, oe Py ate See ee ee ee Tr ee A x ’ r cic # — ar O28. ~ ss ea ~ ee Co eet ~~ ~ vied er ee oS ee oSa-e a “~ —<> ~ -*, %®c- — — ee oS eee ~~ ~~ phan eae etek ees . ss? oe =a eee Sate se ee Ss. < = es Sle Pe! wee: e es aan ae ve say 7 seu Poe ae beget wt * . ‘ y JEEKS & CY. BINDERS, LONDON. NW. | Wes bike ¥, Yi aie DOT Whey DA ont Xs Pie BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH. ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB. EDITED BY PERCY R. LOWE. VOLUME XLIV. SESSION 1928-1924, LONDON: WITHERBY & CO., 326 HIGH HOLBORN. 1924, PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LICN COURT, FLEET STREET. PREFACE, Tue total number of attendances at the meetings of the Club during the past Session was 808 members and 68 guests, a total of 876—this comparing favourably with 351, 466, and 402 during the two preceding sessions. In a review of the records of the 1923-1924 Session, a sensible diminution in the number of new forms described as compared with previous years is noticeable. This may possibly be correlated with a temporary diminution of activity in collecting, or it may indicate, as one hopes, an approach to something like finality in the enormous task which has engrossed the energy of a long list of devoted workers in systematic ornithology. We regret to record the death of the following members of the Club:—-The Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, W. J. Fitz- herbert-Brockholes, and just as we are going to press comes the tragic news that Mr. Charles Chubb has succumbed to injuries sustained in a street accident. Mr. Chubb had been associated with the bird-room of the British Museum for more than forty years, and those who have worked there will fully appreciate the gap his loss will occasion. In the death of the Hon. Charles Rothschild science loses a distinguished worker and patron. It is interesting to note that the Annual General Dinner held in connection with the British Ornithologists’ Union shows no diminution in popularity, but one may point out that there are fresh fields still awaiting exploration and the gathering of fresh material to widen the scope of the exhibits and demonstrations. It is satisfactory to record that during the past Session eighteen new members joined the Club. (Signed) PERCY R. LOWE, Liditor. London, July 1924. a2 RULES OF THE Pelt ISH ORNITHOLOGISTS: CLUB. (As amended, October 10th, 1923.) SS J. This Club was founded for the purpose of facilitating the social intercourse of Members of the British Ornithologists’ Union. Any 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 One Guinea 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, ipso facto, to ke Members of the Club, but may be reinstated on payment of arrears. Ill. Ordinary Members of the British Ornithologists’ Union may be introduced as Visitors at the Meetines of the Club, but every Member of the Club who introduces @ Member of the B. O. U. as a Visitor (to the dinner or a 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 ; and no former Member who has been removed for non-payment of subscription or any other cause shall be allowed to attend as a guest. ladies are not admitted as guests. VY. 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. But should such Wednesday happen to be Ash Wednesday, the Meeting will take place on the Wednesday following. 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 scon 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 Two Shillings éach to Members. Descriptions of new species may be added to the last page of the ‘ Bulletin,’ although such were not communi- cated at the Meeting of the Club. This shall be done at the discretion of the Editor and so long as the publication of the ‘ Bulletin’ is not unduly delayed “thereby. VI Any person speaking at a Meeting of the Club shall be allowed subsequeutly to amplify his remarks in the ‘ Bulletin’; but no fresh matter shall be incorporated with such remarks. : 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 for the next term, the Editor of the ‘ Bulletin,’ who shall be elected for five years, at the end of which period he shall not be eligible for re-election for the next term, the Secretary and Treasurer, who shall be elected for a term of one year, but shall be eligible for re-election, with four other Members, the senior of whom shall retire each year; every third year the two senior Members shall retire and two others be elected in their place. Officers and Members of the Committee shall be elected by the Members of the Club at a General Meeting, and the names of such Officers and Members of Committee, nominated for the ensuing year, shall be circulated with the preliminary notice convening the General Meeting at least two weeks before the Meeting. Should any Member wish to propose another candidate, the nomination of such, signed by at least two Members, must reach the Secretary at least one clear week before the Annual General Meeting. Amendments to the Standing Rules of the Club, as well as very important or urgent matters, shall be submitted to Members, to be voted upon at a General Meeting. VIII. A General Meeting of the B. O.C. shall be held on the day of the October Meeting of each Session, and the Treasurer shall present thereat the Balance-sheet and Report ; and the election of Officers and Committee, in so far as their election is required, shall be held at such Meeting. IX. Any Member desiring to make a complaint of the manner in which the affairs of the Club are conducted must communicate in writing with the Chairman, who will call a Committee Meeting to deal with the matter. COMMITTEE 1923-1924. W. iL. Scrater, M.A., Chairman. Elected 1918. Dr. P. R. Lows, Hditor of the ‘ Bulletin’ Elected 1920. Dr. G. C. Low, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer. Elected 1923. Major A. G. L. Stapen. Elected 1921. Colonel SteruHenson R. Crarke. Elected 1922. D. A. BANNERMAN. Elected 1922. H. M. Wauus. Elected 1928. Officers of the British Ornithologists’ Club, Past and Present. Chairmen. P. L. Sctater, F.R.S. 1892-19138. Lord RotuscuHitp, F.R.S. 1913-1918. W. L. Sciatver. 1918-1924. Editors. R, BowDLER SHARPE. 1892-1904. W. R. OaInvie-GRANT. 1904-1914. D. A. BANNERMAN. 1914-1915. D. Setu-SMITH. 1915-1920. Dr. P. R. Lowe. 1920- Honorary Secretaries and Treasurers. HowarkbD SAUNDERS. 1892-1899. W. E. pE WInToN. 1899-1904. H. F. WirHersy. 1904-1914. Dr. P. R. Lowe. 1914-1915. C. G. TatBot-Ponsonsy. 1915-1918. D. A. BANNERMAN. 1918-1919. Dr. PHILip GosseE. 1919-1920. J. L. Bownore. 1920-1922. C. W. MackwortH-PraEp. 1922-1928. Dr. G. C. Low. 1923-— on Io 5 20° 25 LIST OF MEMBERS. JUNE 1924. pee ee Apams, Ernest E.; Lloyd’s, Royal Exchange, E.C. 3. Aexanper, H. G.; 78 Gibbins Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham. Apuin, Oxiver Vernon; Stonehill House, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxon. ArpErN, Lawrence; 7 Sussex Place, Regent’s Park, N.W. 1. Arnotp, E. C.; The College, Eastbourne. ArunveEL, Major W. B.; High Ackwe.th, Pontefract, Yorks. Batty, W. Snorz; Boyers House, Westbury, Wilts. Baxer, E. C. Srvart, J.P., F.Z.S., F.L.S.; 6 Harold Road, Upper . Norwood, 8.E. 19. BANNERMAN, Davip A.,M.B.E., B.A., F.R.S.E. (Committee); British Museum (Natural History), S.W.7, and 60 Addison Road, W.14. Baynes, Guorer K.; 10 Elvaston Place, Queen’s Gate, S.W. 7. Brst, Miss M. G. 8.; 123 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, S.W. 10. Beven, Dr. Jonn O.; c/o P.M.O., Nairobi, Kenya Colony. Braavw, F. H., C.M.Z.8. ; Gooilust, s'Graveland, Hilversum, Noord- Holland. Boorman, 8.; Heath Farm, Send, Woking, Surrey. Bootu, H. B.; ‘ Ryhill,” Ben Rhydding, Yorks. Borrer, C. D.; 6 Durham Place, Chelsea, 8.W. 3. Boyp, A. W.; Frandley House, near Northwich. BrapForp, A. D.; Garsten House, near Watford. Braprorp, Sir J. Rosz, K.C.M.G., M.D., F.R,C.P. F.R.S.; 8 Man- chester Square, W.1. Briees, T. H.; Sefton, Dawlish, South Devon. Bristowe, B. A.; Ashford Farm, Stoke D’Abernon, Cobham, Surrey. Brown, Grorer; Rasagalla, Balangoda, Ceylon, and The Close, Purton, Swindon, Wilts. Bounyarp, P. F., F.Z.S.; 57 Kidderminster Road, Croydon. Butter, Artuur L.; &t. Leonard’s Park, Horsham, Sussex. Buxton, AntHony; Knighton, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. Cuance, E. P.; 9 Hay Hill, Berkeley Square, W. 1. Cuapman, F. M.; American Museum of Natural History, New York, U.S.A. Cuarteris, Hon. G. L.; 26 Catherine Street, Buckingham Palace Road, 8.W. 1. 30 35 40 45 50 x ? Caasr, R. W.; Herne’s Nest, Bewdley, Worcestershire. CurnsmMan, Major R. E., O.B.E.; E. India United Service Club, 16 St. James’s Square, 8. W. 1. Cuuss, Cuarzes, F.Z.S; British Museum (Natural History), Crom- well Road, S.W. 7. Crarkn, Brig.-General Gotanp van Hotr, C.M.G., D.S.0O. F.Z. 8.5 Brook House, Ardingly, Sussex. CuarKe, Joun P. SrepHenson; Borde Hill, Cuckfield, Sussex. Crarke, Col. SrepHenson Rosert, C.B., F.Z.S. (Committee); Borde Hill, Cuckfield, Sussex. _ Crarxe, Wittiam Eaere, LL.D., F.R.S.E., F.L.S.; 8 Grosvenor Street, Edinburgh. Cocurane, Captain Huyry L., R.N. (Retd.); The Chase, Whaddon, Bletchley, Bucks. Corrs, Ricoarp Epwarp; Rosebank, New Milton, 8.0., Hants. Cotterr, A. K.; Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall Mall, S.W.1.. Cottier, Cuartzs, F.Z.S.; Bridge House, Culmstock, Devon. Conernve, Major, W. M., M.C.; Hafod, Trefnant, Denbighshire. Cox, Denis; The Old Cottage, Brockham, Surrey. Cox, Major-Gen. Sir Percy Z., G.C.I.E., G.C.M.G., K.C.S.1. ; c/o Grindlay & Co., 54 Parliament Street, S.W. 1. Curtis, Frepericgr, F.R.C.S.; Alton House, Redhill, Surrey. Davinson, J., F.Z.S.; 32 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh. Drang, Rosert H.; Highlands, Iver Heath, Bucks. Dexacour, M. Jean; Chateau de Cleres (Seine-Inf.), France. Dstmi-Rapourrrg, Lieut.-Col. A.; Shenley House, Headcorn, Kent. Dztm#-Rapourrr, Lieut.-Col. H.; c/o Messrs. Cox & Co., F. Dept., 16 Charing Cross, $.W. 1. Dewnourst, Captain F. W., Royal Marine L.I.; Elmwood, North End, Hampstead, N.W. 3. | Dosiz, Wittiam Huwry, M.R.C.S. ; 2 Hunter Street, Chester. Exits, H. Wittoveusy, F.Z.8., F.E.S., F.G.8.; 3 Lancaster Place, N.W. 3. Evans, Artuur Humsiz, M.A., D.Sc., F.Z.8.; 9 Harvey Road, Cambridge. Ezra, A., O.B.E., F.Z.S.; Foxwarren Park, Cobham, Surrey. Fixtinson, Horacn W., F.Z.8.; 5 Rosamond Road, Bedford. Fisner, Kennera ; School House, Oundle, Northamptonshire. Fiemine, JAMES M.; ; Dildawn, Queen Edith’s Way, Cambridge. Fiower, Major S$. Ss . ; Longfield, Tring, Herts. Foster, Nrvin H., F.L.S. ; Hillsborough, Co. Down, Ireland. 60 65 70 75 80 85 XI Fronawk, F. W., F.E.S.; 124 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent. Fromots-Rakowsx1, R. J.; 57/58 Langgasse, Danzig, Free State, Baltic. Y GoopatL, J. M.; The Nest, Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Grant, Capt. C. H. B., F.Z.8.; ¢/o Chief Secretary to the Govt., Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika Territory, E. Africa. Grey or Fattopon, Viscount, K.G., P.C., F.Z.S.; Fallodon, Christon Bank, R.S.O., Northumberland. GrirrirH, AkrHuR F.; 3 Evelyn Terrace, Brighton. Gurney, G. H., F.Z.S.; Keswick Hall, Norwich, Norfolk. GyiprnstotPe, Count Nits; Royal (Natural History) Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. Hacuisuxa, The Hon, Masavsr; 10 Grosvenor Square, W.1. Haicu, Groreze Henry Caron, F.Z.8.; Grimsby Hall, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Hatz, Rev. Jamus R., M.A.; Boxley Vicarage, Maidstone, Kent. Harpy, Rear-Admiral E. C., R.N.; Ramsden Court House, Stone- in-Oxney, near Appledore, Kent. Harrison, Dr. James M., D.S.C.; St. Annes, 1 Tub’s Hill, Seven- oaks, Kent. Hart, 8. H.; Estate Office, Hammonds, Checkendon, Reading. Hartert, Ernst, Ph.D., F.Z.8.; The Museum, Tring, Herts. Hawker, R. M.; Bath Club, Dover Street, W. 1. Hersert, Capt. KE. G.; The Sports Club, St. James’s Square, S.W, 1. Horsrietp, Herserr Kyieur; Crescent Hill, Filey, Yorkshire. Humrpareys, Gro. R.; Upton Lodge, Drumcondra, Dublin. Inexis, C. McFaruane; Natural History Museum, Darjiling, India. Ingram, Capt. Cortinewoop; The Grange, Benenden, Cranbrook, Kent. Jackson, Sir Freperick J., K.C.M.G., C.B., F.Z.S8. ; 6 Gray’s Inn Square, Gray’s Inn, W.C. Janson, Coarteus W.; 6 Hyde Park Square, W. 2. Jorprrxne, Luypsay Mruzars, B.A.; Manor Farm, Chesham Bois, Bucks. JourpaIn, Rev. F. C. R., M.A.; Appleton Rectory, near Abingdon, Berks. Kennepy, Capt. J. N.; United Service Club, 116 Pall Mall,S.W.1. Kinnear, Norman B., C.M.Z.8.; British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, 8.W. 7. ) Kuoss, C. Bopun; Raffles Museum, Singapore, Straits Settlements. La Tovcur, J. D.; St. David’s, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. go 2S 100 105 i110 XI Larpiaw, Tomas Grpprs; Halmyre, West Linton, Peeblesshire, Lampert, Govrrey C.; Woodcote, Esher, Surrey. Learoyp, A. EE. 6 Lowndes Street, S.W. 1. Lines, G. H.; Richmond Hill, Cheadle, Cheshire. Lonestarr, Tom G., M.A., M.D., F.Z.8.; Picket Hill, Ringwood, Hants. Low, Guorce C., M.A., M.D., C.M., F.R.C.P., F.Z.8. (Hon. Sec. & Treasurer); 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W. 1. Lown, P. R., 0.B.E., B.A., M.B., B.C. ¥.Z.8. (Editor of. the ‘ Bulletin’); British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, 8.W. 7. Loyp, Lewis, R. W.; The Look-out, Branscombe, Beer, 8.O., Devon. Lucas, Nataanizet 8., M.B.; 19 Westbourne Terrace,, Hyde Park, W. 2. Lynes, Rear-Admiral Husert, R.N., C.B., C.M.G.; 23 Onslow Gardens, 8.W. 7. McKenna, Mrs. Pamera J. P.; 36 Smith Square, Westminster, S.W.1. Macxenziz, Joun M. D., B.A., C.M.Z.S. ; c/o Messrs. Thos. Cook & Son, Rangoon, Burma. Mackwort-Praegp, C. W., F.Z.S.; 51 Onslow Gardens, 8.W. 7. Macmuinian, Captain W. E. F.; 42 Onslow Square, 8.W. 7. McNetze, J. H.; Guards’ Club, Brook Street, W. 1. Macrats, Lieut.-Colonel H. A. F.; 48 Grosvenor Road, West- minster, S.W. 1. Mannerine, Guy; Grove House, Dover. Manson-Baur, P. H., D.S.O., M.A., M.D, F.R.C.P. F.Z8. ; 32 Weymouth Street, W. 1. Massry, Hursert; Ivy Lea, Burnage, Didsbury, Manchester. Marnews, G. M., F.L.S., F.Z.S. ; Foulis Court, Fair Oak, Hants. May, W. Norman, M.D.; The White House, Sonning, Berks. Mrape-Watpo, E. G. B., F.Z.8.; Stonewall Park, Kdenbridge, Kent. Mernerrzyacen, Colonel R., D.S.0., F.Z.8.; 17 Kensington Park Gardens, W. 8. MrrvertzuHAcen, Mrs. R.; 17 Kensington Park Gardens, W. 8. Movrtton, Major John C., O.B.E., T.D., M.A., B.Se., F.LS., F.R.G.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S., Director Raffles Museum and Library, Singapore; The Hall, Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts. Munn, P. W.; Puerto Alcudia, Majorca, Balearic Isles, Spain. 