NOTES. - od 
Occurrence of Motacilla alba (the White Wagtail) in Ceylon.— 
On Saturday, November 23, 1918, when walking from the 
Residency to the Kachcheri at Puttalam I saw a strange 
Wagtail on the maidan. I went out to look for a specimen in 
the evening and shot a young male, which turned out to be 
M. alba—the White Wagtail—in its first autumn plumage. 
There were several other specimens. One I used to see almost 
daily either in the resthouse compound, or on the maidan 
between the Residency and the Kachcheri. They stayed until 
early February. I left Puttalam for a week’s circuit in the 
first week of February, and when I came back they had gone. 
The specimen I obtained is now in the Colombo Museum. 
The species is common in summer throughout Northern 
Europe and Western Siberia. It winters in North Africa and 
India, but seldom visits the extreme south of the peninsula, 
and it has never before been recorded from Ceylon. 
December, 1919. W. E. WAIT. 

PROCEEDINGS OF THE CEYLON NATURAL 
HISTORY SOCIETY. 
THE Seventh Anniversary Meeting of the Society was held in 
the Colombo Museum Library on March 14, 1919, at 5.15 p.m, 
the Hon. Mr. R. E. Stubbs, C.M.G., President, in the Chair. 
The accounts and reports of the Honorary Secretaries and 
Treasurers for 1918 were read and confirmed. 
A vote of thanks was proposed to Mr. W. H. Young for auditing 
the accounts. 
The following office-bearers were elected for the ensuing year :— 
Patron. 
His Excellency the Governor. 
President. 
The Hon. Mr. R. E. Stubbs, C.M.G. 
Vice-Presidents. 
F. M. Mackwood, Esq. Dr. A. Nell. 
Sir 8. D. Bandaranayake, C.M.G.| Dr. J. Pearson. 
