23 Editorial. 



Cutthroiit FiiiclK's {A. /(t^ridta). 

 ^Bulbuls ( PjicoiKitiix (irK//iof). 



Black-headed Heron {Ardea iitplnnncepJiiila). 



Cape Dove {Aena (xtpens/x). 



Rosey-grey Doves (7\ roseogriseiisj. 



Secretary Birds ( Serpentar'nis fiainhiensls). 



(rrey Eagle Owls (Biil/o ci//erasce/ix). 



Many Banded Chanting Hawk {Jfelier(i.c poli/zo/iuti). 



Lesser Moorhen (GallinnJa cunjuJatu). 



Red-faced Chanting Hawk (il/. gahar). 

 Also specimens of the following helped to swell the large and inter- 

 esting series of birds at these gardens : Brown-necked Raven, Spotted Barn 

 Owl, *Bateleur Eagles, Marabou and Bishop Storks, Sacred Ibis, Rueppell's 

 Spur-winged and Egyptian Geese, White-faced Whistling Teal, Nubian 

 Bustards. Grey and Demoiselle Cranes, Lesser Black-backed Gull and 

 Vultures. CampUed from " Tlie Ei/f/pficoi JlfoD/htg News.''' We should highly 

 esteem it, if Captain FloAver would send us an aceount of the species new to 

 the collection. 



A Nkw IxDicKNous 8pecies: From the DaiUi Mail of 

 December 28tli, Ave comi)ile the following interesting note: Mr. 

 Collingwood Ingram has found a new indigenous species of Tit, 

 closely allied to Varus atcr the Coal -Tit, in the pine woods of 

 County Sligo, Ireland. Tlie distinctive feature of the jiew 

 species is that the white areas of P. ater are of a clear 

 sulphurous -yellow hue. This species is not merely an abnorm- 

 ality confined to one era few individuals, for ]\Ir. In.uram found all 

 the Coal-Tits of the district so coloured — a specimen has been 

 examined by the N.H. Dept. of the J^ritisli JNIuseum and has 

 been given specific distinction as the Irish-Tit (Panes hiber- 

 nicus). The particulars were supplied to the Daily Mail by 

 Mr. Louis Wain on the authority of Sir William Ingram. 



BRITISH BIRDS. 



The Tree-creeper. 



By P. V. M. (Jalloway. 



First, I had better give a brief description and range 

 of the species. 



The adult male is brown on the upper surface, Init 

 ut-arly the whole of the i)knnage is washed with golden-bull'; 

 the leatlieis of the head and back are streaked with ashy -grey 

 centres; rump and upper tail -coverts bright tawny, the long 