115 I20 125 130 135 XIII Mont, Henry; 10 Ashburn Place, South Kensington, 8.W. 7 Mossetwuire, D. W.; 7 Jessica Road, Ai anekmeth Gonna S.W. 18. | Nesuam, Rosert, F.Z.S.; Utrecht House, Poynder’s Road, Clapham Park, 8.W. 4. Newman, I’. H., F.Z.S.; Verulam, Forty Lane, Wembley, Middle- sex. Nicuots, J. B., F.Z.S.; Parliament Mansions, Victoria Street, S.W.1. Nicott, Micuart J., F.Z.8.; Valhalla House, Zoological Gardens, Giza, Egypt. OxipHam, Cuas., F.Z.S.; The Bollin, Shrublands Road, Berkhamsted, Herts. Owexn, Owen R.; Bank House, Knighton, Radnorshire. Parkin, Tats, M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.8.; Fairseat, High Wickham, Hastings. Pearson, Cuartes Epwarp, F.L.S.; Hillcrest, ee ateani: Notting- ham. Pryrost, Francis G., M.D., F.Z.S.; Rathkeale, 51 Surrey Road, Bournemouth. Persuousr, Major 8.; Loxbeare House, near Tiverton, Devon. Pirman, Capt. C. R. S., D.S.0., M.C., 27th Punjabis; P.O. Hoeys Bridge, Kenya Colony. Prayer, W. J. P.; Wernfadog, Clydach, R.S.0., Glamorgan- shire. Pornam, Hucu Leyzorne, M.A.; Houndstreet House, Pensford, Somerset. Pricz, A. E., F.Z.8.; Culverwood House, Little Berkhamsted, Herts. Rartcuirr, F. R.; 29 Connaught Square, W. 2 Reap, Ropert ue ; 8a South Parade, Bedford Park, W. 4. Rickert, C. B., BZ, S.; 27 Kendrick Road, Reading, Berks. Rineroszt, Bernarp J.; Wilford Rise, Bromeswell Heath, Wood- bridge, Suffolk. Rivikre, B. B., F.R.C.S.; St. Giles’s Plain, Norwich. Rosinson, H. C., C.M.Z.8.; Selangor State Museum, Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S. Rorprr, C. H.; Brookfield, Upper Park, Loughton, Essex. Roruscaiwwp, Lionpn Ve P56. sak, ba, EZ (Chairman, 1913-1918); Tring Park, Herts. SarswortH, Arno~p Dusr, F.Z.8.; 39 Sussex Place, Regent’s Park, N.W. 1 140 145 150 250 XIV ScrateR, Witrram Luriey, M.A., F.Z.8. (Chairman); 10 Sloane Court, S.W. 1. Sconz, The Rt. Hon. Muneo Davin—Lord; Scone Palace, Perth. Srra-Surrn, Davin, F.Z.S.; Curator’s House, Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Park, N.W. 8. Seton, Sir Marcorm C. C., K.C.B.; 26 Upper Park Road, Haver- stock Hill, N.W. 3. Suipton, Wm., B.A., M.D.; 2 The Square, Buxton. Stapen, Major A. G. L., M.C. (Committee) ; Kingswood House, The Lee, Bucks. Smattey, Freperic W., F.Z.8.; The Hawthorns, 193 Clapham Road, 8.W, 9. SwoucKaERT VAN Scuausure, Baron Rene Cuarzus; c/o Mrs. R. Ruys, 36 Frederik Hendriklaan, The Hague, Holland. Sparrow, Col. R., C.M.G., D.S.O., F.Z.S., F.R.G.8. ; Rookwoods, Sible Hedingham, Essex. Srares, J. W. C.; Portchester, Hants. Srewart, 8. F., C.L.E.; 71 Aberdare Gardens, N.W. 6. Sronznam, Captain H. F., O.B.E., F.E.S.; 4th Battalion King’s African Rifles, Bombo, Uganda. Sryan, F. W., F.Z.8.; Stone Street, near Sevenoaks. Swann, H. Krrxs, F.Z.8.; Thorncombe, Lyonsdown Road, New Barnet, Herts. Swynyerton, C. F. Massy; Poste Restante, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika Territory, Kast Africa. TatBot-Ponsonsy, C. G.; 5 Crown Office Row, Temple, E.C. 4. Tuomas, Mrs. R.. Hate; 13 Arlington Street, S.W. 1. Ticenurst, Craup B., M.A., M.D.; Grove House, Lowestoft, Suffolk. Ticenvrst, N. F., O.B.E., M.A., M.B., F.R.C.S., F.Z.S8.; 24 Peven- sey Road, St. Leonards-on-Sea. Tucker, B. W.; Magdalen College, Oxford. Turner, Miss E. L., F.Z.8.; Langton Close, Girton, Cambridge. Trrwuitt-Draxe, Huew G., F.Z.S.; Cobtree Manor, Sandling, Maidstone. Varzny, G. de H.; 36 St. George’s Square, S.W. 1. Vary, E.; 27 Wimbledon Park Road, S. W. 18. Van Someren, Dr. V. G. L.; c/o Med. Depart. P.O. Box 140, Nairobi, B. East Africa. Vevers, G. M., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.; Zoological Gardens, Regent’s Park, N.W. 8. 165 170 175 180 181i 182 Xv Warrn, Herpert Wit11am; c/o Grindlay & Co., 54 Parliament Street, S.W. 1. Warxer, Dr, A. Hops; The Common, Cranleigh. Waris, H. M. (Committee); Ashton Lodge, Christchurch Road, Reading. Ware, R.; Lowfield, Frant, Sussex. Wuisriter, Huen, F.Z.8.; Battle, Sussex. Warrtaxsr, Josrpy I. 8., F.Z.S.; Malfitano, Palermo, Sicily. Warr, S. J., F.Z.S8.; 17 Philpot Lane, E.C.3 Wuyrmrrr, Samuren Leien; Oriental Club, Hanover Square, Wa: Wiurinson, Jonnson ; Vermont, Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Wiuramson, W. J. F.,C.M.G., F.Z.8. ; Kingsdon, Bangkok, Siam. Wutson, Coartus Joserpa, O.B.E., F.Z.S; 14 Suffolk Street, Pall | Mall, 8. W. 1. Wine, J. Stapun; 21 Cheyne Gardens, Chelsea Embankment, S.W. ae Wirnersy, Harry F., M.B.E., F.Z.S.; 326 High Holborn, W.C. 1. Wirtuerineton, G.; Sumner Plat, Hayward’s Heath. Woop, Dr. Casny A., M.D.; c/o The Library of Ornithology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Workman, Witt1am Hveuss, F.Z.8.; Lismore, Windsor, Belfast. Worms, Cuarizs pE; Milton Park, Egham, Surrey. Wynne, R. O.; Foulis Court, Fair Oak, Hants. New Members for the Session... 18 Total number of Members .... 182 NOTICE. [Members are specially requested to keep the Hon. Secretary informed of any changes in their addresses, and Members residing abroad should give early notification of coming home on leave. ] Dist OF Aer rors AND OTHER PERSONS REFERRED TO. Accounts to be audited in future by Chartered Accountants. . ANNUAL GENE RAT LMR BTING a) 5'e fous Bhs oc te des ae Baker, E. C. Stuart. Exhibition and descriptions of new races of Flycatchers and Shrikes (with remarks on the Indian species of the genus Cyornis):—Siphia strophiata fuscogularis, Culicicapa ceylonensis orientalis, C. c. meridionalis, Lalage nigra brun- BESCONES a aeMaisreleingis a aie wae Peps (eke se aso Sie e..% Rianne ein saeutge Remarks on the species Cisticola exilis, with description of a new subspecies (C. e. eguicaudata) from Siam ........ Description of a new subspecies (Franklinia rufescens aus- tent) trom the Naga Tis, corr,. eters ceteris ame soars oye Exhibition, on behalf of Mr. H. Whistler, of two clutches of eggs of the Sand-Plover (Charadrius mongolus atrifrons) trout Chandra.ibake Galil Sirs as. sic. s se espe ieee Descriptions of new races of Warblers :—Acanthopneuste nitidus saturatus, Abrornis supereiliaris salwinensis, Abrornis schisticeps flavimentalis, and Horettes brunnifrons umbraticus . Description of a newrace of Suya crinigera from Assam for which was proposed the name of Suya crinigera assamica . BANNERMAN, D. A. Description of four new forms from Northern Cameroon :— Nesocharis shelley: bansoensis, Andropadus tephrolemus bamende, Batis bella batest, aud Riparia rufigula bansoensis. . 38 39 39 61 80 XVII BaNNERMAN, D. A. (cont.). Remarks on the genera Turdinus and Alcippe, with de- scription of a new genus—Pseudoaleippe .........000% ah Description of a new subspecies of Seed-eater (Polcospiza gularis montanorum) from Northern Cameroon .......... Description of a new species of White-eye (Zosterops vaughant) from Pemba Island (north of Zanzibar) ........ Remarks on the Irish race of the Sparrow-Hawk ........ Description of a new Barbet from the French Congo— Buccanodon duchaillut gabriell@ oo. .cccccecceeen eee aieheiegs Description of a new Barbet from the North Belgian Congo —Tricholema hirsutum chapini ...... bude atestshe wile’ oi si eiererals ——, and WiTHERBY, H. F. Remarks on the recently described Irish Sparrow-Hawk. . Borrer, C. D. Exhibition of a nearly pure white Swallow ............ Exhibition of unusually small eggs of the Carrion-Crow.. Brown, J. D. Exhibition of Lantern-slides.......... Ct RAST ee ac BunyaARD, P, F. Exhibition of clutches of eggs from his collection, each containing an ege of the Cuckoo :—Lullula arborea, Phyllo- scopus sibilatrix, and Troglodytes-troglodytes ..........0008 Exhibition and remarks on clutches of eggs of the Carolina PCR ORC CAPONE) igs. capes necce de eee a esay see Exhibition of remarkable eggs from his collection :—Coc- cothraustes coccothraustes, Phylloscopus sibilatrix, and Capri- NRE OCIS gala oi .0 0 be lele cen « ab «aia lbia'e, ais vie nein 8 wapta ag « Exhibition of droppings of Erithacus rubecula melophilus MEA MOL TINE oe sid claws wele etc endicsanaeccuuevecies Exhibition of abnormally coloured eggs from his collection. Exhibition and remarks on a OCuckoo’s egg found in the nest of the Cirl Bunting ........ 2 ie 8 ee BERG eee CHARTERIS, Hon. G. L. Exhibition of two sets of eggs of the Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia m. melanocephala) from Hyéres ....... 0. ses e ences ComMiTTKE, Members of, for 1928-24. ;........0000055 i aNd VOL. XLIV. b Page 24 27 4] 79 100 101 93, 97 99 99 67 XVIII GuLEGG, W. E. Exhibition of photographs............ Grant, C. H. B. Note on Francolinus streptophorus from Tanganyika WSrnitOry: 22 aarti. oe pine a 2's hn OE EI Golly Ree Sone a GRIFFITH, A. F, Remarks on the breeding of the Velvet Scoter in Ross- Note on a Buzzard stooping at an Eagle GYLDENSTOLPE, Count NIts. Description of a new form of Fruit-Pigeon (Zreron calva vyldert) from Great Namaqualand eoceoeot*®teoeeerete ee eG Ge eee HacuisuKa, Hon. MAsavet. Description of a new subspecies of Lark (Ademon alaudipes omdurmanensis) from the Sudan ..........eeeeees atte em Har, Rev. J. R. Exhibited, on behalf of Mr. G. C. Lambert, a clutch of eges of the Wood-Lark (Lullula arborea) Harrison, Dr. J. M. Exhibition and remarks on a variety of the Jay ........ eoereeeovoeeoe® ®eeev ee @ HarteEkrt, Dr. E. Description of a new subspecies from Tanganyika— Turdus MUAN) CNBUS WIG UTS .\, tas tn slateete vei ole Wel clalis lal Wipe sieeve ot Exhibition of some varieties of Paradise Flycatchers .... Account of an Expedition in Marocco...,........ rae ——. See RoTHSCHILD, Lord. JouRDAIN, Rev. F. C. R. Note on the published records of the Cuckoo oe in the nests of the Wiood= Warbler i cadits aloe 30s «i store mualaietays 3 le Exhibition, on behalf of Lt.-Col. W. A. Payn, of abnormal specimens and ege's of the Lesser Ringed-Plover Charadrius dubius) from Biskra eoeceeveevceereevereeer eee e eevee eee ere oeve Exhibition, on behalf of Commander R. EH. Vaughan, of two clutches of eggs of the Purple Gallinule (Prophyrio ceruleus) from Andalusia eeeseteeevreevret te eeoeevoeeveeeeevesesveoe 99 21 21 3 86 87 98 24 90 37 A6 XIX JourDAIN, Rev. F. C. R. (cont.). Exhibition of a photograph of the Red-necked Phalarope, DESI ot Se RP gute oe cus BTS cabs Marte Fda ole Exhibition and remarks on the forms of the Brent Goose Werantia Gernicla). os. iste. Ar eee CE cibtaef Geeta mit ine ‘ Kinnear, N. B. Description of a new form of Cuckoo-Shrike from Queens- land—G'raucalus papuensis wilkinst ..ccsccaceseeceeceves ‘ Note on Myzomela obscura, with description of a new form— MOOV UCTIBIS. 96 5.0 05 oso 6 2.« Mears deakeiene’s sale re sauaey tans : Description of a new Wood-Shrike (Tephrodornis pelvicus verneyt) from Siam ........ Foe py eLearn or inae mie Ay oben sara Description and remarks on a new Babbling-Thrush (Garrulax pectoralis subfusa) from Tenasserim ........... ‘ Kuoss, C. B. See Rosrnson, H. C. Kwnicut, Capt. C. W. R. pion of Lantern-lides 02. |. a ey Nee OP Kuropa, NAGAMICHI. Deseription of a new form of Pygmy Woodpecker from Tonkin— Yungipicies pyymeus tonkinensts ...... ERs é La Toucue, J. D. Descriptions of new forms :—Stachyridopsis ruficeps bangst from S.E. Yunnan and Parus ater kuatunensis from N.W. (BGT 5 , SS SS ARR od ep rie Se f LamBErt,G.C. See Hare, Rev. J. R. LonestaFF, Dr. T. G. Exhibition of specimens, including eggs of the Sanderling obtained by the Merton College Expedition in Spitsbergen, 2 2... RRR SRRRES Oc CRRA Reece rarer Low, Dr. G. C. Election of, as Hon. Secretary and Treasurer .......... Note on the nomenclature of the South American Black Oyster-catcher, Hematopus townsendi Audub. .........+.. Note on the classification of the species and subspecies of the genus HeMmapopus oy pescrosorves Se AEE CER E CT | Page 67 84 68 68 102 103 67 47 7 XxX Low, Dr. G. C. (cont.). Demonstration, illustrated with microscopical specimens and coloured diagrams, of some of the eommon_ blood- protozoa of birds.).).. 00. Sen wifeit l/'valip ‘a adel ste ata Rate at oa Lowe, Dr. P. R. Notes on the American Purple Gallinule (Jonornis mar- tinica).from Tristan d’Acunha.and Porphyriola allent from Ascension Island... oooe ve eeceooeoee@eoereteoeveevovre*eeeereeeee se e. Maruews,’G. M. Descriptions of new subspecies and new names for some Australian birds:—Lathamus gmelint, nom. noy., Micropus pacrficus tormentt, subsp. n., Fregata minor peninsul@, subsp. n., and Whitlocka wellst striata, subsp. nN. .......ee ee cees ores Additions to his ‘ Birds of Australia’ and ‘Check List,’ together with new names—Neonanodes chrysoguster wallicus and Pterodroma dubius ......... Phe is ateiivie, serena tc aint MEINERTZHAGEN, Col. R. Descriptions of two new subspecies of Larks—Ammomanes deserti coxt and Galerida cristata vmame aoeoret stove Go 6 2 FG 6 2 © © Exhibition and remarks on some Song-Thrushes from the dislandiol Nba yoo. et. ais tae pen Ve ateh ate aie, ss See car are Remarks on the Yellow-naped Woodpecker (Picus chloro- lophus), with descriptions of new races:—JP. e. simle, P. e. burme, P. c. welist, and P. c. annamensis Remarks on the differences between the European Snipe (Capella g. gallimago) and the. American Snipe (G. ¢. delicutu). Descriptions of two new races of :African Kingfishers :— Corythornis cristata gohanne and Halcyon senegalensis rani- OTHE. aX cifigs vs yerd eee cn oie steld MM hae es Munr, H. Vote of thanks accorded to, for the trouble he-has taken in auditing the accounts in the past ....2..06 00s seceeaeenes Musse_wuitk, D. W., and Warz, R. Exhibition and remarks on a series of five Wren-Cuekoo eges talken In SUSSEK ....sevsoencsveses Page 15 69 37 53 58 44 30 OtpHaAM, C. Remarks on the size of eggs of the Sparrow-Hawk from Trolande sa... Bed. sislate enpaneta asin eys icine caneh oneve Fda ale ite Payn, Lt.