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having luueh narrower wliitc tij)s to the leathers of the 

 crowu aud oeeiput, so that these parts do not appear white, 

 but bhiek with Avhite ereseentic bars. Wings and tail longer 

 than iu C. albicapilla. AVing 135 137 mm., tail 115-148. 

 Sexes alike. This form is probably a representative of 

 C. albicapilla. 



Heliocorys modesta giffardi, sp. n. 



Closely allied to H. modesta, of whieh it is evidently oidy 

 a sub-species, but differs in being altogether paler and more 

 sandy in coloration; the breast is less heavily spotted vvitli 

 black, the underside paler, the wing 3 or 3 mm. shorter. 



Bessonornis (?Cossypha) gaimbag.e, sp. n. 



Very similar to Bessonornis modesta, Shelley, from Nyasa- 

 land, but diffeiing in its rusty rufous Hanks and under tail- 

 eoverts. The lateral rectriees have not a complete bar across 

 the tips, but only an elongate blackish mark on the outer 

 webs and a small blackish spot on the inner web of the 

 outermost rectrix. The wing-quills and larger wing-coverts 

 have pale rusty-brown edges, aud the upper surface is paler. 

 Wing and tail 3 or 4 mm. shorter. 



Mr. C. B. HoRSBRUGH exhibited a series of photographs 

 of nests and eggs taken on the Smolen Islands and in tlie 

 Sundal Valley in Northern Norway. An interesting series 

 of the nests of Fringilla montifringilla and F. ccelebs from 

 the latter locality was also shown. 



Mr. Scherken exhibited photographs of a young Cuckoo 

 taken at two separate stages of its work of ejecting a young 

 Titlark from a nest. Though the fact of such ejection has 

 been well established, the photographs were of considerable 

 interest as supplying incontrovertible evidence on the subject. 

 The nest was found and Avatched by Mr. John Craig, a Scottish 

 amateur naturalist, aud the photographs were kindly sent by 

 Mr. Peat Millar, of Beith, N.B., for exhibition. 



Dr. BowDLER Sharpe read a letter from Dr. J. von 

 Madartisz and exhibited a specimen of the Pale Swift, Ajjus 



