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ordinary form of the Cape Colony {^pyceros melamjius) by having 

 a short line beneath each eye passing towards the nostrils and a 

 broad band in the centre of the forehead black. Mr. Sclater sup- 

 posed it to be the species designated ^pyceros petersi by Bocage 

 (P. Z, S. 1878, p. 741). 



Mr. Sclater also exhibited a large photograph of Grevy's Zebra 

 (Equus fjrevyi) taken by Mr. Gambier Bolton, F.Z.S., from the type 

 specimen at Paris, and read the following remarks drawn up by 

 ]Mr. Bolton on the subject : — 



" I send herewith a photograph just taken of the mounted speci- 

 men of Eqniis fjrevyi now in the Natural History Museum at Paris. 

 Judging by a photograph in the Society's library taken when this 

 animal was alive, I should fancy that nearly all trace of the true 

 shape of the head has been lost in the mounting ; and judging by 

 the height of the man (who is shown as feeding it) I imagine that the 

 whole skin has been very greatly stretched, as it now appears far 

 larger than any of the living specimens of Equus zebra that I have 

 seen. 



" The skin of this mounted specimen is marked with very brilliant 

 black and white lines, looking as though it had been bleached ; the 

 white mark above the taU being very much wider than in the skin 

 exhibited at the last meeting. 



" In the Societj-'s Proceedings for 1883 (P. Z. S. 1883, p. 175) is 

 a paper read by Col. Grant, describing a Zebra that he found in Ugogo 

 in 1860-5, with a woodcut of the head. Professor Elower has 

 compared this carefully with the photograph before you, and thinks 

 them identical." 



The Secretary exhibited on behalf of Mr. T. Southwell a mounted 

 specimen of the Caspian Plover {^gialitis asiatica), and read the 

 following note from Mr. Southwell on the subject : — 



" On the evening of the 23rd May I received from Mr. Lowne, of 

 Yarmouth, the fresh skin of a handsome full-plumaged male of 

 ^gialitis asiatica, sent me for identification. 



" Subsequently I learned the following particulars with regard to 

 this interesting occurrence. During the morning of the 23rd of 

 May two strange birds were seen in a large market-garden bordering 

 on the Jforth Denes at Yarmouth, which attracted the attention of 

 the occupier of the Gardens, but he had no opportunity of a shot 

 till about 5.30 p.m., when they were on the Golf ground which forms 

 a portion of the Denes. He tried to get both birds in a line for a 

 double shot ; that being unsuccessful he selected the brighter of the 

 two, its companion being at the time about six yards distant from 

 it ; when he fired, the paler bird, presumably the female, flew off in 

 a westerly direction and was no more seen. Very shortly after, the 

 bird was purchased of the shooter by Mr. H. C. Knights, by whom 

 it was taken the next morning, to Mr. Lowne for preservation, who, 



