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Rudolph Grauer. This new form is closely allied to 

 L. cinereovinacea, Soiisa, from Angola, but the red colour of 

 the abdomen and the slate-colour of the back and throat 

 are darker; the dimensions are also less. 



Mr. Rothschild also exhibited and described examples 

 of a new form of Wryneck : — 



Iynx torquilla mauretanica, subsp. n. 



Adult male and female. Differ from /, /. torquilla,\j\\\n.,\\x its 

 much smaller size and in having the upperparts much darker 

 grey, with hardly any admixture of rufous. The transverse 

 markings on the underside are also more distinct. 



Hab. N. Alsreria. 



lynx torquilla torquilla. 



(6 males, .3 females, and 

 12 sex unknown.) 



Wing 86-90 mm. 



TaU 72-87 „ 



lynx torquilla mauretanica. 

 (7 males and 4 females.) 



Wing 77-82 mm. 



Tail 58-70 „ 



Obs. This new form is especially interesting, as during 

 recent years no Wryneck has been recorded as breeding in 

 North Africa, though Loche \_cf. Expl. Sci. Alger, ii. p. 87 

 (1867)] stated that /yna? torquilla bred in all the Algerian 

 forests, when he explored that country in the years 1840-42. 



/. t. mauretanica is closely allied to /. t. tschusii, Kleinsch., 

 from Sardinia, but is smaller. I shot the first specimen on 

 migration, at El Oued, on April 7th, and 'the remaining 

 eleven specimens were obtained at Hammam Meskoutine, 

 in North-east Algeria, between May 16th and 29th. 



The Hon. Edwin Montagu exhibited a fine adult male 

 example of Sabine's Gull {Xema sabinii) which had been 

 killed on Breydon Water, Norfolk, on the 2nd of September, 

 1908. He said that this was the first recorded adult male 

 from this country. 



