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margins of the sides and flank -leathers much narrower 

 and browner. " Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black " 

 {J. Whitehead). 



Total length 6-2 inches, culraen 0*74, wing 32, tail 2-0, 

 tarsus 0*8. 



4. ZOSTERORNIS PYGM^US^ Sp. n. 



Adult male and female. General colour above brownish olive, 

 brownest on the crown, each feather of which has a narrow 

 whitish shaft-stripe ; lores whitish ; feathers above and below 

 the eye blackish with white shafts ; chin whitish ; throat, 

 fore neck, and chest grey, with white middles to the feathers, 

 most marked on the throat ; breast and belly white, shading 

 into greyish on the sides, flanks, and under tail-coverts. 

 " Iris bicoloured, outer ring red, inner pale yellow ; bill 

 slate-blue, black at tip ; feet slate-grey " (/. Whitehead) . 



Total length 4'0 inches, culmen 0"5, wing 2"1, tail 1'55, 

 tarsus 0*65, 



This is much the smallest of the five species of Zosterornis 

 now known. 



Mr. F. Penrose called the attention of the Club to some 

 letters which had recently appeared in the ' Field.^ 



On November 28, 1896, the following paragraph occurred 

 amongst the " Notes and Queries on Natural History " : — 

 " Sivallows wintering in England. — A pair of Swallows 

 remained the whole of the last mild winter at the farm of 

 Mr. T. Whipp, Elton Wold, East Yorkshire, making an old 

 large barn their headquarters. They could be seen out every 

 fine day. The birds remained till joined by their friends from 

 the south in the spring. On inquiry, I find none have been 

 seen for some time this season. — G. C. Swailes (Beverley). ^^ 



And the following paragraph in the next week's issue, 

 December 5th : — 



" Two Swallows liibernated last winter in a cowhouse at 

 Healey Vicarage, near Masham, and the birds were frequently 

 handled by members of the vicar's family. This is the only 

 instance of such an occurrence that I have heard of in this 

 locality. — James Carter (Masham, Yorks)." 



