scantiest vegetation. In the higher regions
(above 6000 ft.) animal-life was very scanty. Small Parrots
in pairs are seen occasionally, and large flocks of Lories were

103 [ Vol. xxxi.

found feeding on the fruits of the pandan trees up to 8000 ft.
A pair of Pipits were seen in the rocky bed of a stream at
9000, ft., and the droppings of a strange game-bird, probably
the Anurophasis monorthonyx obtained by Mr. Lorentz on
Mt. Wilhelmina, were noticed at 10,300 ft. Beyond that
point the only birds seen were a Pigeon (Gymnophaps albertisi),
a Sun-bird, anda Rock-Thrush. No Birds of Prey were seen
above €000 ft. Insects are remarkably scarce and mammals
are very few in the higher regions. A pair of Black Pha-
langers were caught at 8000 ft. by natives, who refused to
part with them. On the ridges about 10,000 ft. were seen
many tracks of Echidna, and on the rocks above 13,000 ft.
were found the droppings of a carnivorous mammal.”

Mr. Ocitvir-Grant exhibited a nearly complete set of
birds procured by Mr. Wollaston and Mr. Kloss during
their ascent of Carstensz Peak. The collection, numbering
nearly one thousand three hundred specimens, had been
received and unpacked two days previously, and it had
therefore only been possible to examine them in a somewhat
cursory manner; but in most instances the species had been
provisionally named. As would be seen from the splendid
series of birds displayed on the long table down the middle
of the room, the number of species obtained was very large,
and it would be difficult to find any country, other than
New Guinea, which could boast of an avifauna so varied
or so brilliant in colour. Many very rare and interesting
species not to be found in any museum in Britain had been
obtained. Some, such as the giant flightless Rail Megacrex
inepta D’Albertis and Salvadori, had already been described,
but the addition to the National Museum of such a striking
form was, in the opinion of the speaker, a far more important
event than the discovery of a new species.

This great Rail bore a curious resemblance to the members
of the South American genus Aramides, but was of a much
heavier build and evidently entirely dependent on _ its
cursorial powers, being incapable of flight. Among the
Paradise-birds and Bower-birds the attention of the Members

Vol. xxxiy 104.

was especially drawn to Loboparadisea sericea Roths., repre-
sented by adult and immature birds of both sexes, and
hitherto unrepresented inthe British Museum. There were
also exhibited adult examples, both male and female, of
Astrapia splendidissima Roths., Parotia carole meeki Roths.,
Loria lorie Salvad., etc. A new species, Paradigalla inter-
media, with its nest and nestling, had also been obtained,
the latter having the wattles on the sides of the face almost
as well developed as in the nearly adult male. The splendid
Xanthomelas ardens procured by the last expedition to the
Mimika had not again been met with.

Among the Parrots there were fine examples of the
recently described Aprosmictus wilhelmine O.-Grant, proving
that this form is well-characterised by its black mantle, also
examples of Cyclopsittacus godmani O.-Grant, Charmosynopsis
multistriata Roths., and many fine species of Passeres. The
following species and subspecies appeared to be new to
science :—

RALLICULA KLOSSI, sp. Nn.

Adult male. Differs from the male of R. forbesi Sharpe,
from British New Guinea, in having the mantle, wing-
coverts, and scapulars dark chestnut instead of black. ‘Total
length about 190 mm.; wing 89; tail 51; tarsus 38.

Adult female. Differs from the female of R. forbesi in
having the buff spots on the black mantle much smaller and
more numerous; the rump is similarly marked, whereas in
R. forbesi it is sooty-brown and unspotted. Wing 86 mm.

Hab. Utakwa River.

Types in the British Museum: ¢. Camp No. 9, 5500 ft.,
30.1.13; 9. Camp No. 63), 4200 ft., 24.1. 18.

MELLOPITTA LUGUBRIS ROSTRATA, Subsp. n.

Adult male. Similar to M. lugubris Schleg., but larger
and with a conspicuously stouter bill. Total length about
170 mm.; culmen 24; wing 89; tail 52; tarsus 41.

Hab. Utakwa River.

Type in the British Museum: ¢. Camp No. 63, 4200 ft.,
26.1. 18.

105 [ Vol. xxxi.

EDOLIISOMA UTAKWENSIS, Sp. 0.

Adult (marked female, but almost certainly a male).
Nearest to EH. poliopse Sharpe, but larger and with the lores
and feathers in front of the eye, as well as the chin and
upper throat, black; remainder of the upper and under
surface light grey with rather distinct dark shafts to the
feathers ; wings and tail entirely black, under tail-coverts
bordered or mottled submarginally with chestnut; under
surface of the wings uniform light grey. ‘Total length
250 mm.; culmen 20 ; wing 133; tail 100; tarsus 29.

Hab. Utakwa River.

Type in the British Museum: @ [? ¢ |]. Camp No. 9,
5500 ft., 30.1. 13. .

Obs. In some respects the present species reminds one of
the larger EH. anale Verr., from New Caledonia, which has
the entire under tail-coverts rufous.

ANTHUS WOLLASTONI, Sp. n.

Adult male. Most nearly allied to A. gutturalis De Vis,
from British New Guinea, but easily distinguished by its
finer bill and by lacking the blackish bands on the sides of
the neck. The lores and superciliary stripes are pale rufous-
buff like the chin, throat, and underparts, the chest and
breast as well as the flanks darker, and the feathers of the
former with a few blackish shaft-streaks. The outermost
pair of tail-feathers have the outer web and an oblique portion
of the inner web pale buff, the penultimate pair have a
terminal wedge of the same colour, but with a more smoky
tinge. Long hair-like axillary plumes pale whitish-buff.
Total length ca. 175 mm.; wing 97; tail 77; tarsus 28.

Hab. Utakwa River.

Type in the British Museum: ¢. Camp No. 11,8000 ft.,
6. 11. 13.

PAaRADIGALLA INTERMEDIA, Sp. n.

Male vix adult. Similar to P. carunculata Hyd. & Souleyet,
from the Arfak Mountains, but much smaller and with a
conspicuously shorter tail. Nasal caruncles and base of bill

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lemon-yellow. Total length about 250 mm.; wing 155-7;
tail 75; tarsus 43. In P. carunculata the wing measures
170-180 mm. and the tail 167.

Hab. Utakwa River.

Type in the British Museum: ¢ vix adult. Camp No. 6c,
5500 ft., 25. 11. 18.

Obs. In the type specimen only the middle pair of tail-
feathers are those of the adult plumage and are much shorter
than the five outer pairs, which measure about 92mm. This
species 1s intermediate between P. carunculata and P. brevi-
cauda Roths. & Hartert, from Mount Goliath. The latter
shows the same peculiarity as the present species, the tail in
the young being much longer than in the adult.

