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siderable fading in June "), while in W.- Greenland birds at 

 the same season the colouring is much more intense. This 

 he explains by propounding a theory that birds in West 

 Greenland breed later than on the east side, presumably on 

 account of the more severe climate. Unfortunately, this 

 is in direct conflict with the actual facts. The east coast of 

 Greenland north of Angsmagsalik is permanently blocked 

 in the summer by pack-ice, while the west coast is washed 

 by a branch of the Gulf Stream current and is ice-free. We 

 have, moreover, accurate breeding-dates from both sides, and 

 those from the west are earlier than those from the east ! It 

 is interesting to note that, while a large number of Neai'ctic 

 forms have been recorded from West Greenland, the avifauna 

 of north-east Greenland, as described by Manniche, is purely 

 Palaearctic. This is especially noticeable if we compare the 

 breeding-species of Geese from the east and west coasts. It 

 would, therefore, be quite natural for the European race of 

 Grey Phalarope to breed on the east side north of about 

 lat. 67°, while the American form might be expected to 

 occur on the east side of Baffin's Bay. We have now com- 

 pared American and west European skins obtained from 

 May to July, and, though some fading is apparent in both, 

 the distinctive characters are readily apparent in the females 

 throughout the whole period. 



Dr. C. B. TiCEHURST communicated the descriptions of the 

 following races of Indian birds : — 



Dendrocitta vagatunda saturatior, subsp. nov. 



Adult, Browner, more saturated in colour above than the 

 typical race; contrast between head, neck, and mantle almost 

 lost. Mantle dark brown, not so orange-red. Darkest of 

 all races of D. vagahunda, and individuals can be picked out 

 at a alance. About 20 examined. 



Type-locality. Kaukariyet Mts. in Amherst District of 

 Lower Burma, to which it is almost confined. 



Tyjie. In the British Museum. $ , Kankarieyet Mts., 

 3 Sept., 1878 ; Brit. Mus. Reg. No. 86. 3. 1. 650 {J. Darling). 

 Hume coll. 