-Col. W.A. See Jourpaty, Rev. F.C. R. Rosinson, H. C., and Kross, C. B. Description of a new subspecies of Sunbird from Penin- sular Siam—thopyga nipalensis australis......sseecerees RotTuscuHi.D, Lord. Exhibition of a British-killed example of the Cream- Mae (OUPSED.. . oe sicvecsen a sis 08g teed « Sroiphbobskeea Sa ehelee ——, and Harrert, E. Exhibition of some birds from St. Matthias Island and descriptions of some new forms:—Micropsitta meeki proxima, Pachycephala pectoralis sexuvaria, Lalage conjuncta, Rhipi- dura rifiventris mussat, Phylloscopus trivirgatus matthie, Turdus dauma ewchhorm, and Turdus melanarius heinrotht .. MPMI ON ECCPAELON OF 65 Seis cse cig seine oyojeve tre ose. o 0 shelohesceererelauchess SciatTErR, W. L. Note on the genus Artama, with proposed new name maar NTMI AD, THVT Ty TRV ho) a's op od fas ~ 63 [ Vol. xliv. ABRORNIS SCHISTICEPS. The specimens from Assam, south of the Brahmaputra, Manipur, and the Chin Hills seem to be easily separable from other geographical races of this bird. From A. s. schisticeps it differs in having the yellow of the lower parts much paler and confined to the chin and throat. From A. s. ripponi it differs in not having the breast grey, contrasting with the yellow throat. It also seems to be a smaller bird than the latter, with a wing 46 to 48 mm. as against 50 to 51 mm. in that bird ; tail 40 to 41 mm. against 44 to 45 mm. I propose to call this race ~ Abrornis schisticeps flavimentalis, subsp. nov. Type in the British Museum: Mt. Victoria, 18.4.04. Rippon Coll. Reg. No. 1905.9.10.816. HOREITES BRUNNIFRONS. A series from Yunnan collected by Forrest differ from typical H. b. brunnifrons from Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, and the Chin Hills in being very much darker, to the same extent that HA. 6. wihistleri Ticehurst, from the N.W. Himlayas, differs in being much paler. I name this race from its shade-loving habits :-— Horeites brunnifrons umbraticus, subsp. nov. Type in the British Museum, ¢. Shweli-Salwin Divide, West Central Yunnan. Forrest Coll. Reg. No. 1921.7.15.396. Birds of this species found breeding by Col. H. H. Harington in the Northern Sban States would almost certainly also belong to this race. Measurements much the same as in the typical race and decidedly larger than H. b. whistleri.. Wing 47 to 49 mm. ; tail 34 to 40 mm.; tarsus about 19 mm.; culmen from feathers about 9 to 10 mm. Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited the following interesting egos from his collection :— RED-BACKED SHRIKE (Lanius collurio)—Two clutches of six each, from Surrey (6.vi.20 and 5.vi.22), of the greenish Vole iv] 64 form, very faintly speckled at the large ends. The two | clutches are obviously from the same bird. The locality was _ not visited in 1921; in 1922 the second clutch was found » within a few yards of the 1920 clutch. me These were exhibited to prove that for at least shred seasons the same form of egg is perpetuated by individual — birds of this species, and (or) possibly by the offspring. NoutHaAtcu (Stita cesia).—A clutch of seven leucitic eggs from Radnorshire (Owen R. Owen). One egg has a few underlying markings at the large end, otherwise they show no pigment; the grain of the shell is very rough with many nodules. NiGHTINGALE.—A clutch of five from Kent (Col. Charles Stonham). Ground colour pale greenish-blue with suffused caps of reddish-brown, somewhat resembling certain forms of the Stone-Chat (Sazicola rubicola). NOTICE. The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, March 12th, 1924, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1. Members are reminded that this Dinner is held conjointly with the Annual Dinner of the B. 0. U., and that they are allowed to bring Lady Guests. The Meeting will be devoted principally to the exhibition of Lantern-slides and Photographs, and the Hon. Secretary will be pleased to hear from any members who have slides etc. to exhibit, so that their names may be included in the Agenda, Members intending to dine are particularly requested to inform the Hon. Sec., Dr. G. ¢. Low, 86 Brook Street, W. 1, in order that the necessary seating arrangements may be made. (Signed) RovrHscHILD, Percy R. Lowe, Grorce C. Low, Chairman. Editor. Lon. Sec. & Treas. 23) RULLETIN OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB. No. CCLXXXVI. Taz two-hundred-and-eighty-second Meeting of the Club was held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48, Great Portland Street, W.,on Wednesday, March 12th, 1924, in conjunction with the Annual Dinner of the British Ornithologists’ Union. Lord RotuscHiLp, the President of the B.0.U., took the Chair during the Dinner ; and Mr. W. L. Sctarer (Chairman of the Club) during the subsequent proceedings. Members of the B.O.C. present:—L. Arpern; E. C, StuarT Baker; Miss M. G. 8S. Best; Dr. J. O. Beven; S. Boorman ; C. D. Borner; P. F. Bunyarp; Hon. G. L. CHarTERIs ; R. W. Coase; C. Cuuss; Denis Cox; Sir Percy Cox; R. H. Deane; Capt. F. W. Dewuorst; A. H. Evans; A. Ezra; A. F. Grirrira ; Hon. Masaustr Hacuisuka; Rey. F. R. Hate; Dr. J. M. Harrison ; Dr. EK. Harrert; Rev. F. C. R. Jourpary; Capt. J. Ny Kennepy; N. B. Kinnear; Dr. T. G. Lonoastarr: Dr. G. C. Low (Hon. Sec. § Treas.); Dr. P. R. Lows (Ldiior) ; [ March 31st, 1924, 1 VOL, XLIV, Vol. xliv. | 66 N. F. Lucas; Admiral H. Lynrs; Mrs. Reainatp McKenna ; C. M. Mackwortu-Pragp; Lt.-Col. H. A. F. Maacratu; Dr. P. H. Manson-Banr; G. M. Maruews; HH. G. B. Meapre-Watpo; Col. & Mrs. R. MginertzHaGEN ; Major J. C. Movutron; H. Mount; CU. Onpnam; ©. E. Pearson; H. Leysporns Porpuam; A. BH. Price; F. R. Ratcuirr; R. H. Reap; C. B. Rickert; B. B. Riviere; C. H. Roper; D. Sers-Smirp; Sir Matcotm Seton ; Major A. G. L. Suapen ; Mrs. R. Hata THomas ; Dr. C. B. Ticenurst ; Miss EH. L. Turner; G. pe H. Vaizey; G.M. VEVERS ; i. M. Wattis; H. Waistier ; H. F. Warunesy ; W. 4H. Wouniae Members of the B. O. U.:—C. E. Baxter; E. BIDWELL ; Lt.-Col. R. H. R. Brockzenpank; K.J.A. ete Capt. M.S. GLADSTONE; W. EK. Gunae ; i. Grunina; C. Hopwoop; Surg.-Comm. K. H. Jonzs, R.N.; L. M. Joprine ; N. H. Joy; Brig.-Gen. H. R. Kenan ; Cane CW Ia, Kytenr ; ; Mrs. A. H. Murron; W. J. ona H. W. Rosiysoy ; Major C. W. Smrep ; 7: STEWART ; Magan oF TAVISTOCK 3 A. LANDSBOROUGH ated ; W. H. THorrzt; EH. Vary; Dr. A. H. Waker ; Capt. J. A.C. Wairaker ; J.S. Wine. Guests :—Mrs. ARDERN ; Mrs. Raymonp AsquitH ; Mrs. B.C. Stuart Baker ; Dr. Becxert-Overy ; J. D. Brown ; Miss J. Coarrerton ; Lady GWENDOLEN CHURCHILL; Mrs. Denis Cox; H.J.SHotro Doucras ; G. Evans ; N. Griroy; HK. Gizny ; Miss L. Grunine ; Brig.-Gen. R. Hato; Mrs. E: Hartert; Mrs, A. H. Jones; Mrs. MackwortuH-PRaAzp ; Mrs. P. H. Mawnson-Baur;.H. J. Masstncoam ;: C. H. Payne; Mrs. LeyBorng Popuam ; E. Price; 8. Riccarpo ; Mrs. Riviere; Mrs. D. Srra-Smituy; D. W. Seru-Smiru ; Lady Seton; M. G. Sworze; Mrs. Stapen; Mrs. J. STEWART; Mrs. LAanDsBorouGH THomson; Sir Matunw and Lady Tuomrson; Mrs. C. B. Ticrnurst; J.-B. Waupy; F. Watey; R. Watson; Mrs. H. F. Wirnmrsy ;.J. M. YATES. | 67 [ Vol. xliv. The Annual Dinner of the B.O.U., held in conjunction with the B:O.C., was very well-attended, 25 members of the Union being present, 60 members of the Club, and _ 39 guests, a total of over 120. Captain ©. W. R. Kyieur opened the proceedings with a most interesting exhibition of slides illustrating nests of birds, both in the tree-tops and other situations. Perhaps the most striking of those was the nest of the Heron (Ardea cinerea), with the ae of the young birds by the adults. Mr. W. H. Guece showed a series of photographs of the nesting of the Whimbrel (Wumenius pheopus pheopus) and other scenes of bird-life in the Shetlands. Miss E. L. Turner showed slides of massed Starlings and Sand-Martins assembling at their roosting-places. Also pictures of Hickling Broad under snow and ice; together with various incidents in the life-history of some Coots. These were followed by a series of slides of both Whooper and Bewick’s Swans taken on the wing, Mr. J. D. Brown brought some slides of birds inhabiting Spitzbergen, while the Rev. F. C. R. Jourpain, who included Canada in his exhibition, also showed an excellent photograph of the Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) nesting somewhere on the mainland of Scotland. Mr. D. Seru-SmituH gave examples from the Zoological Gardens, and Dr. Manson-Baur showed slides taken many years ago in America and Scotland; considering that they were taken so long ago, they were remarkably clear and well-defined. They included Ospreys’ nests, pictures of the Skimmer (hynchops) and the Red-necked Phalarope. All the slides were excellent and were much enjoyed by the large audience. Vol. xliv.] 68 Mr. N. B. Kinnear described a new form of Cuckoo- Shrike from Queensland, collected by Capt. G. H. Wilkins of the British Museum Australian Expedition, as follows :— Graucalus papuensis wilkinsi, subsp. nov. Similar to Graucalus papuensis hypoleucos Gould (type- loc., Port Essington) from Cape York and Cairns Dist., but larger and darker grey above. On the underside the lower throat, breast, and upper abdomen are pearl-grey, as opposed to white washed with grey, and the flight-feathers are black instead of blackish-brown. Measurements. 3, wing 164 mm., tail 128 mm.; ?, wing 160 mm., tail 122 mm. (3 3 arid 3 ° from Cape Vor and Cairns ee the follow- ing measurements :— 6, wing 152-158 mm., tail 112- 116 mm.; 92, 147-157 mm., tail 115-117 an.) Type in the British Museum, No. 63, 3, 4th May, 1923, Mt. Driven, South Central Queensland, collected by Capt. G. H. Wilkins. No form of this Cuckoo-Shrike appears to have been recorded South of the Cairns District, and its occurrence in the interior of South Queensland is therefore of consider- able interest. In addition to the two specimens collected by Capt. Wilkins, there is in the National Collection a third skin collected by Mr. T. V. Sherrin at Hidsvoed in 1922. Mr. Mathews has divided the Australian forms of this bird into several races, but the material in the British Museum is not sufficiently good to prove whether these should stand or not. Mr. Kinnear also forwarded the following note :— In the ‘ Novitates Zoologice’ for 1903 Lord Rothschild and Dr. Hartert adopted the name fumata (Bonaparte, Consp. Av. i. p. 392 : Outanata, Dutch New Guinea) for the form of Myzomela obscura found in the Aru Islands, as they considered that there was every likelihood of the birds from the Aru Islands and mainland of New Guinea being the same. Some years later, in 1907, these authors described a new 69 [ Vol. xliv. race of this bird from the highlands of British New Guinea, which they called M. 0. meeki, and in their description compared it with examples from the Aru Islands. We have in the British Museum a series of this Honey- eater from the mouth of the Mimika River, Dutch New Guinea. These agree in colour with the highland form meeki, but the males are larger, with a wing of 71-73 mm. as against 67-68 mm. in the males of fumata. It is necessary, therefore, to give a name to the form from the Aru Islands, and I propose to call it Myzomela obscura aruensis, subsp. nov. Type, B.M. No. 1907.12.11.252. ¢ collected in Feb. 1904 by W. Goodfellow at Silbattabatta, Aru Islands. The three Papuan forms are as follows :— Myzomela obscura fumata, Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, 1. p. 392: Outanata, New Guinea. Mouth of the Mimika R., Dutch New Guinea, East Cape, British New Guinea. Wing, ¢ 71-73 mm., ? 62-71 mm. Twelve specimens examined. Myzomela obscura meeki Rothschild & Hartert, Nov. Zool. p. 479 (1907) : Upper Aroa River. Range. Highlands of British New Guinea. Wing, ¢ 67-68 mm., ? 67 mm. Three specimens examined from Tring Museum. Myzomela obscura aruensis. Silbattabatta, Aru Islands. Darker and more brown, especially on the underside, the dark throat-patch hardly showing. Wing, ¢ 66-69 mm., ? 60 mm. Range. Aru Islands. Three specimens examined. Mr. Grecory M. Matuews sent the following :— To the synonymy of Charadrius mongolus Pallas add Agialitis macrorhynchus Ewing, Tasm. Journ. Nat. Sci. vol. i. pt. 1, p. 57 (1841). Vol. xliv.] 70 To the synonymy of Polophilus phasianinus (Latham) add Cen- tropus speciosus Brookes, Diser. Cat. Zool. Mus. Brookes (1830), and Centropus afinis Gould, in Grey’s Two Exp. Austr., App. p. 418 (1841). | - as Kakatoe galerita (Latham) add Plyctolo- . phus macrorhamphus Brookes as above. a » ' Pezoporus wallicus (Kerr) add P. me- lanorrhabdotus Brookes as above. i : Dromiceius novehollandie (Latham) add D. major Brookes, as above. Stictopeleia cuneata (Latham) add Turtur spilonota Gould, in Grey’s Two Exp. Austr., App. p. 419 (1841). if * Fulica australis Gould add Fulica nove- hollandie Gould, as above, p. 420. Add to my Check-list Micra@ca griseoceps De Vis (1894). Pterodroma dubius, new name of the bird eae and described in my ‘ Birds of Australia,’ vol. i. pt. 2, pl. 86, p. 157, July 31st, 1912 North Aiea Neonanodes chrysogaster wallicus, subsp. nov., for the bird figured and described in my ‘ Birds of Australia,’ vol. vi. pt. 5, pl. 316, p. 4388, Sept. 11th, 1917, New South Wales. Dr. V. G. L. van SomEREN sent the following note and description of a new subspecies of Cosmopsarus :— I have recently had the opportunity of examining speci- mens of Cosmopsarus regius Reich. from the type-locality Massa-bubu on the Tana River (not Massa of the Kiliman- jaro district). This examination shows conclusively that the Tana Birds are similar to those of the Northern Frontier and Somali- land, and therefore C.r. donaldsoni mihi, Bull. B. O. C., Dee., vol. xl. p. 52, type-loc. Marsabit, becomes a synonym of C. regius regius. The Kilimanjaro birds, which I formerly accepted as typical, and which differed constantly from north-eastern examples, are the race which should have been named. For these birds I propose the name 71 [ Vol. xliv. Cosmopsarus regius magnificus, subsp. nov. Type, &, Tsavo, 5.4.18, in my own collection. This race differs from typical C. regius in being more purplish-blue on the upperside, in having a more golden- yellow underside, and, more particularly, in having the breast-band bronzy-purple, not purplish-blue. - Obs. I have examined 30 of this new race and an equal number of the typical C. regius. Dr. ©. B. Ticzenurst and Mr. H. Watstier communicated the following two new races of birds from the N.W. Himalayas :— Fulvetta vinipecta kangra, subsp. nov. Differs from Fulvetta vinipecta vinipecta (Hodgs.), type- locality Nepal, in the pure white unstreaked throat, in the lesser extent of the vinous wash on the lower breast and flanks, and in the paler tint of the abdomen; the rusty- rufous of the rump is less marked. The back is a pale brown, and the cheeks and ear-coverts are blacker, less brownish in tint, but these two characters are less constant. Hab, N.W. Himalayas (Dharmsala, Palumpur, Koteghar). Type. No. 5425. f, Palumpur, 6000 ft, Kangra, 27. xii. 1923. Coll. Hugh Whistler. (Presented to the British Museum. ) ) Ixulus flavicollis albicollis, subsp. nov. A larger and paler race than Jeulus flavicollis flavicollis (Hodgs.), type-locality Nepal. The sides of the head and the whole hind neck are markedly paler, the ferruginous- brown of these parts being posteriorly bordered by and giving place to white ; the upper surface in freshly moulted birds is a cold greyish-brown, as contrasted with the warm olive-brown of the typical race; the whole of the under surface is paler and whitish in tone, marked with cold olive- grey instead of warm olivaceous. Measurements. Wing 62:5 to 69°5 mm., mostly 64 to 69°5 mm., as against 60°5 to 66 mm., mostly 62:5 to 65°5 mm. in J. f. flavicollis. Twenty specimens of each race measured. Vol. xliv. | 72 Hab. N.W. Himalayas (Dharmsala, Kulu, Koteghar, Simla, Nynee Tal). Type. No. 4010. &, Dharmsala, 4000 ft., Kangra, 20.xi.1921. Coll. Hugh Whistler. (Presented to the British Museum.) | Dr, Percy R. Lowr communicated the fact that the © British Museum had received from the Rey. H. M. C. Rogers (through Mr. Douglas Gane) an immature example of Jonornis martinica, which had been taken on the island of Tristan d@’Acunha. As far as he knew, this was the first record of this species having wandered from South America to the island. The distance from the nearest point of land to Tristan d’Acunha was roughly 1800 miles. Another interesting example of wandering outside the limits of its normal distribution might be quoted in the case of Porphyrula alleni, an example of which had been taken . by Pay-Commander D. EH. Smith, R.N., on Ascension Island on May 27, 1920, and also presented to the Museum. NOTICE. The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, April 9th, 1924, at PAGANT’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1., the Dinner at 7 p.m. A DEMONSTRATION, with MICROSCOPICAL SPECIMENS, of some of the common blood-protozoa of birds will be given by Dr. G. C, Low. Members intending to dine are requested to inform the Hon. Sec., Dr. G. C. Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W.1. [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 at Nat. Hist. Museum, South Kensington, and, to place in his hands not later than at the meeting MSS. for publication in the Bulletin. | goigned) W. L. Scuarer, Percy R. Lows, Gerorar CO. Low, Chairman. Editor. Fon. Sec. § Treas. BULLETIN OF THE Perlis ORNITHOLOGISTS ’~ CLUB. No. CCLAXAAVII. Tae two-hundred-and-eighty-third Meeting of the Club was held at. Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48, Great Portland Street, W.,on Wednesday, April 9th, 1924. Chairman: Rev. J. R. Have, M.A. Members present :—W.SuHort Batty; D. A. BANNERMAN ; P. F. Bunyarp; N. B. Kinnear; Dr. G. C. Low (Hon, Sec. & Treas.); N.S. Lucas; C. W. MackwortH-PRAgp ; Dr. P. Manson-Baur; Col. & Mrs. MEINERTZHAGEN ; C. OtpHAM; C. E. Pearson; OC. B. Rickrett; D. Seru- SmitH ; H. Kirke Swany; B. W. Tucker ; H. WHISTLER ; J. SLADEN Wing ; H. F. Wiruersy. Guests :—J. P. R. Hate; W. H. Haus; Lt.-Col. A. HE. Hamerron ; W. Raw. Dr. G. C. Low gave a demonstration, illustrated by micro- scopical specimens and coloured diagrams, of some of the common blood-protozoa of birds, viz. Plasmodiwm precoe [April 26th, 1924.1 VOL, XL1V. Vol. xliv. | 74 (Proteosoma), a malarial parasite of Sparrows and other birds ; HHamoproteus columbe (Halteridium), a common parasite of Pigeons and many other birds ; Leucocytozoon neavei, a parasite of the Guinea-fowl, and Zrypanosoma sp. ? of the Thrush. For many of these specimens and also for the coloured plates shown, Dr. Low said he was greatly indebted to Dr. C. M. Wenyon, C.M.G., Director of the Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research, for his kindness in lending them for the demonstration. The systematic position of those parasites in the animal kingdom may be seen at a glance in the table on p. 70. Plasmodium preco# is the cause of bird malaria and is of special interest, as it was with this parasite that Sir Ronald Ross worked out the life-history of malaria in mosquitoes. The parasite has two cycles: one in the red corpuscle of the bird’s blood (the intracorporeal or asexual pliase—Schizo- gony), the other in the mosquito (the extracorporeal or sexual phase—Sporogony). Whereas the human malarial parasites are transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles, the bird ones, on the other hand, develop in mosquitoes of the genus Culew. The blood of mammals and birds consists of red blood-cor- puscles, white blood-corpuscles of different sorts, blood-plates, and the liquor sanguinis, plasma, or serum in which the cor- puscles float. In mammals, with the exception of the camel, the red corpuscles are non-nucleated biconcave circular discs, measuring 7°5 micromillimetres in diameter; in birds, on the other hand, they are oval and contain a well-marked nucleus. Starting then with the small malarial ring in the oval nucleated blood-corpuscle of the bird (trophozoite), the parasite slowly enlarges and black pigment appears in its substance. Finally, the protoplasm segments or breaks up (Schizont) into a number of spheres or spores (merozoites) ; and, as the corpuscle by this time has been destroyed, these escape into the blood-plasma and so pass into fresh cor- pusdes and start a fresh cycle over again. At the same [Vol xiv. (‘sprvzry) gcds snshjohuvy Csp1ig 2 specu yy) ¢ ds woozogndary (‘sestoqI0,) gtd purtnbathounyy (spigq) g'ds mwsxpdoxo LE (‘[soj-eaumsy) —*zaavau uoozopghooonay » Cuoestg) ‘aquinjoo $N9}0.1A0UWD TT (‘VLIEleU pargq) -vooaud unipoulsDy Ty (‘vItereu uvlunyy) "038 xva2a UNIPOWSDIT sx (spig) ds DUOSOUDANAT (Spr) "sanoady é ds vqnw py ‘snshjoh.iwy ‘episdoAIe y ‘woozoyndazy ‘eptozozede Fy ‘Dur. baLboun yy "PIULIv.carsoma fy “Dusnedovoe 7 ‘epturse|doxoy, } “uooxojhooonaT ‘ept0z0jAo00ne7] | ‘snazo.udowayr ‘eprejordouraezy | ( ‘UnIpoUsDyrgy ‘xe plipomselg J ‘pucosoundhut 7, ‘epruosourd Ary, “QD ULEr "ee piqouy "SNUA‘) "hquun gy ‘VOZOLOUd WOATAHd ‘Bap lULIy, SOISOWRTT st OP LOQN C ‘BIPIlEpY apg AOPLoguy “SEPEEPIO000 “CUIPVUOTOJOIg "BUIG OU “dIDAO Ges ‘vopupirodsoure Fy H | ‘VOZOUOdS VUOHdODILSVIN ‘VdOdOZIHU "SSDI9 Vol. xliv. | 76 time, however, certain full-grown parasites do not segment or break up into spores, and these are the sexual forms (gametocytes) that develop in the mosquito’s stomach. When suitable mosquitoes—Culea jfatigans—suck the bird’s blood all the parasites present pass into the stomach, the asexual ones disappearing, whereas the sexual forms remain and develop. Some of these are males (microgametocytes), some females (macrogametocytes); from the former, flagella (microgametes) (equalling the spermatozoa of higher life) are given off and one of these penetrates a female body (macrogamete), so producing sexual union or zygosis. The rounded body (zygote) now changes in shape and becomes pointed at one end (odkinete), this enabling it to penetrate into the wall of the mosquito’s stomach. Here it comes to rest (oocyst) and begins to enlarge and develop. Changes take place in its interior, eventuating in a number of sickle-shaped bodies called sporozoites. The capsule of the oocyst now ruptures, thus allowing of the escape of these bodies, which are gradually collected in the salivary glands. When the mosquito next bites a bird the sporozoites are inoculated with the saliva, and one of these, penetrating a corpuscle, forms a little ring (trophozoite) and so starts the intracorporeal phase. It takes about ten days at suitable temperatures for the parasites to develop in the mosquito, and then about another ten days’ incubation before the bird develops fever. This may be severe and kill the bird, or recovery—with or without relapse—may take place. Hemoproteus columbe also inhabits the red blood-corpuscles of the bird. Instead of a mosquito it has, on the other hand, for its intermediate host a Hippoboscid fly, Lynchia maura. The gametocytes after fertilisation develop in the stomach- wall of the fly ina similar manner to those of Plasmodium precox in the stomach-wall of the mosquito, the development finally ending in sporozoites in the salivary glands. Schizogony (sporulation) in the bird-host in this case takes place in the endothelial cells of the blood-vessels of TF [ Vol. xliv. the viscera (liver, kidney, etc.), and not in the red blood- corpuscles of the peripheral blood. The Leucocytozoon is another parasite of the blood of birds. It lives in the white blood-corpusceles, and, not having heemo- globin available, does not become pigmented when it grows. It has the peculiar habit of making the host-cell spindle- shaped. In its life-history, transmission, etc., it is closely related to Hemoproteus. The Trypanosomes live in the serum or plasma of the blood, where they swim about and multiply by fission. Many birds harbour these parasites—whether of the same, or different species, not being yet accurately determined. Their method of transmission also is not definitely known, but certain mosquitoes are suspected as intermediate hosts. In man and some animals the glossine or tsetse-flies, Glossina palpalis and Glossina morsitans, are the inter- mediate hosts and carriers of the parasite from animal to animal, while in rats a flea (Ceratophyllus fasciatus) functions. As to whether parasites of the Trypanosome group cause symptoms in birds or not is unknown. It is probable—in many instances at least—that they are harmless, much in the same way as Trypanosoma lewisi in the rat; but, on the other hand, one must always remember that heavy infections of any parasites are detrimental to health, and may kill the host. A very interesting point in the parasitology of birds is dependent upon their migratory habits. A bird nesting in Siberia may winter in the equatorial tropics, and it thus becomes liable to pick up the parasites of both areas, exactly in a similar manner to the white man who goes to live in the tropics. One must bear this specially in mind in dealing with the subject. Most branches of ornithology have been so accurately studied now, that there is little of paramount importance left to be discovered. To anyone, however, wishing to break new ground, one may recommend the study of the diseases of wild birds, with the pathological anatomy involved, Vol. xliv.] 78 It is quite probable that disease may have had more than a little to do with the extinction of such species as Alca wmpennis, Ectopistes migratorius, and the coming extinction of Numenius borealis, to quote only a few classical examples. Then we have the examples of disease striking down a species that has become too numerous and overcrowded— often owing to the unnatural interference of man. Such examples are avian tuberculosis in overcrowded pheasant- coverts and grouse disease on overstocked moors. Coccidiosis is specially fatal, in the latter instance, to young stock, and an intestinal helminthiasis—as Leiper has shown,—due to heavy infections with Trichostrongylus pergracilis, is often responsible for the decimation of the adult stock. Bacteria may also play a subsidiary or even a major part in both of these varieties of grouse disease. ‘The part protozoal parasites—such as we have been discussing to-night—play in other bird-diseases has yet to be worked out, and awaits solution. Mr. H. Kirke Swann exhibited a female skin and a series of eggs of Acvipiter nisus from Ireland, and made the following remarks :— It has long been known that the. Sparrow-Hawk of Treland ditters somewhat from that of Great Britain—a fact, I think, first pointed out by Dresser in his ‘ Birds of Hurope.’ I was first interested in this difference when some years ago I obtained several sets of eggs from the south of Ireland and was struck by their small average size. I endeavoured without success to obtain skins from that part of Ireland, but recently I interested Mr. Horsbrugh in the matter and asked him to send me a few skins. The first to arrive, a female bird, is so striking in its differences from continental birds that I feel confident in describing it as a new insular race of the species. JI have compared it with the seven Irish skins from Co. Fermanagh and King’s Co. in the British Museum Collection and find they agree with this example in darker coloration and smaller size. We must, of course, 79 [ Vol. xliv. bear in mind, in considering this race, that comparison has to be made, not with British but with Scandinavian birds, which constitute the typical form. British birds average slightly smalier and darker than the latter, but Irish birds are very noticeably smaller and darker—so much so, in fact, that they closely approach in size the Sardinian insular race, Accipiter nisus wolterstorfi. I propose to call the Irish race Accipiter nisus hibernicus, subsp. nov. Pp ’ Pp Type, 2°, Hillsborough, Co. Down, Ulster, March 8, 1924, collected by C. B. Horsbrugh. In collection of H. Kirke Swann. Total length 350 mm.; wing 220 mm.; tail 167 mm.; tarsus 55 mm. Above much duller and darker than typical Accipiter nisus nisus; the head and mantle black; below much darker, the bars heavier and closer, and the white interspaces much reduced. The ¢ is also darker above and below, with more rufous on the underside. Wing of five ¢ examples 189- 194 mm., as against 200-208 mm. in continental typical examples, and 195-200 mm. in British examples. Wing of three 9 examples 220-222 mm., as against 229-245 in con- tinental birds and 225-235 in British examples, Colonel R. Merrtnertzaacen asked whether the Irish Sparrow-Hawk had been compared with Madeiran birds, as if they are not different it is questionable whether the Irish bird should be named. Mr. C. OLpHAmM enquired whether Mr. Swann had applied to the Dublin Museum for a loan of their specimens before naming this race and was answered in the negative. Mr. Davin BANNERMAN said that he would like to say a word on this subject, particularly as A. n. granti had been mentioned. He had recently been struck with the great Vol. xliv.] 80 variation exhibited in individual specimens of the Sparrow- Hawk from Madeira, and also of the Canarian race, if that form is recognized. The depth of colour of the back, the amount of rufous on the underparts of the males, the intensity of the banding of the females, and even the size varied individually to a remarkable extent. The female type of A. n. granti was itself unique in having the under- parts much more closely banded than in any other specimens which had since been obtained from Madeira, and it only showed how careful one ought to be before naming a bird which in other parts of its range showed such variation as described. He did not consider that on the very small series which Mr. Swann had examined that the Irish bird ought to be separated, for what applies to the Sparrow-Hawk in the Atlantic Islands may well apply in Ireland. Mr. Swann had confessed that he had not appealed to the Irish Museums for a loan of their specimens before taking this step, and he entirely agreed with Mr. Oldham, who had suggested that the description should be held over until Mr. Swann could procure additional material from Ireland. From the evi- dence produced he was far from satisfied—taking into consideration Mr. Bunyard’s remarks on the eggs—that the Irish Sparrow-Hawk constituted a distinct race. Mr. HE. C. Stuart Baker described the following race of Suya crinigera :— Suya crinigera assamica, subsp. nov. Very much darker than either S. c¢. crinigera or S. c. striatula. Almost as dark as S. c. yunnanensis, but differing from this bird in having the head heavily streaked through- out the year instead of almost uniform blackish in summer plumage. 