Mr. C. Bovren Ktoss offered a few remarks on the
distribution of some of the species, and pointed out that he
believed one of the Pigeons, Gymnophaps albertisi, occurred
from the coast region to the highest ground, though no
example was procured in the latter locality.

The Hon. Water Roruscuitp, Ph.D., F.R.S., exhibited
two clutches of eggs with an adult pair and nestlings of
Rhamphocorys clot-bey (Bonap.) and one clutch of eggs of
Lrythrospiza githaginea zedlitzi Neum., all from Ain Sefra,
Sud-Oranais, Algeria. He also exhibited a remarkable
clutch of eggs of the Woodchat-Shrike, Lanius senator
senator Linn., from Saida, Province of Oran, Algeria. It was
noteworthy, firstly, on account of the broad belt of heavy
spots round the middle of the eggs instead of at the broad
end, and, secondly, in that the clutch consisted of seven eggs
—a very rare occurrence.

He further exhibited examples of three species of birds
new to the Algerian fauna :—

1. GaARRULUS GLANDARIUS WHITAKERI Hart., from the
forests between Tlemcen and Sebdou. This bird had hitherto
been recorded from Tangier only, and a specimen from that

107 [ Vol. xxxi.

locality was shown for comparison. This discovery raised
the number of species of Jays found in Algeria to three,
viz. :—Garrulus glandarius cervicalis Bonap. (coast and centre
of Provinces of Constantine and Alger), G. g. minor Verr.
(southern part of the Province of Alger), and G. g. whitakert
Hart. (Province of Oran).

2. CHELIDON DAURICA RUFULA (Temm.), from between
Tlemcen and Lalla Marnia. This bird had been stated to
be an accidental visitor to Algeria, both by Malherbe and
Loche, but they evidently wrote from hearsay only, and
there had hitherto been no actual proof of its occurrence.
Some old nests were found under a bridge.

3. APUS AFFINIS GALILEJENSIS (Antin.), from Ain Sefra,
Sud-Oranais. This was the first record of this Swift from
Algeria, though the bird was common in parts of Morocco.

Mr. RotuscHiLp went on to say that his recent expedition
had been practically confined to the western Province of
Oran. In company with Dr. Hartert and Mr. Carl Hilgert,
and taking also a trapper to collect mammals, he had first
spent ten days at Oran itself, then ten days at Tlemcen.
The party then proceeded to Ain Sefra, the fauna of which
proved a great surprise, for although the nature of the
country was decidedly that of the ‘“‘ Hauts Plateaux,” it was
a mixture of desert- and northern forms. Going north again
from Ain Sefra, a few days were spent at Saida, after which
a week at Hammam R’hirha concluded the trip. Besides
some 4800 insects and 140 mammals, the ornithological
results consisted of 240 birds and 236 eggs (65 clutches).

Colonel StepHenson Cuarke exhibited examples of two
new African birds which he proposed to describe as
follows :—

STIZORHINA VULPINA INTERMEDIA, subsp. n.
Adult male. Intermediate in size between S. vulpina
Reichenow, from the Semliki Valley and Upper Congo

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Forest, and S. grandis O.-Grant, from the coastal districts
of British East Africa.

As in 8S, vulpina the buff markings on the basal half of the
inner webs of the primary quills are sharply defined from
the dark terminal portions, while in S. grandis they grade
imperceptibly into them.

The comparative measurements are as follows :—

S. vulpina. S. v. intermedia. 8. grandis.
Wing 92-96 mm. 103-105 mm. 120 mm.
Tail 76-80 ,, 902 G1: 106 ,,

Hab. Victoria Nyanza District : Entebbe and Mbarara,
in Ankole.

Type in the British Museum: ¢. Entebbe, 10. xi. 05.
EK. Degen coll.
Obs. My collector obtained a second male example of this

Flycatcher at Mbarara, in Ankole, on the 14th of October,
1912.

CAPRIMULGUS LUDOVICIANUS, Sp. 0.

Adult. Most nearly allied to C. inornatus, Heugl., which
it resembles in all the more striking characters, such as
the white markings on the primaries, the four outer quills
having a white patch on the inner web which extends on to
the outer web of the second, third, and fourth; and the two
outer pairs of tail-feathers have the terminal half (about
55 mm.) white on both webs.

It is, however, easily distinguished from C. inornatus by
its much larger size and the more rufous ground-colour of
the upper- and underparts, the median and greater wing-
coverts being very conspicuously spotted at the extremity
or tipped with light red. Wing 174 mm. ; tail 130.

In C. inornatus the measurements are; wing 155 mm. ;
tail 115.

Hab. South-west Abyssinia.

Obs. I have presented the type of this species to the
British Museum. Adult no. 43. South Abyssinia.
L. Clarke coll.

109 [ Vol. xxxi.

Major H. H. Harineton exhibited the following new
subspecies of Indian birds, which he described as
follows :—

SUYA CRINIGERA COOKI, subsp. n,

Suya crinigera Oates, Birds of Burma, i. p. 123 (1883).

Oates has drawn attention to the fact that birds of this
genus from Thayetmyo, Rega District, have the breast
unmarked, the black bases of the feathers being concealed,
while in S. crinigera from India they form a conspicuous
feature. For that reason he seemed doubtful whether the
Burmese birds belonged to that species or not.

One of the two specimens in the British Museum, collected
by him at Thayetmyo, is labelled S. obscura, Hume, a name
given to immature birds from Kashmir; the other is
unnamed.

Adult in summer-plumage. Differs from S. ¢. crinigera in
having no black on the breast; the upper plumage is not
striped, for though the feathers of the head have the edges
slightly paler, they are not marked enough to produce a
striped appearance; short supercilium whitish; underparts
white tinged with buff. Bull brown, instead of black.

&. Culmen 11 mm.; wing 57; tail 90; tarsus 23.

or. Per ee amis eb bo) 4,5) 8b5. 45 1.20%

Young. Breast ed with Presi claw:

Winter-plumage. At present uncertain.

Hab. Central plains of Upper Burma and possibly the
Shan States.

Type in the British Museum: ¢. Thayetmyo, 1.1x.72.
K. W. Oates coll.

Obs. Two breeding females shot off their nests, and
one immature bird, were collected by Mr. J. P. Cook at
Thayetmyo. Specimens were also procured at Meiktila and
Regawbwe. A breeding female from Kalaw collected by
_ Mr. Cook, and another obtained by Col. Rippon at Bampon,
S. Shan States, and labelled S. atrigularis, are, I think,
referable to this subspecies, although decidedly greyer on the
neck. A very noticeable feature about this bird is that it is

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found in the plains, whilst S. crinigera crinigera is essentially
a hill species.

