268 Bulletin of the British 



Dr. R. BowDLER Sharpe exhibited a specimen of a bird 

 new to the Fauna of Great Britain. This was an example 

 of the Sub-alpine Warbler [Sylvia suhalpina), which had 

 been forwarded to him for exhibition by Mr. J. S. Elliott, of 

 Dudley^ who had shot it himself on the island of St. Kilda 

 on the 13th of June, 1894_, after a heavy gale from the south- 

 west. 



Mr. J. E. Harting exhibited a specimen of the Yellow- 

 browed Warbler [Phylloscopus super cilio sus) , shot near 

 Beverley by Mr. Swailes of that place. 



Mr. W. E. De Win ton exhibited a pair of Kestrels which 

 he had shot last summer in the act of capturing young 

 Pheasants. He regarded this as an isolated instance, as, 

 after the shooting of the pair in question, no more young 

 birds were taken, although Kestrels were numerous in the 

 neighbourhood. 



Mr. A. Trevor-Battye made some remarks en the 

 natural history of Kolguev Island. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild communicated the follow- 

 ing description of a new genus and species of bird from New 

 Zealand, which he proposed to call 



"Traversia, gen. nov. Xenicidarum. 

 " DiflFers in several important points both from Xenicus 

 and Acanthidositta. Bill much larger and stouter, very 

 little shorter, if at all, than the tarsus ; the latter about as 

 long as middle toe without claw, or the hind toe and claw, 

 while in Xenicus and Acanthidositta it is about twice as long 

 as the hind toe. The principal difference, however, is the 

 weak character of the wing, which points to flightlessness, 

 as does also the very soft and loose character of the entire 

 plumage, and the very Ralline aspect of the bird. There 

 are onlj^ 10 tail-feathers, and the scutellation of the tarsus is 

 like that of Xenicus. These two points determine its posi- 

 tion in the XenicidcB at once [cf. Sclater, Cat. B. xiv. p. 450). 

 The type is 