8. c. cooke differs from all the other races in having the dark centres to the feathers of the upper plumage almost obsolete. Wing 53 to 63 mm.; tail 85 to 104 mm.; culmen 12 to 13 mm. $1 Vol. xliv. Type, in the British Museum, ¢@, Shillong, Godwin- Austen. Reg. no. 95.7.14.1560. Distribution. Assam, South and East of the Brahmaputra ; Chin Hills. How far East and South this bird extends is not known, but specimens obtained by Rippon at Myingjan seem referable to it. NOTICE, The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, May 14th, 1924, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1, the Dinner at 7 p.m. Members intending to dine are requested to inform the Hon. Sec., Dr. G. C. Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W.1. : | 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 at Nat. Hist. - Museum, South Kensington, and to place in his hands not later than at the meeting MSS. for publication in the Bulletin. | (Signed ) Rev. J. R. HALg, Dr. P. R. Lowg, Dr. G. C. Low, Chairman. Editor. Hon. See. § Treas. +4; i s Pea aichi fy aod ad 10 ot Stee fe ict ma aaitey We as ; . i } | : y * 71 , Ly ferns f ia ar eae és Teaorser a e | f ped, apis ee bin citi oll, ‘fe oy Ter « Lay “i GOH whi Take! ‘ at * ? | * at tes ves vET%: Tear n ti ov | - sh Cun Witeis ‘a ns Hs * we u Ese | hie * tee ie ry ca a ~ aah . t he . fie: \ ‘ Tt ‘ ral ‘ on , ‘ ; oi Py Pete's . ; ‘ Hotes t ., > = . - * ef F ’ ‘ ‘ Q 1 f Ee | Hat : md : A HS i Pan: . 4 ~~. ashidhe bs “/ eae ; , zt ‘ ? ie ‘ Ais . ii © 7 el i L : \ 's - } eauly or ie g vis. i . x : 1, An ql ! , a . * oe y" te 7 “ : . ,. J i . 4 7 " a ‘ Se apd ny of me i pan es i ue 1 ; Py eis ae 2 » tah rua: ‘ i * ; . 1 ‘ Z ; é r ; ft ‘ *< : wh ‘ | LP ~ 2? aides U A : m too be od . ™ oes Ay 4.4" E BULLETIN bs» OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB. No. CCLXXXVIII. Tae two-hundred-and-eighty-fourth Meeting of the Club was held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48, Great Portland Street, W., on Wednesday, May 14th, 1924. Chairman: W. L. Sciuater, M.A. Members present :—E. C. Stuart Baker; D. A. BANNeErR- MAN; Dr. J. O. Beven; S. Boorman; G. Brown; P. F. Bounyarp; Capt. R. E. Caezsman; Lt.-Col. A. Dxrumt- Rapcuirre; A. Ezra; Major 8. 8. Fiowrer; Hon. M. Hacuisuka; Rev. J. R. Hate; 8S. H. Hart; Rev. F. C. R. Jourpain ; Capt. J. N. Kennepy; G. C. Lampert; Bec. UC. Low (fon. Sec. & Treas.); N.S. Lucas; Lt.-Col. H. A. F. Magrata; Dr. P. Mawnson-Banr; H. Munt; (. OtpHam; R. H. Reap; Lord Roruscuiup; D. Sera-Smitx; Major A. G. L. Suapen; Mrs. R. Hara THomas; H. M. Watuis; H. F. Wirnersy; C. pe Worms. Guests :—E. H. Gitt ; Brig.-Gen. RoLtanp Hai. Mr. D. Sera-Smiru exhibited four skins of the Australian Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), showing (1) the nor- mally coloured bird, (2) a yellow or “ lutino” variety, (3) a [June 3rd, 1924, | VOL, XLIV. Vol. xliv.] 84 blue variety, and (4) a white specimen. In the normal bird the prevailing colour is grass-green, the forehead and lower part of the cheeks being yellow and most of the upper sur- face barred with black. There are two small patches of indigo-blue on the cheeks, and the tail is mostly blue. The coloration of this species appears to be composed of two pigments, yellow and black, the black pigment combined with certain feather-structure being responsible for the blue tint which, combining with yellow, forms the green coloration which prevails in this species. In the yellow variety, now common as a cage-bird, the black pigment has disappeared and with it all trace of blue except in the small cheek-patches, which instead of being dark indigo are of a very pale verditer-blue. Otherwise the bird is of an almost uniform canary-yellow, with a faint trace of greenish on the upper tail-coverts and faint indi- cations of the barring on the upper-surface, the barring being of a pale grey or greenish hue. In the blue variety the yellow pigment has completely disappeared. All the black markings are very distinct, but those areas which are normally yellow are white, and those which are green in the normal bird are bright blue. A white specimen shows almost complete absence of pig- ment. It was bred from blue parents, and shows a faint trace of blue on the rump and cheek patches. Mr. Seru-SrrH also exhibited specimens of females of (1) the Common Pheasant and (2) Swinhoe’s Pheasant (Genneus swinhoci) assuming male plumage. The Rey. F. C. R. Jourpain exhibited specimens of the Brent-Goose (branta bernicla), and pointed out that in prac- tically all literature on the subject published since 1917 the light- and dark-breasted forms have been treated as one, although the Black Brent (B. bernicla nigricans) is generally admitted to be distinct, and by some writers is even regarded as a species. The light- and dark-breasted forms are, how- ever, quite distinct, and the reasons given by Dr. Hartert for 85 [ Vol. xliv. uniting them can no longer be said to hold good in the light of further information as to the breeding-ranges of the two races. Moreover, the distribution of these races is incorrectly given, even when the two forms are recognized, and there are still large areas with regard to which we have no reliable information. The following is a brief résumé of our present knowledge of the subject :— (1) The Dark-breasted Brent breeds in Western Siberia from the mouth of the Yenisei to the Taimyr, and, according to Russian writers, also on Novaya Zemlya. All the birds obtained by Buturlin on Kolguev are also ascribed by Alphéraky to this form. One light-breasted bird is said to have been obtained by Middendortf on the Taimyr, and Trevor-Battye states that a minority of the birds seen by him had light breasts, but no specimens are in existence to support this view. The only skin in the British Museum from Novaya Zemlya is, however, not the typical slaty- breasted bird. From Franz Josef Land we have only one skin for comparison. It may be that we have an inter- mediate form here, but our material is at present far too scanty for any definite statement on the subject. Linnzeus described Anser bernicla as dwelling in Northern Europe and migrating across Sweden, so that it is evident that this name cannot apply to the light-breasted form. In the event of the possible separation of the birds from the North Russian Islands from the W. Siberian race, it would be of great interest if Dr, Lonnberg could throw any light on the question of the origin of the birds which Linnzeus described. Meanwhile, I apply the name J. bernicla bernicla to West Siberian and (apparently) Novaya Zemlya birds. (2) The Light-breasted Brent, commonly but erroneously called B. bernicla glaucogaster or glaucogastra, but which should be called B. b. collaris C. L. Brehm. This race breeds not only on the Arctic islands of North America, east from the Party Isles, and in Greenland, but also in the Spitsbergen archipelago. There is, of course, some variation among these birds, but out of some 70 or 80 birds examined Vol. xliv. | 86 by myself and Mr. A. Chapman, all were light-breasted. Le Roi speaks of “ light-”’ and “dark-” breasted birds from Spitsbergen, but is is evident that his dark-breasted form is merely a light-breasted bird with more grey-brown than usual on breast and flanks, but not approaching the uniformly slaty-grey-breasted birds from West Siberia (cf. Avif. Spitzb. tab. x.). (3) The Black Brent of Western North America and Eastern Siberia, B. bernicla nigricans (Lawr.). This entails the re-admission of a form accepted by us in the ‘Hand-list’ (1912), and also admitted in the ‘B. O. U. List’ of 1915, but rejected in the addenda to the ‘Hand-list,” Die Vogel d. Pal. Fauna (1920), and the ‘Practical Handbook,’ and also in the ‘B. O. U. List’ of 1923, as well as Witherby’s ‘ Check-list’ (1924). The name “* glaucogaster,”’ used by Seebohm, the ‘A. O. U. Check-list’ (1910), the ‘ Hand-list, and the 2nd Edition of the ‘B.O. U. List’ must also be discarded, as has already been pointed out. Whatever the birds from the North Russian Islands may prove to be (and without a series of skins it is impossible to speak positively), there is no evidence of the occurrence of a dark-breasted bird west of Franz- Josef Land, and Middendorf’s solitary record is the only one of a light-breasted bird east of Novaya Zemlya. Even in their winter-quarters the two migrating streams are quite distinct, until they meet and mingle together in the south of Scotland and the north-east of England. Apart from the North Russian Islands it is clear that there are vast areas in which only one form is represented, and even if the possibility of an intermediate zone in which intergradation takes place be admitted, both forms have an indisputable right to recognition. The Hon. Masavust Hacnuisuxa described the tolor te new subspecies of Lark :— Alemon alaudipes omdurmanensis, subsp. nov. Differs from A. a. alaudipes (type-locality Gafsa and Tozer in Tunis) in having the upper surface, including back 87 [ Vol. xliv. and wings, more sandy-rufous, in most cases including the head ; slightly smaller than the typical bird. Measurement: Bill 28mm.; wing 129 mm.; tail 90 mm. ; tarsus 83) mm. Type, &, in the British Museum. Omdurman, Sudan, 28 Nov., 1902. A. L. Butler’s collection. Reg. 1916.9.20. 1297. The Rev. J. R. Haus exhibited, for Mr. G. C. Lambert, a clutch of eggs of the Wood-Lark (Lullula arborea), taken on April 26th, 1924, in central Surrey. Some 40 birds wintered in this particular locality (as in the previous winter), and five or six pairs remained to breed. Mr. Hale drew attention to the fact that this species had of recent years extended its breeding-range in a southerly direction, and mentioned that it was gratifying to note that the species was decidedly increasing in numbers. NOTICE. The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, June 11th, 1924, at PAGANI’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1, the Dinner at 7 p.m. Members intending to dine might kindly inform the Hon. Sec., Dr. G. C. Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W.1. N.B.—This is the last Meeting of the Session. [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 at Nat. Hist. Museum, South Kensington, and to place in his hands not later than at the meeting MSS. for publication in the Bulletin. | (Signed) W. L. Sciater, Dre P.R. Lown, Dr. G. C. Low, Chairman. Editor. flon. Sec. & Treas. eh, 3H U x (x 7ih Ly, 4 eerie - BULLETIN Ren, OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB. No. CCLXXXIX. Tue two-hundred-and-eighty-fifth Meeting of the Club was held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48, Great Portland Street, W.,on Wednesday, June 11th, 1924. Chairman: W. L. Scuater, M.A. Members present:—D, A. BANNERMAN; C. D. Borreur ; G. Brown; P.F. Bunyarp; Major R. H. CoeEesman ; Major S. S. Frower; C. H. B. Grant; Dr. J. M. Harrison; Dr. EH. Harrert; N. B. Kinnear; Dr. G. C. Low (Hon. Sec. § Treas.); Dr. P. Manson-Banr; G. M. Matuews ; H. Munt; ©. OtpHam; C. B.-Ricxett; Lord Roruscuip ; Major A. G. L. Stapen; H. Kirke Swann; G. M. Vevers; H. W. Waire; H.M. Watuis; H. F. Witnersy. Guests :—Col. W. J. B. Dickson; R. F. Marurws. Dr. Ernst Harrert gave a short account of his expedition in Marocco, from which he had just returned. He landed at Tangiers and went by automobile to Rabat; but the journey was most unpleasant, frequent heavy showers, mist, and gale making comfort and bird-observations impossible, [July 7th, 1924. | a VOL. XLIVv. Vol. xliv. | 90 and the roads in Spanish Marocco were very bad. In Rabat he found the beginning of a “bird-collection, in which were already a number of very interesting specimens, in the Museum of the “ Institut scientifique Chérifien,” where he was very kindly welcomed. Bad, rainy weather kept him longer in Rabat than he had intended. He found the colony of Comatibis eremita on the Salé cliffs deserted, though it had been well known to a number of people. It was described in 1901 by Meade-Waldo. Dr. Hartert collected and observed the Francolin and the Guinea-fowl in the gorges of the Upper Bou-Reg-Reg and its tributaries, and afterwards proceeded to Azrou in the Middle Atlas, known as an ornithological locality through the paper by Admiral Lynes in‘ The Ibis.’ This paper enabled him to see and collect nearly all the species found there by Lynes, whose excellent observations were in nearly all cases confirmed and sometimes supplemented. The mag- nificent forests of oaks and cedars above Azrou were rich in birds, and on the plateau above the forests the rare “ Atlas Shore-Lark ” (Hremophala alpestris atlas), a Skylark, and Seebohm’s Chat (Cinanthe wnanthe seebohmi) were nesting. Dr. Hartert hoped to show some of his specimens at the October meeting of the Club. Mr. W. L. ScLarEr communicated the following note on the genus Artamia :— This genus, stated by Gadow (Cat. Bds. B. M. viii. p. 106) to have been first proposed by Lafresnaye (Dict. Univ. d’Hist. Nat. ii. 1832, but really dating from 1842), was originally described by Is. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire (Nouv. Ann. Mus. Paris, i. p. 389, 1832), with Ocypterus sanguinolentus Temm., the Red-and-Black Oriole of Java (named Oriolus cruentatus (Wagl.) in the Catalogue (vol. iii. p. 221)) as type. It seems, therefore, that the generic name Artamia cannot be applied to the White-headed Vanga of Mada- gascar, Artamia leucocephala (Gmel.). Another generic name given in the Catalogue for the 91 [ Vol. xliv White-headed Vanga is Leptopteryx Wagler (Syst. Av. 1827), but this genus was first proposed by Horsfield (Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 143, 1821) as a substitute name for Ocypterus Cuv. preoccupied, and for the bird named Artamus leucogaster in the Catalogue (vol. xiii. p. 2). It is obvious, therefore, that neither Artamia or Leptopterywx can be used for the White-headed Vanga of Mada- gascar. As no other name is available, I would propose Artamella, gen. nov., with Lanius viridis P. L. 8. Miiller (Syst. Nat. Suppl. p. 72, 1776) as type. Miiller’s name is the oldest for the species and antedates Lanius leucocephalus Gmel.,.the specific name used in the Catalogue. The White-headed Vanga of Mada- eascar should therefore be known as Artamella viridis (Miill.). Mr. SciatEr also exhibited an example of a rare Swallow (Phedina brazzw) trom the Belgian Congo, and made the following remarks :— This bird was first obtained by M. de Brazza, the well- known French traveller, in 1884, at a place called Nganchu on the Lower Congo, not very far from Kwamouth. It was described by Oustalet (‘ Le Naturaliste,’ 1866, p. 300) and was figured in Sharpe and Wyatt’s ‘Monograph of the Swallows’ (pl. 29) from the original and unique specimen in the Paris Museum. Up till quite recently no further examples have been obtained, but lately the present bird was sent me for examination by. M. Schouteden, of the Congo Museum at Tervueren. It was obtained at Lulvabourg in the Kasai district of the Belgian Congo, some 420 miles to the eastward of the original locality. Mr. Chapin also writes to me that he has obtained some examples from the same locality, and probably trom the same source. a2 Vol. xiivs} 92 Mr. W. L. Scuater also described a new Red-billed Shrike as follows :— Sigmodus scopifrons kirki, subsp. nov. Resembling S. s. scopifrons, but the chestnut patch on the forehead somewhat paler and separated from the black of the hinder part of the crown and nape by a distinct whitish- grey patch. The colour of the back, too, is slightly more ashy than in the typical race. | Measurements much as in the typical race. Wing of type, not sexed, 100 mm.; bill from frontal feathers 15 mm.; tarsus 21 mm. Claude Grant’s example of the typical race has the wing 98 mm., the bill 15, and the tarsus 20. Type from Lamu Kirk, Brit. Mus. reg. No. 94. 