Two specimens collected by Col. Rippon on Popa Hill,
Mynigyan District, have black bills, longer tails, and traces
of a striped plumage ; these may possibly represent another
subspecies or S. c. crinigera.

I have named this subspecies after Mr. J. Pemberton
Cook, who first drew my attention to the differences in
plumage.

SUYA CRINIGERA YUNNANENSIS, subsp. n.

In the Natural History Museum there are seven examples
of this form from Yunnan, two collected by Dr. Anderson
in June and five by Col. Rippon in March and April. This
subspecies is most noticeable on account of its very dark
appearance, and can be easily separated from S. ec. crinigera.

Male in summer-plumage. Uead very dark sooty-brown,
almost black, each feather with paler edges, producing a
slightly mottled appearance ; back dark brown, the feathers
also with light edges ; wings dark brown, outer edges of the
primaries light brown; tail light brown. Throat and breast
fulvous- white, the black bases of the feathers showing
through ; under wing-coverts buff; thighs and under tail-
coverts darker. Bill (in dried skin) intensely black.

Culmen 10 mm.; wing 58; tail 103; tarsus 20.

Female in summer-plumage. In general appearance very
similar to the male, but slightly paler, the feathers having
broader edges ; also the head is of the same colour as the
back.

Wing 51 mm.; tail 90; tarsus 20.

Hab. Yunnan.

Types in the British Museum: ¢ 9. vi.68. Dr. J.
Anderson coll.

Obs. The winter-plumage is at present unknown. ‘Three
skins (sex undetermined), collected by Col. Rippon in March
and April, are much lighter than those described, and may
be in a transitional stage, the whole upper plumage having
a striped appearance caused by the shafts of the feathers

th [ Vol. xxxi.

being almost black; the head is of the same colour as
the back.

PRINIA INORNATA BURMANICA, Subsp. n.

Adult. Differs from P. 1. blanfordi, from Lower Burma,
in being greyer above; during the breeding-season the
males have the bill black. From P. 2. inornata, from India,
it differs in having distinct black subterminal spots on the
tail-feathers at all seasons, and the upper plumage greyish-
brown instead of brown. ‘This subspecies is, in fact, inter-
mediate between P, 7. inornata and P. i. blanfordi, and as it
occurs over a very large extent of country is entitled to
subspecific rank.

$. Totallength 127 mm.; culmen12; wing 51; tail 67;
tarsus 23.

?. Total length 117 mm.; culmen 12; wing 47; tail 54;
tarsus 21].

Hab. The whole of Upper Burma, north of Toungoo, and
the Shan States.

Types in the British Museum: ¢ 9. Mandalay, 27. vi.11.
Presented by Major H. H. Harington.

PRINIA INORNATA FORMOSA, Subsp. n.

Adult. Differs from P. 7. extensicauda Swinhoe, from the
coast of China, in having, in winter, the upper plumage
tinged with green, instead of rufous. In summer it is much
greyer than in that species.

Hab. Formosa.

Type in the British Museum: ¢. No. 731. Laulong,
6.xu.93. P. A. Holst coll. Seebohm Bequest.

Mr. Cirrrorp Borrer exhibited a variety of the Common
Wheatear (G’nanthe enanthe), and stated that the bird was
a female shot in Norfolk last May. Varieties appeared to
occur more frequently in this species among immature
birds.

The specimen was of an almost entirely pale grey above,
shot with pale buff; the breast pale buff, and the eye-stripe,

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which was very pronounced,: of the same colour. The eye
was of a curious dull white. The wings unusually pale.

Mr. Borrer also exhibited two clutches of eggs of the
Common Tern (Sterna fluviatilis), of the rare red variety.
They were believed to be the first and second sets of the
same bird. ‘They had been obtained this year in England :
the first set was of a most brilliant red colour, and the
second of a duller rust-red.

Mr. Borrer said that these eggs were of particular interest,
as this type occurred, so far as he was aware, in one locality
only. He had received similar clutches from this colony
every season during the last five or six years, and they were
believed to have occurred there for an even longer period.
It was not likely that the same pair of individual birds
should have survived every accident of migration, and have
returned to the spot with unfailing regularity season after
season. It would appear that a strain of birds had established
itself in this colony, whose tendency was to lay eggs stained
almost exclusively with blood-pigment; and it was possible
that in this manner had been evolved such erythristic types
as occurred in the eggs of the Blackcap in this country and of
the Dartford Warbler on the continent—the type developing
from an abnormal variety in an individual bird.

Mr. Ocitvis-Grant exhibited and described a new sub-
species of Grosbeak collected by Mr. G. W. Bury in the
high mountains of Southern Yemen :—

RHYNCHOSTRUTHUS PERCIVALI YEMENENSIS, subsp. n.

Adult male. Similar to R. percivali, but with no black on
the forehead; the head and nape of a brighter rufous-brown ;
the mantle browner and the rump and upper tail-coverts
darker grey; bill dark grey (nearly black); feet pale
pinkish-brown. Total length 160 mm.; wing 92; tail 62;
tarsus 19.

Adult female. Similar to the male, but smaller. Total
length 146 mm.; wing 89; tail 53 ; tarsus 18.

Hab. Mountains of Southern Yemen,

113 [Vol. xxx1.

Types in the British Museum: ¢. Wasel, 4000 ft.,
9.11.13; 2. Wasel, 4000 ft., 25.u.13. G.W. Bury coll.

Obs. The occurrence of this Grosbeak in the mountains
of Yemen is of great interest. R. socotranus is confined
to Socotra, R. percivali to the mountams of Hadramut,
S. Arabia, and R. louise to the mountains of North
Somaliland.

Dr. C. B. Ticzenurst exhibited on behalf of Mr. W. Hace
Crarxe examples of the Hebridean Song-Thrush (7urdus
musicus hebridensts), and made the following remarks :—

“ The native Song-Thrush of the Outer Hebrides has long
been known to differ by the darkness of its plumage from
Thrushes found elsewhere in Britain, and this was pointed
out by the late Mr. Robert Gray in his ‘ Birds of the West
of Scotland’ in 1868. This Thrush, however, was not
described in detail or named until Mr. Eagle Clarke did so
in ‘The Scottish Naturalist,’ 1918, pp. 53-55. Here he
pointed out that the mantle and wings are darker brown;
the head slightly redder than in the British race, and the
under-surface has the black ovate spots larger, morenumerous,
and of a more intense black, while the buff colour is paler.
The flanks are conspicuously streaked with greyish-brown
showing little buff, and the buff of the under wing is richer
and redder.

