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Ampelis garrulus, o£ which last two specimens had been 

 procured by Major H. A. F. Magrath and Lieut. Whitehead 

 in December 1906 and ^larch 1907. An example of Merula 

 fuscata from Bunnu, which had been procured by Major 

 Magrath on the 7th of April, 1907, was also exhibited. 



Lieut. Whitehead exhibited eggs of jEgithaliscus leuco- 

 gp.nys, Phylloscopus subviridis, Saxicola capistrata, and 

 Adelura ceeruleicephala. The eggs of the first three species 

 had been now taken for the first time. 



He also described a new species of Wren from the Safed 

 Koh range, where it had been procured at a height of 8500- 

 12,500 feet. It appeared to be a representative form of 

 Anorthura neglecta of Kashmir, but differed in several par- 

 ticulars, which induced Lieut. Whitehead to describe it as 



Anorthura magrathi, sp. n. 

 Similis A. neglecta, sed sordide brunnea, notaeo raagis con- 

 colori, fasciis transversalibus fuscis obsoletis : subtus 

 grisescentior, gutture toto cinerascente, minime rufes- 

 cente. Long. tot. 3'3 poll., culm. 0*45, alse 1*95, 

 caudae 1'35, tarsi 07. 



Mr. C. F. M. Swynnerton exhibited eggs of the fol- 

 lowing rare birds from Gaza-land : — Nectarinia arturi, 

 Anthothreptes collaris, Cisticola semitorques, Apalis thoracica, 

 Cossypha heuglini, Batis erythrophthalma, Tchitrea plum- 

 beiceps, and Serimis sharpei. 



Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo exhibited a curious nesting- 

 box made of earthenware, which was a frequent feature in 

 the farms in the south of England a century ago. These 

 nesting-sites were put up by the farmers for the Sparrows 

 to build in them, as the custom of the time required the 

 annual destruction of as many individuals as possible of all 

 birds, such as Sparrows, Rooks, Jackdaws, &c., which were 

 then considered harmful to the farmer. 



Dr. ScLATER stated that he had lately visited the Light- 

 house at St. Catherine's, Isle of Wight, and had had a talk 



