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Sylviella OLIVIA, sp. n. 

 (^ . S. jacksoni similis, sed notseo cinereo, olivaceo lavato ; 

 facie lateral! et gastrseo toto saturate vinaceo-fulvis. 

 Culmen 10 ram., ala 52, cauda 23. 

 Hah. R. Bamingui^ 22. viii. 05. 



Mr. Boyd Alexander also exhibited specimens of the 

 following rare and interesting species obtained by him on 

 his expedition across Africa : — 



Amydrus rueppelli, Verr. (Nigeria.) 

 Salpornis emini, Hartl. (R. Shari.) 

 Ptyrticus turdinus, Hartl. (R. Kibali.) 

 Pyrhurrus orientalis (Hartl.). (R. Welle.) 

 Thamnolaa coronata, Reichen. (Nigeria.) 

 Trachyphonus margaritatus (Cretzschm.). (Lake Chad.) 

 Turtur shelleyi, Salvad. (Lake Chad.) 

 Turtur roseo-griseus (Sund.). (Bornu.) 



Mr. Alexander recorded the fact that Thamnolaa claudi, 

 Alex.^ had proved to be the female of T. coronata, Reiche- 

 now, which was only known from the male type from 

 Togoland. 



The Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain exhibited several clutches of 

 rare eggs from Corsica_, including two sets of eggs of Sitta 

 whiteheadi, Sharpe, and one set of Sylvia sarda, La Marm., 

 and made the following remarks : — 



" Although the eggs of Sitta whiteheadi were discovered 

 by John Whitehead in 1884, and the birds have been met 

 with by Dr. Koenig and Mr. Sapsworth, no further nests 

 have been found, nor were the breeding-grounds known until 

 the present year, when I was fortunate enough to discover 

 several pairs of birds breeding in a coniferous forest at a 

 height of over 3000 ft. The nests were invariably placed in 

 dead and very rotten pine-trees, often at a considerable 

 height, and usually in old holes of Dendrocopus major, and, 

 on account of the dangerous state of the trees, were very 

 difficult to get at. The very characteristic nest is composed 