“YT would further point out that the juvenile plumage also
differs from that of the British race, in the same way as that
of the adult.

“The exact distribution of this race has not yet been
determined, but it is known to occurin Barra and South Uist.
There is evidence to show that a Song-Thrush was resident
in St. Kilda about 1840, but is not to be met with there
now.

‘Continental and British Song-Thrushes occur in the
Outer Hebrides on migration and in winter, and since the
planting of trees at Stornaway Castle the British Song-
Thrush has bred there.”

Vol. xxxi.] 114.

Mr. Oeitvir-Grant remarked that he had recently received
a nest with five eggs of the Hebridean Song-Thrush taken
in Benbecula on the 16th of May. The nest was placed ina
hole among some peats which had been dug some years
previously and had become overgrown with dry rank grass.
The eggs did not differ in any way from those of the British
Song-Thrush. The Hebridean form appeared to be found in
all the larger islands of the Outer Hebrides and apparently
also in Skye, but in the neighbourhood of Stornaway and in
Skye the British form also occurred.

Mr. Cuaupe H. B. Grant said that Mr. Tom Irepae
had kindly drawn his attention to the fact that the name
Heteronyx which be proposed for a genus of African Larks
in the Bull. B.O.C. xxi. p. 111 (1908), was preoccupied in
insects. He therefore proposed to rename it Heteromirafra,
and the species must in future stand as Heteromirafra ruddi

(Grant).

As many members have expressed a wish that an Agenda
should be sent out before each Meeting of the Club, an
attempt will in future be made to do so, and will commence
at the first meeting of the next Session to be held in Octcber.
An Agenda can only be supplied if the members who intend
to exhibit specimens or read papers intimate their intention
of doing so at least two weeks before the meeting. It should
be remembered, however, that an Agenda of this kind is
generally very incomplete, and it frequently happens that the
most interesting communications are received at the last
moment. Members, therefore, should not trust entirely to
the Agenda.

All communications for Agenda should be addressed to
the Editor, at the Natural History Museum, Cromwell
Road, London, 8.W.

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the 8th of October, 1918, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT,
42-48 Great Portland Street, W.; the Dinner at 7 p.m.
Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to
inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C.

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It is with great regret that we have to
record the death of Dr. P. L. Sclater,
which occurred on Friday the 27th of June.

INDEX.

Abrornis albigularis, 14.
formosana, 14.
sakaiorum, 27.
schwaneri, 28.
vordermanni, 27.
Acanthis cannabina, 89.
Acanthopneuste harterti, 36, 82.
trochiloides, 36, 82.
Accentor fagani, 88.
modularis, 64.
ocularis, 88.
Accipiter albus, 51.
gentilis, 49, 51.

acik, Chalcomitra, 84.
Acridotheres tristis, 46.
Acrocephalus agricola, 10.
schoenobeenus, 47.
stentoreus, 47.

——— streperus, 63.

——— faiti, 58, 77.
tangorum, 10,
vaughani, 59.
Acryllium vulturinum x Gallus gallus,

Actinodura khasiana, 82.
acuta, Dafila, 50.
sesalon, Falco, 28.
stigma, Cyornis, 83.
zstiva, Amazona, 48.
A&thiopsar cristatellus, 14.
formosanus, 14.
afer, Eurystomus, 84.
affinis, Larus, 68.
agricola, Acrocephalus, 10.
Aix sponsa, 51.
x Anas penelope, 53.
x Anas platyrhyncha, 53.
x Dafila acuta, 53.
< Nyroca clangula, 53.
x Nyroca ferina, 53.
x Nyroea fuligula, 53.
< Nyroca nyroca, 53.
x Tadorna tadorna, 53.
alba, Tyto, 38.

VOL. XXXI.

ATT TT

albertisi, Gymnophaps, 103, 106.
albifrons, Anser, 70, 71.
albigularis, Abrornis, 14.
albivitta, Aulacorhamphus, 48.
albus, Accipiter, 51.

Alcedo ispida, 62.

Amazona exstiva, 48.

anale, Edoliisoma, 105.

Anas chlorotis, 49.

crecca, 49.

discors, 49.

penelope, 49.

-—— X A. crecca, 52.

—— > A. sibilatrix, 52.

x Nyroca fuligula, 53.
platyrhyncha, 51.

x A. obscura, 52,
-— X A. penelope, 52.
—— xX Dafila acuta, 52.
— X Dafila spinicauda, 52.
— xX Somateria mollissima,

Eee ere

52.
Andropadus virens, 84,
Anous leucocapillus, 61.
Anser albifrons, 70, 71.
anser, 70, 71.
—— brachyrhynchus, 70, 71.
fabalis, 70, 71.
finmarchicus, 70, 71.
antelius, Larus, 69.
Anthornis melanura, 47.
Anthothreptes hypodila, 84.
Anthus gutturalis, 105,
—— richardi, 82.
rufulus, 82.
striolatus, 82.
wollastoni, 105.
antigone, Grus, 24.
antipodum, Megadyptes, 50.
Anurophasis monorthonyx, 103
apoda, Paradisea, 63.
Aprosmictus wilhelmine, 104.
Aptenodytes forsteri, 45,
patagonica, 50,

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Apus affinis galilejensis, 107.

aquaticus, Rallus, 50.

Aquila chrysaétus, 28.

Ara chloroptera x A. militaris, 51,
54

arctica, Fratercula, 21.
arcuata, Dendrocygua, 49.
ardens, Xanthomelas, 104.
arenaria, Calidris, 61,

ariel, Prion, 50.

aripoensis, Grallaria, 13.
Astrapia splendidissima, 104.
atrigularis, Suya, 109.

, Turdus, 87.
aucklandica, Gallinago, 45.
Aulacorhamphus albivitta, 48.
aurantiigula, Macronyx, 82.
austeni, Grammatoptila, 82.

, lanthocincela, 82.
australis, Vini, 60.

Avocet, 92, 93.

bakeri, Cuculus, 34.

, Trochalopterum, 82.

Balearica gibbericeps, 24.

pavonina, 83, 84.

regulorum, 24.

barbarus, Laniarius, 85,

Barnardius semitorquatus x Platy-
cercus eximius, 51.

batjanensis, Phyllergates, 2.

Berlepschia rikeri, 39.

blaauwi, Psephotus, 56.

Blackbird, 95.

blanfordi, Prinia, 111.

Bleda pallidigula, $4.

bottx, Ginanthe, 87.

brachyrhyncbus, Anser, 70, 71.

Brambling, 93.

brevicauda, Paradigalla, 106.

britannicus, Larus, 68.

, Lyrurus, 54.

Bullfinch, 94.

