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ticularly on the sides of the head and neck, where the 

 feathers were mostly light reddish-buff barred with black. 

 The bill was large and rather coarse, and the basal portions 

 of the toes were feathered as in the Red Grouse, while the 

 terminal portions were naked and pectinate on the sides as 

 in the Black Grouse. Mr. Stobarthad kindly presented the 

 specimen to the British Museum. 



Another male example of this rare hybrid had also been 

 ofiFered to the British Museum by Mr. G. Ashley Dodd, but 

 had not yet been received. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant also described a new species of 

 Nuthatch which had been procured by the Duke of Bedford's 

 collector in the Island of Quelpart. He proposed to name 

 this bird 



SiTTA BEDFORDI, sp. U. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to S. amurensis, Swinh., 

 but the upperparts are of a darker slate-grey, and the lower 

 breast and belly are darker rufous-bufF. The bill is distinctly 

 stouter and perhaps a trifle longer. Wing 3'l-3'2 inches. 



Hab. Quelpart Island, S. Corea. 



Type in the British Museum: <^ . No. 480. ll.ix. 05. 

 M. P. Anderson coll, 



Obs. Four adult males were procured in August and 

 September. All are in moult. 



Major F. W. Proctor exhibited interesting varieties 

 of the eggs of the following species : — 



A set of four eggs of the Ringed Plover {uEgialitis 

 hiaticola). Very pale greenish stone-colour, with large 

 blotches of black and underlying shell-markings of pale 

 purple. Somerset coast. 



A set of four eggs of the Hawfinch [Coccothraustes cocco- 

 thraustes). Ground-colour distinctly reddish-brown, with 

 large blotches, scrolls, and line-markings of deep reddish- 

 brown and underlying purplish shell-markings. Essex, 

 May 1899. 