8.16. 236, figured by Shelley, P. Z.S. 1881, pl. li. The typical race of this rare Shrike was obtained by Peters in Mozambique many years ago, and described in the Journ. Ornith. (1854, p. 422). Examples collected by Sir John Kirk in 1879 are labelled from Lamu, the Pangani River, and Mamboia; of these the Lamu bird is figured by Shelley (P. Z.S. 1881, p. 582, pl. li. fig. 2), and is the type of the new race here described, the other two from the Pangani also belong to the new race, while the bird from Mamboia, which is south of the Pangani, is apparently similar to the Beira bird collected by Claude Grant, which may be con- sidered as a topotypical example of Peters’s bird. Dr. van Someren (Bull. B.O.C. xiii. 1923, p. 80) has recently described examples from the Meru forest N.H.of Mt. Kenya as a distinct race—Sigmodus scopifrons keniensis. Here, also, Dr. Lonnberg (K. Sven. Vet.-Akad. Handl. vol. xlvii, no. 5, 1911, p. 88, pl. ii. fig. 1) obtained two examples, and he noticed the difference of the colour of the patch on the head of his birds as compared with that figured by Shelley. Van Someren, however, compared his birds from Mt. Kenya with those from the coast-lands of Kenya Colony and not with the Mozambique birds, which are quite indistinguishable from the Meru forest birds. We have, therefore, 93 [ Vol. xliv. SIGMODUS SCOPIFRONS SCOPIFRONS (Peters). Type-locality, Mozambique. Ranging from Beira to Mamboia and the Meru forest, of which S.’s. keniensis is a synonym. SIGMODUS SCOPIFRONS KIRKI. Type-locality, Lamu from the coast-lands of Kenya Colony, from Lamu to the Pangani River. 3 Lorp RotuscHitp exhibited a British-killed specimen of the ‘‘ Cream-coloured Courser” (Cursorius cursor) recorded by John David Hoy among rare birds killed in Suffolk since 1827 (vol. ili. p. 436, addenda to Hoy’s list). The bird is recorded (‘ Magazine of Natural History,’ vol. iv p- 163, 1831) as having been shot by a shepherd named Smith at Freeston, near Aldeburgh, on Oct. 3rd, 1828. John David Hoy lived at Stoke-by-Nayland on the River Stone, and was a constant correspondent of Yarrell. He furnished the latter with many of his records of rare birds for the first edition of ‘ British Birds,’ including that of the first British Pectoral Sandpiper. Hoy died in 1839. Mr. David BANNERMAN and Mr. H. F. Wiruersy jointly made the following remarks on the recently described Irish Sparrow-Hawk :— At the April meeting of the Club Mr. Kirke-Swann separated under the name Accepiter nisus hibernicus the Irish Sparrow-Hawk from the typical species, and his action was criticised by several members present. Colonel Meinertzhagen has since written to Ireland for a loan of specimens, and as a result we have obtained, through the courtesy of the Irish Museum authorities, 20 additional specimens. As Colonel Meinertzhagen has suddenly gone abroad, we have made a careful examination of these and others amounting to over 100 specimens, including 25 male (15 adult) and 10 female (2 adult) Irish birds, one Swedish and two Norwegian males, and two Swedish females, but Vol. xliv.] 94 not adult, many other Continental birds (France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, etc.), and a very good series of British birds. Mr. Swann states that comparison must be made with Scandinavian birds, and it would be interesting to know what Scandinavian birds he had for comparison, as those in the British Museum collection are quite insufficient. The results of our comparison of this series of Irish birds with British and Continental specimens are as follows :— Adult Males.—We can see no difference in Irish and British birds in coloration either of upper- or under-parts. In a series of both as compared with a series of Continental birds they are slightly darker on the upper-parts on the whole, and the under-parts are inclined to be more rufous, but both these differences are variable, as you will see by the specimens exhibited. Adult Females.—There being only three Irish adult females available (including Mr. Swann’s type) and no adult Scandinavian, it is impossible to say whether they are distinct or not. The upper-parts of these Irish speci-. mens are dark, but about 50 per cent. of British birds are as dark, and some Continental, though varying, are, it is true, usually rather paler. We can see no difference in the barring of the under-parts, which is very variable. First - year Males and Females exhibit no constant differences. Measurements (taken by H. F. Witherby) :— Wing. Tad. Adult males '’.... 15 Irish .... 191 (one 185)-204 130-150 18 British.... 190-205 ]35-154 16 Continental 191 (one 183)-210 135-158 Adult femaies .. 2-tTrish |... 227, 234 165, 171 (Mr. Swann’s type) 220 (as measured by himself) 167 12 British.... 230-240 166-176 9 Continental 228-245 168-180: It will be seen that these measurements do not agree with Mr. Swann’s. Although the largest Irish and British birds are smaller than the largest Continental, measurements are an entirely unreliable character. We do not consider 95 [ Vol. xliv. that average measurements such as those given by Mr. Swann are of value in separating subspecies, and the fact remains that out of 16 adult male Continental birds only three are larger than the largest adult male Irish bird. To sum up, we are of the opinion that the Irish and other British birds are inseparable, and, although British birds are, on the whole, darker on the upper-parts and have more rufous on the under-parts than Continental birds, there is too much individual variation to enable us to accept the name which Mr. Swann has proposed. Accipiter nisus hibernicus is founded on a female, and, therefore, six females (but only four males) from various countries are exhibited to illustrate our remarks and the variation which exists. Two adult males from Norway—one with dark upper- parts, shot in September, the other with much paler upper-parts, shot in May. Note the difference in the amount of rufous on the under-parts. Wings 197 and ‘202 mm. Two adult males from Ireland (Dublin Museum) inter- mediate in colour between the two birds exhibited from Norway, with wings of 185 and 202 mm. Two adult females from Rome, both shot in February— one a dark-backed, the other a light-backed example. Wings 237 and 246 mm. Two adult females from England and Scotland—one dark- backed, the other light-backed. Wings 233 and 235 mm. Two adult females from Ireland, which resemble in the colour cf the upper-parts the dark-backed bird from Rome and the dark-backed bird from England. Wings 227 and 234 mm. With regard to the suggestion that the Irish Sparrow- Hawk (if the characters assigned to it by Mr. Swann proved valid) might be the same as Accipiter nisus granti, we may state that there is no fear of this. The Madeiran bird is very distinct from other Sparrow-Hawks, the females being very heavily barred in both the adult and first-year plumage. Vol. xliv. | i VO Mr. C. OLpHAm remarked that he had written to Mr. Nevin Forster, County Down, for particulars as to size of the Irish Sparrow-Hawk’s egg in his collection, and that gentleman had replied that 11 eggs, taken in Ulster, measured as follows:—-max. 42:1x 31, 40°8x33 mm.; min. 40 x 30 mm. Mr. H. Kirke Swann again exhibited the type of his proposed Accipiter nisus hibernicus, and remarked that it was like nothing skown by Messrs. Witherby and Bannerman, and even if it was approached in size by one or two specimens from the Continent it was so dark that there was no comparison in that respect. It was unfortunate that Mr. Horsbrugh, through illness, had not been able to send any more adult skins, as the type and the two examples shown by Messrs. Witherby and Bannerman were the only adult females available. ,_ No doubt, if more adult skins could be got from Ireland, the differences of the Irish bird from the Continental form could be better discerned. Unfortunately, Scandinavian or typical birds were also lacking, as only three skins were available for comparison. In any case, the comparison was not with examples from Great Britain, as these are a little smaller and darker than Continental birds, and, in fact, constitute an intermediate form. Quite possibly some British Kieinschmidt would in the future even separate the British form from the typical one, and by that time ornithology would have so advanced that the separation would not be disputed. The two essentials for a good geographical race are, firstly, visible differences in shade or extent of coloration, with or with- out a difference in size, and, secondly, a definite and fixed breeding-area, in which no other form of the same species breeds. A difference in size in addition to a difference in shade of coloration is a strong character, but not essential. Only for species are actual colour-differences or differences in pattern of colouring required. Replying to Mr. Bannerman’s remark that he had mea- sured one set of Irish eggs which were larger than one set ON. [ Vol. xliv. of Norwegian, Mr. Swann stated that 21 Irish eggs gave an average of 38°5x3:12 mm., while 22 Norwegian eggs showed an average of 41:1x33 mm. He remarked on the futility of measuring only one set, because in the measurements given he had also included one set of Irish eggs which were a trifle larger than the smallest set of Norwegian eggs included, yet all the other Nor- wegian eggs were considerably larger than the Irish ones and showed a considerably greater average when several sets were measured together. The eggs, however, were only mentioned as showing that the Irish race was a small race laying smaller eggs than the typical form. As against the measurements of skins mentioned by Messrs. Witherby and Bannerman, it should be remarked that the wings of the three Irish adult females shown averaged 227 mm., while the wings of eleven Continental females at the British Museum averaged 235°7 mm. The wing of Mr. Swann’s type was only 220 mm. As to males, five Irish males averaged 192 mm., while the Continental males at the British Museum averaged 200 mm. As an insular race, the Irish bird seems as much entitled to separation as A, nisus wolterstorfi of Sardinia. Mr. BaNNERMAN, replying for Mr. Witherby and himself, said that Mr. Swann appeared to have entirely missed the significance of their remarks. Mr. Swann, on his own showing, had made a unique (perhaps aberrant) example of a Sparrow-Hawk the type of his Accipiter. nisus habernicus, and neither Mr. Swann nor anybody else had been able to produce a similar specimen from Ireland! Mr. Bannerman condemned whole-heartedly this method of creating sub- species, and said he was content to leave the matter to be judged by the B. O. U. Permanent Committee appointed to consider the validity or otherwise of species added to the British list. In his definition of the essentials for the separation of a good geographical form, Mr. Swann ignored entirely the most important point of all, which was that the difference should be constant in a series from each locality. Vol. xliv.] 98 Whether Herr Kleinschmidt considered this an essential or not was beside the point, since it was acknowledged to be so by the vast majority of present-day ornithologists. With regard to the relative size of the eggs, he was surprised that Mr. Swann had troubled to comment on the two clutches in the British Museum, which admittedly proved nothing, and had left Mr. Oldham’s challenge un- answered. Dr. J. M. Harrison exhibited a variety of the Jay, and made the following remarks :— GARRULUS GLANDARIUS, var.— Albescent. This bird was obtained at Dirrenroth, Canton Berne, Switzerland, in April 1920. The following points are of interest :— (1) The ‘‘ bleached” effect exhibited by the bird, most evident on the head and upper-parts. (2) The redundant character of the plumage generally, but more especially the increased length of the crest- feathers. (3) The bright blue barring of the bases of the tail- feathers, the outer pair showing faint blue bars on the outer webs throughout their length. (4) The sickle-shaped first four primaries, this structural deviation being most pronounced in the first primary, which is extremely narrow. Unfortunately, no note was made of the sex, nor was I able to get any information as to the colour of the iris, but I am of the opinion that this was probably pigmented, as the bird is far from being a true albino. Dr. ©. B. Ticehurst, to whom IJ sent the bird, classes it amongst the so-called “ hairy albescents,” and mentions an analogous variety of the Water-hen. Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited two eggs of the Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus), together with one of the Cuckoo (Cuculus 99 [ Vol. xliv. canorus), from Church Farm House-garden, Angmering, Sussex, taken by the late Mr. 8. V. Clark of that village on June 30th, 1908. Mr. Bunyard made the following remarks :— , I was staying at Worthing just after the outbreak of war in 1914, and called with Mr. Wells, the naturalist of the town, to see Mr. Clark’s collection of eggs. The above clutch was shown to us for our opinion ; we had no hesitation in identifying the foster-parent’s eges as belonging to the Cirl Bunting, which is known to breed in the neighbourhood, and which was apparently unknown to Mr. Clark at the time they were found. Mr. Clark’s collection was sold at Stevens’s rooms Feb. 26th, 1924, and this clutch formed part of Lot 330. At the sale, I was on the look-out for the clutch, and had no difficulty in recognizing it again. The date is a late one for Cuckoos’ eggs—they have, however, been found as late as July. The Cirl Bunting’s eggs are very typical and heavily marked. I have failed to trace any other record for the British Islands of the Cirl Bunting having been used as a fosterer. Typical eggs of the Cirl and Yellow Bunting (£. citrinella) were also exhibited for comparison. Weight of Cuckoo’s egg 220 mg. Mr. Cuirrorp D. Borrer exhibited :— (a) An immature Swallow (Jlirundo rustica), nets pure white, with pink eyes. Shot Norfolk, September 1922 (b) Aclutch of eggs of the Carrion-Crow taken in artes early in May 1924. All four eggs, though typical in colour, were unusually small, and much more so than a clutch of typical Rooks’ eggs, asd exhibited. Mr. C. H. B. Granr sent the following note :— On the 3rd September, 1921, I obtained a brace of Francolinus streptophorus (O.