, Northern, 93.

Bunting, Cirl-, 94.

, Common, 94.

—, Meadow-, 94.

——, Reed-, 94.

burmanica, Prinia, 111.

Burnesia reichenowi, 84.

buryi, Parisoma, 87.

Buzzard, Common, 99.

cabanisi, Turdus, 56.
ceerulea, Procelsterna, 61.
Calamocichla jackson, 3.
Jalandra Lark, 95.
Calidris arenaria, 61.

118

Calliptilus stepheni, 77.
Camaroptera chrysoenemis, 84.
Campephilus melanoleucus, 47.
Campophaga martini, 18.
pheenicea, 84.
quiscalina, 18.
candida, Gygis, 61.
canifrons, Spizixus, 82.
cannabina, Acanthis, 89.
canorus, Ouculus, 34, 35, 63.
capensis, Heematopus, 33.
Caprimulgus europzeus, 21, 62.
inornatus, 108.
ludovicianus, 108.
carolinus, Scolecophagus, 46.
carunculata, Paradigalla, 105.
Casarca ferruginea X C. tadornoides,
52.

x Tadorna tadorna, 52.

cervicalis, Garrulus, 107.

Chaffinch, 94.

Chalcomitra acik, 84.

Chalcopsittacus scintillatus, 63.

chalcurus, Ptilopus, 61, 77.

Charmosynopsis multistriata, 104.

Chelidon daurica rufula, 107.

urbica, 64.

Chenalopex egyptiaca x Cairina
moschata, 52.

x Casarca ferruginea,

52.
—-— —— xX Chloephaga magellanica,
52.
Chenopsis atrata X Anser ferus, 52.
Chiffchaff, 92.
chlorolepidotus, Trichoglossus, 51.
Chlorophonia roraime, 39.
chloroptera, Ara, X A. militaris, 51,

chloropygius, Cinnyris, 84.
chlorotis, Anas, 49.

chonensis, Phasianus, 16, 27.
chrysaétus, Aquila, 28.
chrysocnemis, Camaroptera, 84.
Chrysococcyx klaasi, 84.
Chrysomitris frontalis, 84.
chrysopterum, Trochalopterum, 82.
chrysopterygius, Psephotus, 55, 56.
cinerea, Pseudominla, 83.
Cinnyris chloropygius, 84.
Circus gouldi, 49.

Cirl-Bunting, 94.

Cissa ornata, 82.

Cisticola sylvia, 84.

citreoloides, Motacilla, 75.
citrina, Geocichla, 82.

Clangula glaucion, 18, 19, 28, 29.
islandica, 18, 19, 28, 29.
clot-bey, Rhamphocorys, 106.
clypeata, Spatula, 50. ~

119

colchicus, Phasianus, 40, 45.
communis, Sylvia, 62.
continentalis, Emberiza, 74.
cooki, Cypselus, 57.

, Suya crinigera, 109.
coralensis, Ptilopus, 61, 77.
Cormorant, 96.

cornix, Corvus, 46, 98.
corone, Corvus, 98.

Corvus cornix, 46, 98.
vorone, 98.

Cossypha melanonota, 84.
——- natalensis, 83, 84.
somereni, 3.

Coturnix coturnix, 45, 51.
Crane, 92.

creccea, Anas, 49.

, Nettion, 21.

, Querquedula, 38.
Crested Lark, 95.

crinigera, Suya, 109, 110.
cristatellus, Aithiopsar, 14.
Crow, Hooded, 94.
Cryptolopha fulvifacies, 14.
umbrovirens, 90.
yemenensis, 90,
Cuckoo, 92.

cucullatus, Psephotus, 55, 56.
Cuculus bakeri, 34.
canorus, 34, 35, 68.
cunicularia, Speotyto, 48.
curvirostra, Loxia, 20.
cyanea, Platystira, 84.
cyanocephalus, Urzginthus, 32.
Cyclopsittacus godmani, 104.
Cyornis zstigma, 83.
hodgsoni, 83.

--— pallidipes, 83.
Cypselus cooki, 57.
pacificus, 57,

Dabchick, 96.

Dafila acuta, 50.

x Anas crecea, 53.
——'—— X Anas penelope, 53.

x Anas strepera, 53.
spinicauda < Anas strepera,

ae — x Pecilonetta bahamensis,
darwini, Pucrasia, 7.

daurica, Hirundo, &3.

Dendrocygna arcuata, 49.

deningeri, Stigmatops, 6.

——., ‘lurdus, 4.

derbianus, Lyrurus, 91.

detorta, Tyto, 38.

Diceum trigonostigma, 82.

diffusus, Passer, 84.

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dimidiatus, Hyphantornis, 84.
Dipper, Black-bellied, 95.

, White-throated, 95.
discors, Anas, 49.

dissimilis, Psephotus, 55, 56.
Diver, 96.

dixoni, Oreocincla, 81.
Dove, Ringed Turtle-, 96.

, Stock-, 96.

Duck, Tufted, 94.

dumasi, Phyllergates, 2.

Eagle, Bonelli’s, 95,

——, Golden, 96.

, Imperial, 96.

Edoliisoma anale, 105.

poliopse, 105.

- utakwensis, 105.

Egret, White, 96.

elegans, Phasianus, 16,

, Platycercus, 48.

elgonensis, Poliospiza, 17, 18.

Elminia longicauda, 84.

Emberiza yessoénsis, 74, 75.

continentalis, 74.

eminentissima, Foudia, 26.

emini, Terpsiphone, 84.

Eos semilarvata, 15.

Erithacus rubecula, 62.

erythrocephala, Foudia, 27.

Erythrocercus holochlorus, 32.

Erythrospiza githaginea zedlitzi,
106.

Erythrura prasina, 46.

psittacea, 46.

europzus, Caprimulgus, 21, 62.

Eurystomus afer, 84.

everetti, Phyllergates, 2.

eximius, Platycercus, x P. elegans,
51.

,——, & P. flaveolus, 51.

extensicauda, Prinia, 111.

fabalis, Anser, 70, 71.
fagani, Accentor, 88.

Falco xsalon, 28.
peregrinator, 8.
peregrinus, 62.
severus, 8.
finmarchicus, Anser, 70, 71.
Flamingo, 92.

flavala, Hemixus, 82.
fluviatilis, Sterna, 112.
forbesi, Rallicula, 104.
formosa, Prinia, 111.
formosana, Abrornis, 14.
formosanus, Aithiopsar, 14,
forsteri, Aptenodytes, 45.

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Foudia eminentissima, 26.
erythrocephala, 27.
— omissa, 28.

rubra, 27.

