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the line of the gape, uniform deep rufous brown. Total 

 length 5-6 inches, culmen 0-5, wing .2-25, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-8. 



Malaconotus manningi, sp. n. 



Nearly allied to Laniarius melamprosopus, Eeichen., but 

 readily distinguished by the uniform deep grey colouring of 

 the crowUj back of neck, and upper back, and the almost 

 entire absence of yellow tips to any of the wing-feathers. 

 Total length 7"5 inches, culmen 0*6, wing 3-7, tail 3'6, 

 tarsus 10. 



MUSCICAPA NYIKENSIS, Sp. U. 



Similar to M. lugens, with the bill entirely black, but 

 characterized by its large size and by having a narrow white 

 forehead ; the space in front of the eyes and the cheeks also 

 white, like the throat. Total length Q-Q inches, culmen 0'5, 

 wing 3*3, tail 3*1, tarsus 0*9. 



Hab. Nyika Plateau, 6000 to 7000 feet {Alexander Whyte). 



Mr. E. Curtis exhibited a specimen of the Spotted Sand- 

 piper {Trinqoides macularius), which had been shot on 

 the 2nd of February, at Finea, Co. Longford, Ireland, by 

 Mr. Frank Roberts. The bird, which proved to be a female, 

 was very tame, and was feeding at the time in a meadow 

 much trodden by cattle by the side of the river Finea, 

 within a short distance of the village. 



Mr. J. G. MiLLAis exhibited a remarkable hybrid between 

 a male Red Grouse {Lagopus scoticus) and a female Bantam 

 Fowl. 



Mr. W. Eagle Clarke sent a communication, as follows: — 

 A Bustard was obtained at St. Fergus, on the Pitfour estate, 

 Aberdeenshire, on the 24th of October last, and Mr. J. G. 

 Walker, who shot and owns the specimen, has recently sub- 

 mitted it to me for identification. I found it, as Mr. Walker 

 suspected, to be an example of the K%\^i\c Houbara macqueeni, 

 and a female in immature plumage. This is the fourth 

 ' British and the first Scottish specimen, and it is the only 



