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Dr. C. Christy exhibited an example of a rare African 

 Ant-Thrush {Pitta reichenowi, Madarasz) which had been 

 procured by him in the Ciiagwe Forest, north-west of 

 Victoria-Nyauza. The occurrence of this green-breasted 

 species of Pitta in Uganda was of interest, as hitherto it 

 had oidy been recorded from Southern Cameroon and the 

 central part of the Congo Free State. 



Dr. Christy also exhibited a specimen of Eurystomus 

 gnlnris, Vieill., from the same part of Uganda. This species 

 is chiefly West African in its distribution, but had been pro- 

 cured in Toro by Mr. F. J. Jackson {cf. 'Ibis,' J906, p. 515). 



Dr. ScLATER exhibited two specimens of Lilian's Love- 

 bird {Ayaponds liliauce) from Nyasalatid, a species first 

 described and figured by Captain Shelley (• Ibis/ 1894, 

 p. 4G6, pi. xii.). It was subsequently niet with by 

 Mr. Alexander on the Lower Zambesi ('Ibis,' 1900, p. 431), 

 and by Dr. Stochr in N.E. Rhodesia, near Feira (Journ. 

 ' S. A. Orn. U. ii. p. 108), also by Mr, Neave on the Loangwa 

 lliver in the same country {' Ibis,' 1908, p. 18G). Dr. Sclater 

 pointed out the differences between this species and 

 the more recently described A. nigrigenis, W. L. Sclater, 

 from N.W. Rhodesia, which had been at first confounded 

 with it. A considerable number of the latter species had 

 been recently brought alive to Europe, and several well- 

 known Aviculturists had obtained specimens of it. It had 

 been well figured in the October number of the ' Avicultural 

 Journal' (vi. p. 318, pi., 1908), from living examples in 

 Mr. H. D. Astley's aviaries. 



Mr. P. F. BuNYARD exhibited a remarkable clutch of eggs 

 of the Skylark {Alauda ai'vensis, Linn.), in which the 

 markings were mostly greenish and grey on a greenish- 

 white ground ; in general appearance and size the eggs 

 resembled those of tiie Crested Lark [Galerida cristata, 

 Linn.). 