Francolinus francolinus, 50.
Fratercula arctica, 21.
Fringilla montifringilla, 28.
frontalis, Chrysomitris, 84.
frugilegus, Trypanocorax, 76.
fulvifacies, Crytolopha, 14.
fuscus, Larus, 69.

galilejensis, Apus, 107.
Gallinago aucklandica, 45.
gallinago, 45.
megala, 10,
Garganey, 93.

Garrulus glandarius cervicalis, 107.

minor, 107. ‘
whitakeri, 106, 107.
gentilis, Accipiter, 49, 51.
Geocichla citrina, 82.
Geotrygon linearis, 13.
trinitatis, 13.
venezuelensis, 13.
gibbericeps, Balearica, 24.
glacialis, Harelda, 7.
glaucion, Clangula, 18, 19, 28, 29.
Glossy Ibis, 92.

godmani, Cyclopsittacus, 104.
golandi, Heterhyphantes, 52.
Grolderest, 95.

Goldfinch, 94.

Goose, Wild, 94.

gouldi, Circus, 49.
Gracupica tertia, 15.
Grallaria aripoensis, 13.

~ guatimalensis, 13,
regulus, 13.

grallaria, Speotyto, 48.
Grammatoptila austeni, 82.
graudis, Stizorhina, 32, 108.
Grebe, Black-necked, 93.

, Great Crested, 96.
—-, Red-necked, 93.
Greenfinch, 94.

Grus autigone, 24.

sharpei, 25.
guatimalensis, Grallaria, 15.

Gull, Mediterranean Black-headed, 96.

, Yellow-legged Herring-, 96.
gutturalis, Anthus, 105.

Gygis candida, 61.

Gymnophaps albertisi, 103, 106.

hematodus, Trichoglossus, 15.
Heematopus capensis, 33.
— meade-wa!doi, 33, 34.

120

Hematopus niger, 33, 34.
Halcyon vagans, 48.

Harelda glacialis, 7.

harterti, Acanthopneuste, 36, 82.
, Stoparola, 2.
hebridensis, Turdus, 113, 114. .
helenz, Laniarius, 85.
Hemixus flavala, 82.
hemprichi, Larus, 25.
hendersoni, Vini, 60, 77.
Hen-Harrier, 95.

Heron, 96.

Heterhyphantes golandi, 32.
nigricollis, 84.
reichenowi, 32.
Heteromirafra, 114.

ruddi, 114.

Heteronyx, 114.

Hirundo daurica, 83.

rustica, 20.

striolata, 83.

hodgsoni, Cyornis, 83.
holochlorus, Erythrocercus, 22.
Hooded-Crow, 94.

Hoopoe, 92.

House-Martin, 92.
House-Sparrow, 94.
humeralis, Myiospiza, 39.
Hyphantornis dimidiatus, 84.
xanthops, 83, 84.
Hyphanturgus ocularis, 84.
hypodila, Anthothreptes, 84.

Tanthocincla austeni, 82.

incanus, Totanus, 61.

inepta, Megacrex, 103.

inornatus, Caprimulgus, 108.
insularis, Ptilopus, 77.

——, Strix, 31.

, Tyto, 38.

intermedia, Paradigalla, 104, 105,
, Stizorhina, 107, 108.
islandica, Clangula, 18, 19, 28, 29.
ispida, Alcedo, 62.

Jackdaw, 94.

jacksoni, Calamocichla, 3.
Jay, Common, 94,
joretiana, Pucrasia, 7.

Kestrel, 95.

, Lesser, 92.
khasiana, Actinodura, 82.
Kingfisher, 95.

Kite, Black, 92.

klaasi, Chrvsococcyx, 84.

klossi, Rallictila, 104.
kubh, Vini, 60.

Lagopus scoticus, 41.
Laniarius barbarus, 895.
helene, 85,
mufumbiri, 85.

—— nigricauda, 32,
quadricolor, 32.
Lanius senator, 106.

Lark, Calandra, 95.

, Crested, 95.

——-, Short-toed, 93.

, Sky-, 95.

Larus affinis, 68.

antelius, 69.
britannicus, 68.
fuseus, 69.

hemprichi, 25.
marinus, 21.
ridibundus, 50.
layardi, Pycnonotus, 84.
Lesser Kestrel, 92.
leucocapillus, Anous, 61.
Leucopsar, 4.

rothschildi, 4.
leucoptera, Poliospiza, 17.
leucopygius, Poliospiza, 70.
leucorrhoa, Oceanodroma, 39.
linearis, Geotrygon, 13.
Loboparadisea sericea, 104.
lodoisizw, Synoicus, 45.
Long-tailed Tit, Turkish, 95.
longicauda, Elminia, 84.
longicaudata, Urocichla, 83.
Loria lorie, 104.

lori, Loria, 104.

Loxia curvirostra, 20.

ludovicianus, Caprimulgus, 108.

lugubris, Mellopitta, 104.
Lusciniola pryeri, 11, 12, 13.
sinensis, 11.
luteiventris, Tribura, 82,
Lymnocorax niger, 61.
Lyrurus britannicus, 54.
derbianus, 91.

-—— mongolicus, ?1.

tetrix, 39 54, 91.

Machetes pugnax, 50.
macrocephala, Muscitrea, 47.

macrodipterus, Macrodipteryx, 76.
Macrodipteryx macrodipterus, 76.

Macronyx aurantiigula, 32.
maculata, Tyto, 38.
ynada, Prioniturus, 15,

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Magpie, 94.

major, Tribura, 82.

mandellii, Tribura, 82.

manimbe, Myiospiza, 39.

Mareca penelope X Nettion crecca, 74.
marginata, Zoothera, 82.

marinus, Larus, 21.

Marsh- Harrier, 95.

Marsh-Tit, 95.

Martin, House-, 92.

martini, Campophaga, 18.

maxima, Merula, 80.

meade-waldoi, Hematopus, 33, 34.
Meadow-Bunting, 94.
meeki, Parotia, 104.
Megacrex inepta, 103.
Megadyptes antipodum, 50.
megala, Gallinago, 10.
melanicterus, Rubigula, 82.
melanogaster, Otis, 83, 84.
melanoleucus, Campephilus, 47,
melanonota, Cossypha, 84.
melanura, Anthornis, 47.
Melizophilus undatus, 62.
Melopitta lugubris rostrata, 104.
Melopsittacus undulatus, 20, 21.
menachensis, Poliospiza, 90.

, Turdus, 86.

Merganser, Red-breasted, 93.
Merlin, 93.

Merula maxima, 80.

merula, Turdus, 20.

milanjensis, ‘Turdus, 56.

Milvus milvus, 24.

minor, Garrulus, 107.

