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and on ricli cultivated land. It was probably in its winter- 

 quarters and its breeding-range had yet to be discovered. 



Galerita cristata altirostris (near Ismalia, Dec. 1907). — 

 A sandy-coloured form, well known to inhabit part of the 

 Nile valley south of Cairo. 



Coccothraustes vulgaris vulgaris (Damanhour, Dec. 1906). — 

 The Hawfinch was apparently a rare migrant in Egypt. This 

 bird was of the typical form and quite distinct from the 

 resident North African (Algerian) Coccothraustes vulgaris 

 buvryi. 



Emberiza schcenielus canneti (Port Said, Dec. 1906). — 

 The greyer and much less rufous South-east European 

 representative of the typical form. This bird seemed to 

 have been rarely recorded from Egypt. 



Mr. WiTHERBY drew attention to the great interest attaching 

 to the study of the geographical forms of the birds which 

 visited Egypt on migration. It could be shown that in the 

 autumn fornas of the same species drew together to the 

 great highway of the Nile from their respective breeding- 

 grounds in the North, North-east, and North-west. 



The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, 

 the 16th of June, 1909, at PAGANI'S RESTAURANT, 

 42-48 Great Portland Street, W.; the Dinner at 7 p.m. 

 Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to 

 inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C. 



^]S[jB. — Members who intend to make any communication 

 at the next meeting of the Club are requested to 

 give notice beforehand to the Editor, also to supply 

 him with a written account of anything intended for 

 publication.] 



(Signed) 



P. L. ScLATER, W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, H. F. Witherby, 



Chairman. Editor. Sec. ^ Treas. 



