Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 29 J 



Some of the so-called " Sabine's Snipes " undoubtedly 

 come within the category of melanoid varieties, inasmuch as 

 they differ from normal Snipe only in the intensity of their 

 pigmentation. But to others this description will not apply. 



As my friend Mr. J. L. Bouhote has pointed out to me, 

 the birds last referred to differ absolutely in the pattern of 

 the plumage, as, for instance, in the absence of the longi- 

 tudinal stripes on the head and back ; and at the same 

 time, it is significant to note, they resemble a quite distinct 

 species — to wit, the Solitary Snipe {Gallinago solitaria). 

 They are to be regarded as instances of mutations or 

 discontinuous variations. 



Yours &c, 



British Museum (Natural History), AY. p. Pytcraft. 



Cromwell Road, S. Kensington, 

 13th March, L905. 



Sirs, — I notice a mistake on p. 144 {supra) of ' The Ibis/ 

 which you will perhaps correct if you think it necessaiy. 

 It was not my father, Sir Joseph W. Pease, but my uncle, 

 Mr. John William Pease, who bequeathed his Bewick 

 Collection to the city of Newcastle. 



Yours &c, 

 Barberton, Transvaal, Alfred E. Pease. 



L8th Fehruary, 1005. 



Sirs, — A beautiful male example of the Meadow-Bunting 

 (Emberiza cia) was captured alive at Perry Woods, near 

 Faversham, Kent, about February 14th last, out of a flock 

 of Yellow and other Buntings. It was sent to London as 

 a " peculiar Yellowhammer/' but was seen and identified 

 by Mr. G. E. Weston, into whose possession it quickly 

 passed. This is the third occurrence of the Meadow-Bunting 

 in Great Britain, both the previous records being for October 

 1902. 



Yours &c, 



Rocklow, Tethard, C. J. Carroll. 



Co. Tipperary, 



26th March, 1905. 