, Sitta, 78.

mitchelli, Trichoglossus, 15,
modularis, Accentor, 64.
mollissima, Oreocincla, 79, 80, 81.
mongolicus, Lyrurus, 91.
monorthonyx, Anurophasis, 103.
monticola, Stigmatops, 5.

, Zoothera, 82.
montifringilla, Fringilla, 28.
Moorhen, 96.

Motacilla citreoloides, 75.
mufumbiri, Laniarius, 85.
wultistriata, Charmosynopsis, 104.
murrayi, Porzana, 61, 77.
Muscicapa striata, 47.

Muscitrzea macrocephala, 47.
musicus, Turdus, 20, 63, 113.
Myiospiza humeralis, 39.
manimbe, 39.

mystacea, Prinia, 83, 84.

natalensis, Cossypha, 83, 84.
nebularius, Totanus, 28.

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Nettion crecca, 21.

niger, Hematopus, 38, 34.

, Lymnocorax, 61.

Night-Heron, 96.

nigricauda, Laniarius, 32.

nigricollis, Heterhyphantes, 84.

Nigrita schistacea, 84.

nigrogularis, Trichoglossus, 68.

Ninox nove-zealandiz, 48.

nove-hollandiz, Trichoglossus, 51.

novee-zealandiz, Ninox, 48.

Numida meleagris X Gallus gallus,
54.

x Pavo cristatus, 54.
Nutcracker, 94.

Nuthatch, 95.

Nyroca peposaca X Aix sponsa, 53.
—-- X Anas platyrhyncha, 53.
—— — >» N. ferina, 54.

—— —- x N. fuligula, 54.

—— — x N. rufina, 53.

—— — x Sarcidiornis melanotus,

53.

rufina x N. ferina, 54.

obiensis, Stoparola, 2.
Oceanodroma leucorrhoa, 39.
ocularis, Accentor, 88.

, Hyphanturgus, 84,
(inanthe botte, 87.
cnanthe, 111.
cenanthe, Saxicola, 62.
(Enanthe yemeuensis, 87.
omissa, Foudia, 26.
Oreocincla dixoni, 81.
mollissima, 79, 80, 80.
whiteheadi, 79.
Oreosterops pinale, 5.
ornata, Cissa, 82.

Ptilotis, 68.

orpheus, Pachycephala, 46.
ostrinus, Pyrenestes, 84.
Otis melanogaster, 83, 84.
Owl, Brown, 95.

——, Little, 95.

——, Short-eared, 93,

Pachycephala orpheus, 46.
pacificus, Cypselus, 57.
Palzornis torquatus, 48.
pallasi, Phasianus, 91.
pallidigula, Bleda, 84.
pallidipes, Cyornis, 83.
panayensis, Stoparola, 2, 3,
Paradigalla brevicauda, 106.
carunculata, 105.
intermedia, 104, 105.
Paradisea apoda, 63.

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paradoxus, Syrrhaptes, 91.
Parisoma buryi, 87.

Parotia carole meeki, 104.
Partridge, Grey, 96.

Passer diffusus, 84.
patagonica, Aptenodytes, 50.
pavonina, Balearica, 83, 84.
Peewit, 96.

Pelican, 96.

pelios, Turdus, 84.

pella, Topaza, 39.

pelzelni, Sitagra, 84,
penelope, Anas, 49.
percivali, Rhynchostruthus, 112.
peregrinator, Falco, 8.
Peregrine, 96.

peregrinus, Falco, 62.
Phasianus chonensis, 16, 27.
colchicus, 40, 45.
elegans, 16.

pallasi, 91.

— strauchi, 16.

suehshanensis, 16.

- torquatus, 45,
—— versicolor, 45.
pheenicea, Campophaga, 84.
Phyllergates batjanensis, 2.
dumasi, 2.
everetti, 2.
Pigeon, Wood-, 94.
pinale, Oreosterops, 5.
Pintail, 94.
piscator, Sula, 61.
Platycercus elegans, 48.
eximius X Barnardius semi-
torquatus, 51.
x P. elegans, 51.
——_— ——— & P flaveolus, 51.
— X Psephotus hematonotus,

51.
platyrhyncha, Anas, 51.
Platystira cyanea, 84.
Plover, Little Ringed, 92.
Pochard, 93.
poliopse, Edoliisoma, 105.
Poliospiza elgonensis, 17, 18.
—— leucoptera, 17.
leucopygius, 90.
menachensis, 90.
reichardi, 18, 90.
tristriata, 17.
Polytelis alexandre X P. barrabandi,
52.
barrabandi xX P. melanura, 52.
Porzana murrayi, 61, 77.
tabuensis, 61.
prasina, Erythrura, 46,
Prinia blanfordi, 111.
extensicauda, 111.
--—— jnornata burmanica, 111.

Prinia inornata formosa, 111.
mystacea, 83, 84.

Prion ariel, 50.

Prioniturus mada, 15.
Procelsterna cerulea, 61.
pryeri, Lusciniola, 11, 12, 13.
Psephotus blaauwi, 56.
chrysopterygius, 55, 56.

cucullatus, 55, 56.
dissimilis, 55, 56.
Pseudacanthis, 88.
yemenensis, 88, 89.
Pseudominla cinerea, 83.
psittacea, Erythrura, 46.
Ptilopus, chalcurus, 61, 77.
-—— coralensis, 61, 77.
insularis, 77.
zonurus, 63.
Ptilotis ornata, 68.
tailemi, 68.

— underbooli, 68.
wesleydalei, 68.
‘Pucrasia darwini, 7.
joretiana, 7.
pugnax, Machetes, 50.
punctatissima, Strix, 37.
pusilla, Sitta, 78.
Pycnonotus layardi, 84.
Pyrenestes ostrinus, 84.

quadricolor, Laniarius, 32.
Querquedula crecca, 38.
quiscalina, Campophaga, 18.

Rallicula forbesi, 104.
klossi, 104.

Rallus aquaticus, 50.

Raven, 94.

Redbreast, 92.

Redstart, Black, 92.
Reed-Bunting, 94.
regulorum, Balearica, 24.
regulus, Grallaria, 13.
reichardi, Poliospiza, 18, 90.
reichenowi, Burnesia, 84.

, Heterhyphantes, 32.
Rhamphocorys clot-bey, 106.
Rhipidura rufofrontata, 47.
Rbynchostruthus percivali, 112.
socotrana, 113.
yemenensis, 112,
richardi, Anthus, 82.
ridibundus, Larus, 50.
rikeri, Berlepschia, 39.
Rook, 93.

roraime, Chlorophonia, 39.

