97 [Vol. xxiii. 



(According to careful measurements taken from a large 

 series of P. albiventris in the British Museum, the wings of 

 that species average 2'45 inches, but in the * Catalogue 

 of the Birds/ vol. vi., it is given as only 2*1 inches.) 

 " For this subspecies I propose the name 



Pnoepyga formosana subsp. n, 



" In the Tring Museum there are three examples of this 

 new form from Mt. Arizan, Central Formosa, procured 

 for Mr. Rothschild by Mr. Alan Owston's collectors : these 

 agree perfectly with my type-specimen.^' 



Mr. H. F. WiTHERBY exhibited specimens of the following 

 birds, which had been collected in Egypt by Commander 

 H. Lynes, R.N. :— 



Anthus spinoletta blakistoni (Port Said, Oct. and Nov. 

 1906). — This Central Asian form of the Water-Pipit was 

 apparently new to Egypt and had not previously been recorded 

 so far to the west. 



Anthus spinoletta coutellii (Port Said, Oct., Nov., and Dec. 

 1906). — This form of the Water-Pipit, which is well known 

 to occur in Egypt, was exhibited for comparison with the 

 above. 



Alauda arvensis cantarella (Port Said, Oct. and Nov. 1906). 

 — The South-east European form of the Sky-Lark did 

 not appear to have been recorded from Egypt, where the 

 Eastern form A. a. cinerea was usually met with on migration. 



Calandrella minor heinei (Port Said, Nov. 1906). — The 

 form breeding in South Russia and hitherto apparently 

 unrecorded from Egypt. 



Galerita cristata nigricans (Damanhour, Dec. 1906 and 

 Jan. 1907). — This dark form of the G. cristata group is 

 known to inhabit the Delta of the Nile, 



Galerita cristata subsp. u. ? (Port Said, Alexandria, and the 

 Rossetta branch of the Nile, Sept., Nov., and Dec. 1906). — 

 This form, which was decidedly paler than G. c. nigricans, and 

 approached the typical G. cristata, seemed to be unnamed. 

 It was found by Commander Lynes both on the dry plains 



