606 MB. R. TEIMEN ON BUTTEEFLIES FROM MANICA. [NoV. 6, 



"No. 1951. Prinia mystacea, Riipp., 5 . 



"No. 1952. Cinmjris, S- A small dark bird, perhaps referable 

 to C. cTiloropygia, Jard. 



"No. 1953. Spermestes poensis, Fras., c? . 



"Observed: Malimhus cristatus ; Halcyon senegalemis ; Diaphoro- 

 phyia castanea • Psalldoprocne nitens. 



"No. 1954. Corythaix, cJ ; cf. uo. 1943. The common species ; 

 always in pairs ; call, like a turtle-dove's. Very Lively. 



"No. 1955. Andrnpadus latirostris, Sti'ickl., c? jr. Although 

 the lower mandible is damaged by shot, an interesting specimen in 

 so far that the malar stripes are still very faintly developed. 



" No. 1956. Terpsiphone nignceps, Hartl., c? • Only the second 

 specimen obtained. Not rare. 



" Guinea-fowls rather frequent. Cort/thieola frequent. I am 

 unable to decide if this Trogon is Hapaloderma narina or H. con- 

 stantice. 



"No. 1957. Passer diffusus, A. Smith, $. The common 

 species. 



" No. 1958. Hapaloderma narina, Vieill., c? . Not unf requent. 



" No. 1959. Centropus seneyalensis, S 2 • Quills and second- 

 aries without any dark tips, uniform brown. 



"No. 1960. Andropadus, (S . The commonest forest bird, the 

 voice of which is everywhere and always heard." 



The Secretary exhibited comparative drawings of the heads of 

 two North-American Swans {Cygnus americanus and G. huccinator), 

 of which Mr. F. E. Blaauw, C.M.Z.S., had lately received living 

 examples in Holland, and read the following extract from a letter 

 received from Mr. Blaauw on this subject : — 



" I send you a water-colour drawing of the head of the Cygnus 

 americanus which I received in a living specimen some weeks ago. 

 For comparison I have had the head of C. buccinator drawn on the 

 same paper. You will notice that the yellow part of the bill of 

 C. americanus is of a pale yellow, more or less mixed with blackish 

 spots ; moreover, the line formed by the feathers of the front in 

 C. americanus goes in a nearly straight line from the eye to the 

 frontal base of the bill, whilst in C. huccinator this line first goes a 

 little forward, before it bends upward to the front. In both birds 

 the edge of the mandibles, especially of the lower one, near the 

 corner of the mouth, is of a pinkish colour. The Une formed by 

 bill and head is also quite different in C. americanus. On the 

 whole, C. americanus is of a slighter build than G. huccinator. The 

 plumage in my G. americanus is of a pure white, without addition 

 of yellow or grepsh feathers on the head." 



The following extracts were read from a lerter addressed to 

 the Secretary by Mr. E. Trimen, F.Z.S. (dated South-African 

 Museum, Capetown, June 25, 1894), with reference to Dr. A. G-. 

 Butler's remarks on his paper on Butterflies from Manica : — 



" With reference to Dr. Butler's remarks (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 14, 