123

chrysotis X P. multicolor, 52.

rostrata, Mellopitta, 104.
rothschildi, Leucopsar, 4.
rubecula, Hrithacus, 62.
Rubigula melanicterus, 82.
rubra, Foudia, 27.

ruddi, Heteromirafra, 114.
rufigenis, Staphidia, 83.
rufofrontata, Rhipidura, 47.
rufula, Chelidon rufula, 107.
rufulus, Anthus, 82.

rustica, Hirundo, 20.
rusticola, Scolopax, 50.

sakaiorum, Abrornis, 27.
Sandpiper, Common, 92.
Saxicola cenanthe, 62.
schistaeca, Nigrita, 84.
schocenobeenus, Acrocephalus, 47,
schwaneri, Abrornis, 28.
scintillatus, Chaleopsittacus, 63.
Scolecophagus carolinus, 46.
Scolopax rusticola, 50.
scoticus, Lagopus, 41.
semilarvata, Eos, 15.

senator, Lanius, 106.

sericea, Loboparadisea, 104,
Serinus sharpei, 84.

severus, Falco, 8.

sharpei, Grus, 25.

, Serinus, 84.

Shelduck, 93.

Shrike, Great Grey, 93.
sinensis, Lusciniola, 11.
Siskin, 93.

Sitagra pelzelni, 84,

Sitta minor, 78.

pusilla, 78.

Sky-Lark, 95.

smaragdulus, Topaza, 39.
Snipe, 93.

socotranus, Rhynchostruthus, 113.
somereni, Cossypha, 3.
Song-Thrush, 938.
Sparrow-Hawk, 95.
Sparrow, House-, 94,

— _, Tree-, 94.

Spatula clypeata, 50.
Speotyto cunicularia, 48.
grallaria, 48.

Spizixus canifrons, 82.
splendidissima, Astrapia, 104.
sponsa, Aix, 51.

Staphidia rufigenis, 83.
Starling, Common, 93.

, Sardinian, 93.
stentoreus, Acrocephalus, 47.
stepheni, Vini, 77.

Sterna fluviatilis, 112.

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Stigmatops deningeri, 6.
monticola, 3.
Stizorhina grandis, 32, 108.
vulpina, 107, 108.
intermedia, 107-108.
Stonechat, European, 92.
Stoparola harterti, 2.
obiensis, 2.

—— panayensis, 2, 3.
Stork, 92.

strauchi, Phasianus, 16.
streperus, Acrocephalus, 63.
striata, Muscicapa, 47.
striolata, Hirundo, 88.
striolatus, Anthus, 82.

Strix insularis, 37.
punctatissima, 37.
Sturnus vulgaris, 64.
subalpina, Sylvia, 47.
siiehshanensis, Phasianus, 16.
Sula piscator, 61.

Suya atrigularis, 109.
crinigera, 109, 110.
cooki, 109.
yunnanensis, 110.
Swallow, 92.

Swan, Wild, 96.
swynnertoni, Turdus, 56.
sylvia, Cisticola, 84.

Sylvia communis, 62.
subalpina, 47.
Synoicus lodoisizx, 45.
Syrrhaptes paradoxus, 91.

tabuensis, Porzana, 61.
tailemi, Ptilotis, 68.

taiti, Acrocephalus, 58, 77.
tangorum, Acrocephalus, 10.
Terpsiphone eimini, 84.
tertia, Gracupica, 15.
tetrix, Lyrurus, 39, 54, 91.
Thrush, Song-, 93.

Tit, Blue, 95.

——— (reat, oo.

——, Marsh-, 95.

, Sombre, 93.

Topaza pella, 39.
smaragdulus, 39.
torquatus, Palaornis, 48.

, Phasianus, 45,
Totanus incanus, 61.
nebularius, 28.
'Tree-Creeper, 99.
Tree-Sparrow, 94.
Tribura luteiventris, 82.
—— major, 82.

mandellii, 82.
Trichoglossus chlerolepidotus, 51.

124,

Trichoglossus hematodus, 15.

mitchelli, 15.

nigrogularis, 63.

—— nove-hollandiz, 51.

-—— X T. chlorolepidotus, 51.

trigonostigma, Diceum, 82.

trinitatis, Geotrygon, 13.

tristis, Acridotheres, 46.

tristriata, Poliospiza, 17.

Trochalopterum bakeri, 82.

chrysopterum, 82.

trochiloides, Acanthopneuste, 36,
82.

Trypanocorax frugilegus, 76.

Tufted Duck, 94.

Turdus atrigularis, 87.

— cabanisi, 56.

deningeri, 4.

hebridensis, 113, 114.

— menvachensis, 86.

— merula, 20.

—— milanjensis, 56.

— musicus, 20, 63, 115.

hebridensis, 113, 114.

pelios, 84.

swynnertoni, 56.

Tyto alba, 38.

-—— detorta, 38.

— insularis, 38.

— maculata, 38.

umbrovirens, Cryptolopha, 90.
undatus, Melizophilus, 62.
underbooli, Ptilotis, 68.
undulatus, Melopsittacus, 20, 21.
Ureginthus cyanocephalus, 32.
urbica, Chelidon, 64.

Urocichla longicaudata, 83.
utakwensis, Edoliisoma, 109.

vagans, Halcyon, 48.
vaughani, Acrocephalus, 59.
versicolor, Phasianus, 45.
Vini australis, 60.
hendersoni, 60, 77.
kuhli, 60.

stepheni, 77.

virens, Andropadus, 84.
vordermanni, Abrornis, 27.
vulgaris, Sturnus, 64.

vulpina, Stizorhina, 107-108.

Wagtail, Grey, 95.
, White, 92.
Warbler, Willow-, 92.

wesleydalei, Ptilotis, 68.
Wheatear, 92.

whitakeri, Garrulus, 106, 107.
whiteheadi, Oreocincla, 79.
Wigeon, 94.

x Teal, 74.

wilhelminz, Aprosmictus, 104.
Willow-Warbler, 92.
wollastoni, Anthus, 105.

Woodpecker, Greater Spotted, 95.

. Grecian Spotted, 95.
——., Green, 95.

——, Lesser Spotted, 95.
Wood-Pigeon, 94.

Wren, 95.

125 [Vol. xxxi.

Xanthomelas ardens, 104.
xanthops, Hyphantornis, 83, 84.

Yellow Hammer, 94.
yemeneusis, Cryptolopha, 90.
, Ginanthe, 87.

—— .,, Pseudacanthis, 88, 89.
, Rhynchostruthus, 112.
yessoénsis, Emberiza, 74, 75.
yunnanensis, Suya, 110.

zedlitzi, Erythrospiza, 106.
zouurus, Ptilopus, 63.
Zoothera marginata, 82.
monticola, 82.

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