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has never been exhibited (see my notes^ P. Z. S. 1868, p. 264, 

 and 1871, p. 634-). According to the new edition o£ 

 Hume's 'Nests and Eggs' (iii. p. 276), Mr. Gates found it 

 breeding in enormous numbers in Lower Burmah, on the 

 Sitang River below Shwaygheen, so perhaps INIajor Bingham, 

 now, I believe, at Moulmein, might be able to help us in 

 this matter. Col. Legge found it nesting at Uduwila Tank, 

 near Tissa Maha Rama, in the south-east of Ceylon, so that 

 it might be obtained in this localitv also. — P. L. S. 



Phasianus humise from a new Locality. — Of this fine 

 Pheasant, originally discovered by Mr. Hume in Munipur, 

 and subsequently described and figured, from specimens 

 obtained in the same district, by Lieut.-Col. Godwin- Austen 

 (see P. Z. S. 1882, p. 715), an adult male specimen, as we are 

 informed by Mr. W. L. Sclater, has lately been received 

 from a different locality. This specimen was obtained by 

 Capt. Daly in the vicinity of the Ruby Mines in Upper 

 Burmah and presented by him to the Indian Museum. It 

 would appear, therefore, that the range of this species is 

 wider than has been heretofore supposed. 



Neiv or Rare British Birds. — The occurrence on the Welsh 

 coast, in Cardigan Bay, of a rare Petrel, (Estrelata torquata, 

 Macg., is recorded in ' The Zoologist ' for December last 

 (p. 454). The species was originally discovered by John 

 Macgillivray in the island of Aneiteum, New Hebrides, but 

 has also occurred in the Fijis [cf. Salvin, Ibis, 1888, p. 360). 



A specimen of the "Baltimore Oriole " of North America 

 [Icterus haltimore) is stated to have been '^ caught alive in an 

 exhausted condition " at Balta Sound, Shetland, in September 

 last. It is possible, however, that this may have been an 

 escaped cage- bird. See ' Field,' Ixxvi. p. 746, and ' Zoologist,* 

 1890, p. 457. 



At the meeting of the Zoological Society of London held 

 on Nov. 18th last, Mr. P. Menteith Ogle, F.Z.S., exhibited 

 a specimen of the Red-breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa parva) 

 that he had himself shot on the beach at Cley-next-the-Sea, 

 Norfolk, on Sept. 13th, 1890. 



