1884.] ON SYLVIA NISORIA AND HYPOLAIS ICTBRINA. 477 



The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Major W. Brydon, B.S.C., 

 C.M.Z.S., an egg of Blyth's Tragopan (Ceriornis bhjlhiy, which had 

 been laid by a hen in the possession of that gentleman at Debrughar, 

 Assam. 



The Secretary read an extract from a letter from the same 

 correspondent containing an account of his efforts to procure a spe- 

 cimen of the Takin {Budorcas taxieolor) for the Society. When 

 recently on an advanced frontier-station. Major Brydon had made 

 many endeavours to procure young specimens of this scarce animal, 

 but was informed by the natives that it was impossible to keep it in 

 captivity, as it always "jumped itself to death," as they expressed it. 



The Secretary exhibited, on behalf of Mr. J. C. Parr, F.Z.S., a 

 specimen of the chick of the Vulturine Guinea-Fowl {Numida 

 vulturina), hatched in Lancashire on September 10th. The hen ot 

 this species in Mr. Parr's possession had laid very late in August, and 

 after sitting about a week died. The six eggs were then put under a 

 common hen, and five young chicks were the result : one, which had 

 died on the 15th of October, was now exhibited. 



The Secretary believed that this was the first instance of the 

 Vulturine Guinea-Fowl having bred in this country. 



The Rev. H. H. Slater, F.Z.S., exhibited a specimen of the 

 Barred Warbler {Sylvia nisoria) obtained on the Yorkshire coast by 

 himself on the 28th August, 1884. The specimen was a female 

 bird in immature plumage. It was found in an elder-hedge by a 

 potato-garden on the sand-hills, and was very shy and difficult to 

 see. The first British-killed specimen of this species was exhibited 

 at a meeting of this Society on March 4th, 1879 (see P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 219). 



Mr. H. E. Dresser exhibited specimens of Sylvia nisoria and 

 Hypolais icterina killed in Norfolk, and made the following 

 remarks : — 



The Eev. H. H. Slater has just exhibited an immature specimen 

 (the second on record as having been killed in England) of Sylvia 

 nisoria, and I am glad to be able to place before you a third example 

 of this Warbler, shot by Mr. F. D. Power, of Cold-Harbour Lane, 

 Brixton, on the 4th of September last, in some scrub at the base of 

 Blakeney sandhills, Norfolk. This gentleman informs me that he 

 saw no other bird at all resembling it on that day, though Garden 

 Warblers were very numerous. This specimen is a female in 

 immature plumage, and closely resembles the bird exhibited by 

 Mr. Slater. The first recorded occurrence was of a fully adult bird, 

 which was also exhibited at a meeting of this Society by Professor 

 Newton". Another rare bird which I now have the pleasure to 

 exhibit is an immature example of Hypolais icterina, also shot by 



1 See P. Z. S. 1872, p. 496 ; 1879, p. 457. ^ See P. Z. S. 1879, p. 219. 



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