-Grant, Ibis, 1891, p. 126) at Kibondo in Tanganyika Territory. Kibondo lies in Vol.. xliv. | 100 latitude 3° 34’ 37", longitude 30° 42’ 51”, at a - height of 4800 ft. This pair of birds is now in the National Collection at South Kensington, and the male agrees perfectly with the specimens in oe collection from Mt. Elgon (the type), Kavirondo, and Unyoro. ‘The female, howerun differs from the male in having the wing-coverts and ey barred, and when sexed proved to be an adult. This, I think, is an entirely new locality for this species, and extends its range to the country south of the Lake Victoria area. It would appear to be an uncommon bird, as I thoroughly drove the hill-sides around Kibondo, but failed to flush another specimen, nor did I again come across it either in the Kibondo or Kasulu subdistricts during my 23 years’ residence. Mr. Davin Bannerman described a new Barbet from the French Congo, which he proposed to name Buccanodon duchaillui gabriellz, subsp. nov. Differs from B. duchaillui in having the feathers of the forehead bright scarlet-vermilion instead of crimson. The yellow spots on the scapulars and the fringes to the feathers of the rump paler; the entire under surface much less yellow, the broad margins to the feathers of the chest and flanks being pale sulphur-yellow instead of bright yellow. The differences are so striking between the two forms that birds may be readily assigned to the correct race by glancing at either the upperside or the underside. Measurements of type :—Bill from the base of feathers 17, wing 81, tail 52 mm. Type in the British Museum. Pangala, French Congo, 26.6.23. Dr. and Mrs. Vassal coll. Six specimens were secured, which do not show the slightest variation in colour. The wings measure 80-84 mm. They were obtained by Dr. and Mrs. Vassal, already well known for their researches in Annam, during a recent {61 [ Vol. xliv. journey in the French Congo. Pangala, where the Barbets were secured, lies some 80 miles north-west of Brazzaville as the Crow flies, in a region which is quite unexplored ornithologically. I have much pleasure in naming this bird in honour of Mrs. Vassal. Mr. BANNERMAN corrected an error in the identification of a Hairy-breasted Toothbill from Southern Nigeria and the North Belgian Congo which he had erroneously iden- tified with Zricholema hirsutum hybridum, cf. Rev. Zool. Afr. x. 1922, p. 112. The specimens from the localities there mentioned have nothing whatever to do with T. h. hybridum and require a new name. I propose to call this race Tricholema hirsutum chapini, subsp. nov., in honour of Mr. James P. Chapin of the American Museum of Natural History. In addition to the much smaller bill, the characters given by myself in the ‘Revue Zoologique Africaine’ (supra) for T.h. hybridum and by Mr. Sclater in Bull. B.O.C. xlii. 1922, p. 63, for the same subspecies are really applicable to 7.a.chapin. Want of space forbids my giving the explanation of how the mistake arose. In males of 7. h. ansorgei, the underparts are greener, duller, and more heavily spotted with black. Type, 6, in Brit. Mus., 1911.12.23.1092. Near Djabia, R. Uelle. 11 Jan., 1906. Boyd Alexander coll. Bill (exposed culmen) 19°5-23 mm.; wing ¢ 88-92 mm. Mr. N. B. Krynzar sent the following :— In working the specimens presented to the British Museum by Mr. A.S. Verney, part of the collection which he made with the assistance of Mr. W. P. Lowe during his expedition to Siam through Tenasserim, I had occasion to examine the series of Tephrodornis pelvicus pelvicus (Hodg- son, Ind. Rev. i. p. 477, 1837, Nepal), and found that examples from Burma, Tenasserim, Siam, and Yunnan could be distinguished from typical skins from Nepal, Sikkim, Vol. xliv.] 102 Assam, and Manipur. I therefore propose to call the southern race | Tephrodornis pelvicus verneyi. Type in the British Museum, ¢. Um Pang, Siam, 1500 ft. Collected by Mr. A. 8S. Verney on 25 Jan., 1924. Collector’s No. 492. &. Darker above and wanting on the baele and wings the isabelline tinge seen in the typical form. 2. Differs as in @, but, in addition, the ear-coverts are blackish-brown instead of smoky-brown. Immature. General colour of the upperside dark greyish- brown, the white of the underside washed with smoky-brown and differing markedly from the reddish-isabelline above and sandy-washed below of the northern specimens. Obs. The difference between the two immature birds is very striking, much more so than in the adults. Some nde from Assam are very rufous, and one 2? men- tioned by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, P.Z.8. 1910, p. 575, might easily be Bigialen for J. p. hainanus, from which it is distinguished only by its smaller size. Mr. Krynear also communicated the following :— In vol.i. of the Aves, 2nd edition of the ‘ Fauna of British India,’ Mr. Stuart-Baker states that Garrulax pectoralis senmitorquata O. Grant, from Hainan, is found in the “ South Shan States, Yunnan, Siam, and Hainan.” On comparing skins from Hainan with a series from Tenasserim, I find that not only do they differ in size but also in colour. In Hainan specimens, in the collection, the colour of the upperside is considerably darker than in Tenasserim birds, and the rust-colour on the under surface is principally con- fined to the flanks and thighs, while the tips of the tail- feathers and edges of the primaries are strongly washed with the same colour. Four Hainan skins measure: wing 127-128 mm., bill (from anterior edge of nostril to tip) 118-122 mm. Twelve L. Burma and Tenasserim skins: wing 143- 152 mm., bill 120-125 mm. 103 | Vol. xliv. I propose to call this new subspecies Garrulax pectoralis subfusa, subsp. nov. Differs from the typical form from Nepal in its paler coloration on the upperside, especially the rufous collar, and in the whole under surface being suffused with rust- colour and wanting the white area in the middle of the abdomen. The rust-colour on the thighs is much paler and the tips of the tail-feathers are rusty or rusty-white, and not white as in true pectoralis. Type in the British Museum, ¢. Meitan, Tenasserim. Collected by Ossian Limborg. 8 Nov., 1872. Tweeddale Collection. No. 88.4.20.778. Distribution. Amherst, Thaton, Pegu, Tounghoo, and Karenni Districts of Tenasserim and Lower Burma. Dr. C. B. Ticznursr forwarded the following eommuni- cation :— I was unfortunately unable to; be at the May meeting, as I had intended to make some remarks on Mr. Seth-Smith’s exhibition of the two hen Pheasants assuming male dress. Mr. Seth-Smith kindly sent me the bodies of these two Pheasants for dissection. In both birds the oviduct was present and appeared normal, and it was obvious that some time or other the Swinhoe female had laid, judging by the twisted appearance and increased diameter of the duct; equally certain was it that the female Common Pheasant had never laid, as the oviduct was quite narrow and straight. In both these Pheasants the ovary was absent; in the Common Pheasant there was a tiny speck which might have been the last remains of the ovary ; in the Swinhoe Pheasant there was not a trace even. In the region of the ovary there was not any trace of damage or disease, so that one can only surmise that the atrophy of the ovaries in these birds must have been due to old age, which caused the ovarian blood- supply to become insufficient to maintain the organs—a condition which has been found in other female animals in a varying degree, accompanied also by a varying amount of male characteristics. Vol. xliv. | 104 Dr. C. B. Ticrnursr also forwarded the following de- scription :— Grammatoptila striata sikkimensis, subsp. nov. Resembles G. s. striata, but has a considerably shorter wing; darker, redder brown, less olive, above and on the flanks. Wing 130-141 mm. Type-locality and Distribution. Sikkim. Type in the British Museum, No. 86.10.1.4037. Sikkim, April 1873. Mandelli coll. Obs. Vigors’s type came from the western area Simla- Kumaon, and a series thence measures: wing 145-165 mm. Nepal birds are intermediate; they are small like the Sikkim ones (wing 131-140 mm.), but are rather nearer the typical race in colour. One from Bhutan is large and dark, and possibly another race inhabits that area. NOTICH. The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, the 8th of October, 1924, at PAGANT’S RESTAURANT, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.1, the Dinner at 7 p.m. Members intending to dine might kindly inform the Hon. Sec., Dr. G. C. Low, 86 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, W.1. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. This will also be held at PAGANT’S RESTAURANT on Wednesday, October the 8th, 1924, at 5.45 p.m. An Agenda and Balance Sheet will be issued in September. [ 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 at Nat. Hist. Museum, South Kensington, and to place in his hands not later than at the meeting MSS. for publication in the Bulletin. | (Signed ) W. L. Sciater, in, Freie OWE, Dr. G. C. Low, Chairman. Editor. Hon. Sec. § Treas. INDEX. se — — ee | Names of new species and subspecies are indicated by clarendon type under the generic entry only. | _ abbotti, Malacocinela, 25. Abrornis schisticeps, 63. Ammomanes deserti isabellina, 15, 16. Andropadus tephrolemus ba- schisticeps flavimentalis, subsp. n., 63. superciliaris, 62. salwinensis, subsp. n., =r) nS) schwaneri, 62. supercilaris, 62. ahyssinicus abyssinicus, Pseudoalcippe, 26. — claudei, Pseudoalcippe, 26. —— monachus, Pseudoalcippe, 26. Acanthopneuste nitidus, 61. nitidus, 61. — plumbeitarsus, 62. —— saturatus, subsp. n., 62. -—— viridanus, 61. Accipiter nisus, 78. granti, 79. — — hibernicus, subsp. u., 79, 93, 96. wolterstor ffi, 79. Agialitis macrorhynchus, 69. estigma, Cyornis, 9. f&thopyga nipalensis austra- lis, subsp. n., 14. affinis, Centropus, 70. Alzr:non alaudipes omdur- manensis, subsp. n., 86. alaudipes omd: urmanensis, Alemon, 86. albicollis, Ixulus flavicollis, 71. Alea timpennis, 78. Alcedo onocrotalus, 15, Alcippe, 25. cinerea, 25. allent, Porphyriola, 72 alpestris atlas, Eremophila, 90. Ammomanes deserti anne, 16. cox, subsp. n., Ld. Jraterculus, 16. VOL. XLIV. ay _——y mende, subsp. n., 4. anne, Ammomanes deserti, 16. annamensis, Picus chlorolophus, 57. Anser bernicla, 85. ansorgei, Treron calva, 36. Anthus australis, 15, invidens, 15. : —— pallidus, 15. —— pratensis, d1. antigone, Ardea, 15. arborea. Lullula, 20, 87. Ardea antigone, 1d. cinerea, 67. Artamella, gen. n., 91. _— viridis, 91. Artamia leucocephala, 90. Artamus leucogaster, 91. aruensis, Myzomela obscura, 69. assamica, Suya crinigera, 80. ater, Hematopus, 165 UT LSS: kuatunensis, Parus,.33. atlas, Hremophila alpestris, 90. atriceps, Pseudoalcippe, 26. , Lurdinus, 26. atrifrons, Charadrius mongolus, 39. atrigularis, Turdinus, 25, atrovirens, Lalage, 51. aurea, Lalage, 51. austent, Franklinia rufescens, 39. australis, Aithopyga nipalensis, 1+. , Anthus, 15. — _, Fulica, 70. , Psittacus, 15. bachmani, Hematopus, 16, 19. bamende, Andropadus tephrolemus, 4. bangsi, Stachyridopsis ruficeps, 32. bansoensis, Nesocharis shelleyt, 3. , Riparia rufigula, 5. Vol. xiv: | banyumas, Cyornis, 8, 9, 10. banyumas, Cyornis, 9. — cerulifrons, Cyornis, 9. dialilema, Cyornis, 10. batesi, Batis bella, 4. , Llladopsis, 25. Batis bella batesi, subsp. n., 4. ——— —__ PRaMENSIS =. congoensis, 4. nyanse, 4. bella batesi, Batis, 4. chadensis, Batis, 4. — congoensis, Batis, 4. nyanseé, Batis, 4. bernicla, Anser, 85. , Branta, 84. bernicla, Branta, 85. —— collaris, Branta, 85. — glaucogaster, Branta, 85, 86. nigricans, Branta, 84, 86. berniert, Hematopus unicolor, 20. blythi, Muscicapa, 9. borealis, Numenius, 78. Brachylophus chlorolophus vanheysti, 56. mentalis, 55. Branta bernicla, 84. ——. —___- bernicla, 89. collaris, 85. —— —— glaucogaster, 89, 86. nigricans, 84, 86. een. Phedina, 91. brunnescens, Lalag ge nigra, 13. brunnifrons, Horcites, 63. umbraticus, Horeites, 63. —— whistleri, Horeites, 28. Buccanodon duchaillui gabri- ellz, subsp. n., 100. burme, Picus chlorolophus, 54. eesia, Sitta, 64. calva ansorgei, Treron, 36. vylderi, Treron, 36. Campephaga terat, 12. canorus, Cuculus, 20, 21, 80, 98. Capella gallinago delicata, 08. gallinago, 58. Caprimulqus europeus, 41. carolina, Porzana, 29. Ceblepyrus timoriensis, 14, Centropus affinis, 70. spectosus, 70. cerviniventris, IMadopsis, 25. ceylonensis, Culicicapa, 11. ceylonensis, Culicicapa, 11. meridionalis, Culicicapa, \2 orientalis, Culicicapa, 11. chadensis, Batis bella, 4. Charadius dubius, 37. mongolus, 69. A ati af 7ONS ye, 106 chlorigauster, Picus, 55. , Picus chlorolophus, 55. longipennis, Gecinus, 57. chlorolophus, Picus, 53. , Picus chlorolophus, 53. annamensis, Picus, 57. — burme, Picus, 54. — chlorigaster, Picus, 55. —— chlorolophus, Picus, 53. longipennis, Picus, 57. rodgert, Picus, 56. simle, Picus, 54. vanheysti, Picus, 56. , Brachylophus, 56. wellst, Picus, 56. chlorophanes, Gecinus, 55. chlorophaus, Gecinus, 55. chloropus, Picus, 58. chrysogaster wallicus, Neonanodes, 70. cinerca, Alcippe, 25. ; Ardea, 67. cirlus, Emberiza, 98. Cisticola exilis equicaudata, subsp. n., 39. erythrocephala, 38. extlis, 39. rustica, 38. — —— ftyileri, 38. volitans, 38. Pseudoalcippe abyssinicus, —— claudet, 26. clementii, Yungipicus pygmeus, 47. Coccothraustes coccothraustes, 40. ceruleus, Por, phyrio, 46. cerule frons, Cyornis banyumas, 9. colchicus, Phasianus, 84. collaris, Branta bernicla, 85. collurio, Lantus, 63. collylita, Phylloscopus c., 31. Colymbus glacialis, 30. congoensis, Batis bella, 4. conjuncta, Lalage, 51. Corythornis cristata johanne, subsp. n., 44. Cosmopsarus regius donaldsoni, 70. magnificus, subsp.n.,71. regius, 70. coxt, Ammomanes deserti, 15. crinigera assamica, Suya, 80, cristata tmami, Galerida, 16. johanne, Corythornis, 44. tardinata, Galerida, 16. cruentatus, Oriolus, 90, Cuculus canorus, 20, 21, 80, 98. Culicicapa ceylonensis, 11. ceylonensis, 11. igs —— meridionalis, subsp. n., 2 —— orientalis, subsp. n., 11. cuneata, Stictopeleia, 70. cursor, Curserius, 93. Cursorius cursor, 93. cyanea, Cyornis, 8. Cyornis estiga, 9. banyumas, 8, 9, 10. banyumas, 9. cerulifrons, 9. dialilema, 9. eyaned, 8. —— dialilema, 10. —— glaucicomans, 10. hodgsont, 8. —— hyperythra, 8, 9. * —— magmirostris, 8, 11. — malayana, 9. melanoleuca, 8. pallipes, 8. rubeculoides, 8, 9. sapphira, 8. superciliaris, 8, 9. tickellie, 8, 9, 10. nesea, 10. sumatrensis, 10. tickellie, 10. tricolor, 8. _—— unicolor, 8. vivida, 8. vulcant, %. —— whitei, 10. —_—_ —__—_ ~—_——_—- Dacelo gigantea, 15. noveguinee, 1d. Daulias luscinia, 64. dauma eichhorni, Turdus, 52. davidi, Stachyridopsis ruficeps, a2. delicata, Capella gallinago, 58. deserti anne, Ammomanes, 16. coxi, Ammomanes, 15. fraterculus, Ammomanes, 16. —— isabellina, Ammomanes, 15, 16. dialilema, Cyornis, 10. , Cyornis hanyumas, 10. donaldsoni, Cosmopsarus regius, 70. dorriesi, Yungipicus pygmeus, 47. Dromiceius major, 70. novehollandia, 70. Dryotomus sericeocollis, O4. dubius, Charadrius, 37. , Pterodroma, 70. duchaillui gabrielle, Buccanodon, 100. durnfordi, Hematopus palliatus, 19. Ectopistes migratorius, 78. eichhorni, Turdus dauma, 52. Emberiza cirlus, 98. emint, Tchitrea, 24. equicaudata, Cisticola exilis, 39. Kremophila alpestris atlas, 90. Erithacus rubecula melophilus, 46. erythrocephala, Cisticola exilis, 38. europeus, Caprimulgus, 41, exilis, Cisticola exilis, 39. 