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White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), the Two-barred Crossbill 

 {Loxia bifasciata), and Baillon's Crake (Porzana bailloni). 

 Tavo of these did not actually occur in 1895, but have not 

 been previously recorded. Mr, Crossman also points out 

 that the Great Bustard (not hitherto generally included in 

 the Hertfordshire list) is said to have been formerly found 

 on Koyston Heath. It is stated that there are 40 or 50 pairs 

 of the Great Crested Grebe [Podicipes cristatus) on the 

 Tring reservoirs in summer, 



9. Finn on two rare Indian Ducks. 



[On the Occurrence in India of two rare Ducks — Fulignla baeri and 

 Un'stnatum leucocejyhala. By F. Finn. Proc. A. S. B., April 1896.] 



Eleven specimens of Baer's Duck were procured by Mr. 

 Finn in the Calcutta Bazaar in February last^. The occur- 

 rence of this N.E. Asiatic species in India had not been 

 previously established. It is a near ally of Fuligula nyroca. 

 The example of Erismatura leucocephala was shot in Central 

 India near Lucknow. The British Museum contains several 

 examples from the same district and others from the North- 

 west Provinces. 



10. Hartert on a new Swift from Madagascar. 



[A new Form of Swift from Madagascar. By Ernst Hartert. Novitates 

 Zool. iii. p. 231 (1896).] 



Micropus willsi, as Mr. Hartert proposes to call this species, 

 is apparently a small form of " M. melba africanus," based 

 upon a single specimen obtained by the Rev. J. Wills near 

 East Imerina, in Eastern Madagascar, in February 1896, 

 and sent to the Tring Museum. 



11. Hartert on Everett's Collections in Celebes and the 

 adjacent Islets. 



[On Ornithological Collections made by Mr. Alfred Everett in Celebes 

 and on the Islands south of it. By Ernst Hartert. Novitates Zool. iii, 

 p. 148 (1896).] 



Mr. Alfred Everett arrived at Macassar in September 



* Three of these were sent alive by Mr. Finn to the Zoological Society. 

 See P, Z. S. 1896, p. 780, 



