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atis, nee rufescenti-brunneis : subtus pallid^ olivascens, 

 gastraeo medio albido^ pluniis medialiter griseo striolatis, 

 hypochondriis et subcaudalibus pallide olivaeeis, his late 

 albido marginatis distinguenda. Long. tot. 9 poll., alse 

 4-45. 

 Hab. Ntebi [F. J. Jackson). 



Barbatula jacksoni, sp. n. 

 JB. similis B. bilineota, sed gutture et pectoris summi later- 

 ibus schistaceo-griseis, tectricibus alarum et secund- 

 ariis pallide sulphureo marginatis, et iiypochoudriis 

 ochrascenti-briinneis distinguenda. Long. tot. 4"4 poll., 

 alte 2-4. 



Hab. Mau {F. J. Jackson). 



Urobrachya nigko-notata, sp. n. 

 U. similis U. pltmnicea, sed tectricibus alarum majoribus 



cinnamomeo-rufis, late nigro terminatis distinguenda. 



Lono-. tot. 6 5 poll., alte 3'6. 

 Hab. Witu {F. J. Jackson). 



Dr. Shakpe exhibited, on behalf of" Mr. Claude W. Wyatt, 

 a nest and eggs of the Reed-Bunting {Emberiza schceniclus), 

 which had been taken at Basford, near Banbury, in 1894. 

 The season had been very wet, and the birds had provided 

 the nest with a lid made of horsehair, apparently for the 

 better protection of the eggs. 



Dr. Sharpe also exhibited a skin of Lanius ludoviciunus, 

 which had been procured in Andros Island, Bahamas, 

 by Mr. Neville Chamberlain. 



In a few remarks on the present state of the Collection 

 of Birds in the British Museum, Dr. Sharpe informed the 

 meeting that on the 11th of September last he had com- 

 pleted his twenty fifth year of service in charge of that col- 

 lection, and he estimated that the skins had increased in 

 number during that time from about 40,000 to 370,000, 

 and the eggs from about 6000 to 49,000 specimens. 



Mr. Tegetmeier exhibited a skin of a Pheasant which he 

 considered to be a hybrid between Thaumalea incta and 

 Phasianus colchicus. 



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