107 | Vol. xliv. exilis equicaudata, Cisticola, 39. -erythrocephala, Cisticola, 39. —— exilis, Cisticola, 39. — rustica, Cisticola, 38. —— tytleri, Cisticola, 38. volitans, Cisticola, 38. jfinschi, Hematopus ostralegus, 19. flavicollis albicollis, Ixulus, 71. flavimentalis, Abrornis schisticeps, 63. flegeli, Poliospiza guiaris, 27. Francolinus streptophorus, 99. Franklinia rufescens austeni, subsp. n., 39. Fraterculus, Ammomanes deserti, 16. frazari, Hematopus palliatus, 19. Fregata minor peninsule, 15. Fulica australis, TO. novehollandie, 70. JSuliginosus, Hematopus wnicolor, 20, fulvescens, Turdirostris, 20. Fulvetta vinipecta kangre, subsp. n., 71. Sumata, Myzomela obscura, 69. Fuscogularis, Siphia strophiata, 11. gabrielle, Buccanodon duchaillui, 100. galapagensis, Hematopus palliatus, 19. Galerida cristata imami, subsp. n., 16. tardinata, 16. galerita, Kakatoe, 40. gallinago delicata, Capella, 58. gallinago, Capella, 58. Garrulaz pectoralis semitorquata, 102. subfusa, subsp. n., 103. Garrulus glandarius, var. (albescent), 98. Gecinus chlorigaster longipennis, 57. chlorophanes, 55. chlorophaus, 55. rodgert, 00. Genneus swinhoei, 84. Gerygone poliocephalus, 52. gigantea, Dacelo, 15. giulianettii, Phylloscopus trivirgatus, 52. glacialis, Colymbus, 30. glandarius, Garrulus, var. (albescent), 98. glaucicomans, Cyornis, 10. glaucogaster, Branta bernicla, 85, 86. gmelini, Lathamus, 18. : Grammatoptila striata sik- kimensis, subsp. n., 104. granti, Accipiter nisus, 79. Graucalus papuensis wilkinsi, subsp. n., 68. griseoceps, Micreca, 70. gularis, Lliadopsis, 29, Vol. xliv.] guiaris flegeli, Potiospiza, 27. —- montanorum, Poliospiza, 27. Hematopus ater, 16, 17, 18, 19. bachmani, 16, 19. leucopodus, 19. moquint meade-waldot, 20. moguint, 19, 20. —— niger, i6. ostralegus finschi, 19. longirostris, 19. osculans, 19. ostralegus, 19. —— —— picatus, 19. reischeki, 19. palliatus durnfordi, 19. Srazari, 19. galapagensis, 19. palliatus, 19. pratii, 19. guoy?, 16, 18, 19. townsendi, 16, 17, 18, 19. —— unicolor bernieri, 20. Suliginosus, 20. ophthalmicus, 20. unicolor, 20. Halcyon trrorata, 44. matthie, 50. —-senegalensis ranivorus, subsp. n., 44. senegaloides, 44. heinrothi, Turdus melanarius, 53. ——— hibernicus, Accipiter nisus, 79, 93, 96. Hirundo rustica, 99. hodgsont, Cyornis, 8. Horeites brunnifrons, 68. umbraticus, subsp. n., 63. whistleri, subsp. n., 28. horsfieldi, Mirafra, 15. hyperboreus, Lagopus, 29. hyperythra, Cyornis, 8, 9. iboensis, Llladopsis, 25. Illadopsis, 25. batesi, 25. cerviniventris, 25, —— gularis, 20. . iboensis, 25. —— moloneyanus, 25. -—— rufipennis, 25. imami, Galerida cristata, 16. * impennis, Alca, 78. invidens, Anthus, 15. Ionornis martinica, 72. iraquensis, Podiceps ruficollis, 28. irrorata, Haleyon, 44. isahellina, Ammomunes deserti, 15, 16. Ixulus flavicollis albicollis, subsp. n., 7). Iynyipicus scintilliceps khaleensis, 47. 108 johanne, Corythornis cristata, 44, kaleensis, Iyngipicus scintilliceps, 47. , Yungipicus pygmeus, 47. kangre, Fulvetta vinipecta, 71. —-, Phylloscopus pulcher, 29. karu, Lalage, 51. keniensis, Phyllastrephus placidus, 7. ———, Sigmodus scopifrons, 92. kirki, Sigmodus scopifrons, 92. kuatunensis, Parus ater, 33. kurdistanica, Sitta neumayer, 28. Lagopus hyperboreus, 29. Laiage atrovirens, 51. aurea, 51, —— conjuncta, sp. n., 51. karu, 51. lewcomela, 51. —— nigra brunnescens, subsp. Misealios nigra, 13. schisticeps, 18. timoreensis, 14, schisticeps, 13. —— tricclor, 51. Lanius collurio, 68. lewcocephalos, 91. viridis, 91. Larus sabinui, 29. Lathamus gmelini, nom. n., 15. lepidopleurus, Turdinus, 25. Leptopteryx, 91. leucocephala, Artamia, 91. leucocephalos, Lanius, 91. leucogaster, Artamus, 91. leucomela, Lalage, 51, leucopodus, Hematopus, 19. lobatus, Phalaropus, 67. longipennis, Gecinus chlorigaster, 57. , Picus chlorolophus, 57. longirostris, Hematopus ostralegus, 19. loricatus, Turdinus, 25. Luliula arborea, 20, 87. luscuma, Daulias, 64. — macrodactylus, Turdinus, 25. macrorhamphus, Plyctolophus, 70. macrorhynchus, Aigialitis, 69. magnificus, Cosmopsaurus regius, 71. magnirostris, Cyornis, 8, 11. major, Dromiceius, 70, Malacocinela abbotti, 25. malayana, Cyornis, 9. martinica, Lonornis, 72. mathewsena rubicunda, 15. matthie, Haleyon, 50. , Phylloscopus trivirgatus, 52. ——., Rhipidura, 50. meade-waldot, Lematopus moqguini, 20. 109 meeki, Myzomela obscura, 69. proxima, Micropsitta, 50. melanarius heinrothi, Turdus, 53. melanocephala, Sylvia m., 46. melanoleuca, Cyornis, 8. melanorrhabdotus, Pezoporus, 70. melophilus, Erithacus rubecula, 46. Melopsittacus undulatus, 83. mencket, Monarcha, 50. mentalis, Brachylophus, 55. meridionalis, Culicicapa ceylonensis, 12. Micreca griseoceps, 70. Micropsitta meeki proxima, subsp. n., 50. Micropus pacificus tormenti, subsp. n., 15. nigratorius, Ectopistes, 78. milanjensis nyike, Turdus, 6. uluguru, Turdus, 6. minor peninsule, Fregata, 15. Mirafra horsfieldi, 1o. moloneyanus, Illadopsis, 25. monachus, Pseudoalcippe abyssinicus, 26. Monarcha menckei, 50. mongolus, Charadrius, 69. — atrifrons, Charadrius, 39. montanorum, Poliospiza gularis, 27. moquim, Hematopus moquini, 20, meade-waldot, Hematopus, 20. moguint, Hematopus, 19, 20. Muscicapa blythi, 9. mussai, Rhipidura rufiventris, 52. Myzomela obscura aruensis, subsp. n., 69. Fumata, 69. —— —— meeki, 69. Neonanodes chrysogaster wallicus, subsp. n., 70. nepaulensis, Picus, 54. nesea, Cyornis tickellia, 10. Nesocharis shelleyi bansoen- Sis, subsp. n., 3 neumayer kurdistanica, Sitta, 28. niger, Hematopus, 16. , Lurdus, 12, 13. nigra, Lalage nigra, 13. brunnescens, Lalage, 13. _-—— nigra, Lalage, 13. schisticeps, Lalage, 13. —— timoriensis, Lalage, 14. nigricans, Branta bernicla, 84, 86. nipalensis, Aithopyga nipalensis, 14. nisus, Accipiter, 79. granti, Accipiter, 79. —— hibernicus, Accipiter, 79, 93, 96. — wolterstorffi, Accipiter, 79, 97. nitidus, Acanthupneuste, 61. — nitidus, Acanthopueuste, 61. [Vol. xliv. nitidus plumbeitarsus, Acanthopneuste, 62. : saturatus, Acanthopneuste, 62. viridanus, Acanthopneuste, 61. noveguinee, Dacelo, 15. novehollandie, Dromiceius, 70. ——, Fulica, 70. Numenius borealis, 78. pheopus pheopus, 67. nyansé, Batis bella, 4. nyike, Turdus milanjensis, 6. obscura aruensis, Myzomela, 69. fumata, Myzomela, 69. —— meeki, Myzomela, 69. obscurus, Yungipicus pygmeus, 47. Ocypterus sanguinolentus, 90. (nanthe enanthe seebohmi, 90. Oidemia perspicillata, 21. omdurmanensis, Alemon alaudipes, 86. onocrotalus, Alcedo, 15. ophihalmicus, Hematopus wnicolor, 20. orientalis, Culicicapa ceylonensis, 11. Oriolus cruentatus, 90. osculans, Hematopus ostralegus, 19. ostralegus, Hematopus ostralegus, 19. jinschi, Hematopus, 19. longirostris, Hematopus, 19. osculans, Hematopus, 19. ostralegus, Hematopus, 19. picatus, Hematopus, 19. reischeki, Hematopus, 19. Pachycephala pectoralis sex- uvaria, subsp. n., 50. pacipicus tormentt, Micropus, 15. palliatus, Hematopus palliatus, 19. durnfordi, Hematopus, 19. frazari, Hematopus, 19. galapagensis, Hematopus, 19, palliatus, Hematopus, 19. pratui, Hematopus, 19. pallidus, Anthus, 15, pallipes, Cyornis, 8. papuensis wilkinsi, Graucalus, 68. mere ater kuatunensis, subsp. n., 3d. pectoralis semitorquata, Garrulax, 102, sexuvaria, Pachycephala, 50. pelvicus pelvicus, Tephrodornis, 101. peninsule, Fregata minor, 15. perspicillata, Videmia, 21. Pezopurus melanorrhabdotus, 70, wallicus, 70. pheopus, Numenius pheopus, 67. Phalaropus lobatus, 67. phasianinus, Polophilus, 70. Phasianus colchicus, 84. Phedina brazze, 91. philomelos, Turdus, 37. clarkei, Turdus, 37. Vol. xliv. | philomelos hebridensis, Turdus, 37. ——— philomelos, Turdus, 37, Phyliastrephus placidus keniensis, "7. —— —— placidus, 7. sokokensis, subsp. n., 7. Phylloscopus ¢. collybita, 31. pulcher kangre, subsp. n., 29 sibilatrix, 20, 21, 41. trivirgatus giulianettit, 52. matthiee, subsp. n., 52. poliocephalus, 52. t. trochilus, 31. R picatus, Hematopus ostralequs, 19. Picus chlorigaster, 55. chlorolophus, 58. annamensis, subsp. n., 57. —— —— burme, subsp. n., 54. —— —— chlorigaster, 55. oe chlorolophus, 53. —— —— longipennis, 57. —— —— rodgeri, 56. —_— —— simlez, subsp. n., 54. vanheysti, 56. wellsi, subsp. n., 56. —— chioropus, 53. nepaulensis, 54. —— ganthoderus, 55. placidus keniensis, Phyllastrephus, 7. placidus, Phyllastrephus, 7. sokokensis, Phyllastrephus, 7. plumbeitareus, Acanthopneuste nitidus, 62. Plyctolophus macrorhamphus, 70. | Podiceps ruficollis iraquensis, subsp. n., 28. poliocephalus, Gerygone, 52. , Phylloscopus trivirgatus, 52. Poliospiza gularis flegeli, 27. montanorum, subsp. n., 27. Polophilus phasianinus, 70. Porphyrio ceruleus, 46. Porphyriola alleni, T2. Porzana carolina, 29. porzana, 29. pratensis, Anthus, 31. pratii, Hematopus palliatus, 19. proxima, Micropsittia meekt, 50. Pseudoalcippe, gen. n., 26. abyssinicus abyssinicus, 26. ee claudei, 26. —— —— monachus, 26. —— airiceps,. 20. —— pyrrhopterus, 26. —— sticrlingi, 20. Psittacus australis, 195. Pterodroma dubius, 79. pulcher kangre, Phylloscopus, 29. pygmaeus clementit, Yungipicus, 47. 110 pygmeus doerriesi, Yungipicus, 47. —— kaleensis, Yungipicus, 47. obscurus, Yungipicus, 47. scintilliceps, Yungipicus, 47. swinhoet, Yungipicus, 47. tonkinensis, Yungipicus, 47. pyrrhopterus, Pseudoalcippe, 26. guoyi, Hematopus, 16, 18, 19. ranivorus, Halcyon senegalensis, 44. regius, Cosmopsarus regius, 70. donaldsoni, Cosmopsarus, 70. magnijicus, Cosmopsarus, 71. regius, Cosmopsarus, 70. reischeki, Hematopus ostralegus, 19. Rhipidura matthie, 50. -— rufiventris massai, subsp.n., 52. ERhynchops, 67. Riparia rufigula bansoensis, subsp. n., 5. rodgert, Gecinus, 56. , Picus chlorolophus, 56. rubecula melophilus, Hrithacus, 46. rubeculoides, Cyornis, 8, 9. rubicunda, Mathewsena, 15. rufescens austent, lranklinia, 39. ruficeps bangsi, Stachyridopsis, 32. —— davidi, Stachyridopsis, 32. ruficollis iraquensis, Podiceps, 28. rufigula bansoensis, Riparia, 5. rufipectus, Turdinus, 25. rufipennis, [Madopsis, 25. rufiventris mussat, Rhipidura, 52. rustica, Cisticola exilis, 38. , Hirundo, 99. sabinit, Larus, 29. salwinensis, Abrornis superciliaris, 62. sanguinolentus, Ocypterus, 90. sapphira, Cyornis, 8. saturatus, Acanthopneuste mnitidus, 62. schisticeps, Abrornis, 68. , Lalage, 13. nigra, 13. flavimentalis, Abrornis, 63. schwaneri, Abrornis superciliaris, 62. scintilliceps, Yungipicus pygmeus, 47. —— kaleensis, Iyngipicus, 47. scopifrons kentensis, Sigmodus, 92. kirki, Sigmodus, 92. scopifrons, Sigmodus, 92, seebohnui, Hnanthe enanthe, 90. semitorquata, Garrulax pectoralis, 102. senegalensis ranivorus, Halcyon, 44. senegaloides, Halcyon, 44. sericeocollis, Dryotomus, 54. sexuvaria, Pachycephala pectoralis, 50. Le al shelleyt bansoensis, Nesocharis, 38. sibilatrix, Phylloscopus, 20, 21, 41. Sigmodus scopifrons keniensis, 92. kirki, subsp. n., 92. scopifrons, 92. simle, Picus chlorolophus, 54. Siphia strophiata, 11. fuscogularis, subsp. n., —_—— abst, Sitta cesia, 64. neumayer kurdistanica, subsp. n., 28. sokokensis, Phyllastrephus placidus, (€ speciosus, Centropus, 70. spilonota, Turtur, 70. Stachyridopsis ruficeps bangsi, subsp. n., 32. davidi, 32. Stictopeleia cuneata, 70. stierlingi, Pseudoalcippe, 26. streptophorus, Francolinus, 99. striata, Whitlocka wetllst, 15. strophiata, Siphia, 11. fuscogularis, Siphia, 11.. sumatrensis, Cyornis tickellie, 10. superciliaris, Abrornis superciliaris, 62. —, Cyornis, 8, 9. salwinensis, Abrornis, 62. schwaneri, Abrornis, 62. superciliaris, Abrornis, 62. Suya crinigera assamica, subsp. n., 80. swinhoei, Genneus, 84. — ., Yungipicus pygmeus, 47. Sylvia m. melanocephala, 46. tardinata, Galerida cristata, 16. Tchitrea emini, 24. viridis ferreti, 24. Tephrodornis pelvicus pelvicus, 101. verneyi, subsp. n., 102. tephrolemus bamende, Andropadus, 4. terat, Campephaga, 12. tickellie, Cyornis, 8, 9, 10. nesea, Cyornis, 10. sumatrensis, Cyornis, 10. — tickellie, Cyornis, 10. timoriensis, Ceblepyrus, 14. , Lalage nigra, 14. tonkinensis, Yungipicus pygmeus, 47, tormenti, Micropus pacificus, 15. townsendi, Hematopus, 16-19. Treron calva ansorgei, 36. vylderi, subsp. n., 36. Tricholema hirsutum cha- pini, subsp. n., 101. tricolor, Cyornis, 8. ——, Lalage, 51. [ Vol. xliv. trivirgatus giulianetiu, Phylloscopus, matthie, Phylloscopus, 52. poliocephalus, Phylloscopus, 52. trochilus, Phylloscopus t., 31. Troqlodytes troglodytes, 20. troglodytes, 30. Turdinus atriceps, 26, atrigularis, 25. lepidopleurus, 25. loricatus, 25. —— macrodactylus, 25. rufipectus, 25. Turdirostris fulvescens, 2d. Turdus dauma eichhorni, subsp. n., 52. melanarius subsp.n., 53. milanjensis nyike, 6. uluguru, subsp. n., 6. niger, 12, 13. philomelos, 37. clarkei, 37. hebridensis, 37, philomelos, 57. Turtur spilonota, 70. tytilert, Cisticola exilis, 38. heinrothi, ——- uluguru, Turdus milanjensis, 6. umbraticus, Horeites brunnifrons, 63. undulatus, Melopsittacus, 83. unicolor, Cyornis, 8. berniert, Hematopus, 20. Suliginosus, Hematopus, 20. ophthalmicus, Hematopus, 20, —— unicolor, Hematopus, 20. vanheysti, Brachylophus chlorolophus, 56. , Picus chlorolophus, 56. vaughani, Zosterops, 21. vinipecta kangre, Fulvetia, 71. viridanus, Acanthopneuste nitidus, 61. viridis, Artamella, 91, , Lanius, 91. 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