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Colony oE nesting Sterna fuliginosa — was visited, a number 

 of specimens were secured, and a remarkable series of still 

 and moving pictures were taken." 



Mr. Gr. I. ScHOLEY, introduced by Mr. Bunyard_, exhibited 

 beautiful enlarged photographs of the Cuckoo. These 

 photographs had already appeared in ' The Grraphic ' of 

 Sept. 3, and had excited considerable controversy. The 

 series of photos showed the Cuckoo depositing its egg in 

 the nest of a Pied Wagtail in a quarry. 



Mr, Scholey gave a clear account of his observations, 

 and stated his reasons for believing that the Cuckoo had 

 placed its egg in the nest under observation by means 

 of its bill. Mr. Scholey stated emphatically that he had 

 watched the Cuckoo approach the nest with a bulge in its 

 gullet and place its head and neck only into the nesting- 

 cavity. On the bird then flying away, Mr. Scholey at 

 once examined the nest and found a Cuckoo's egg which 

 was not there immediately prior to the Cuckoo's visit. 



A discussion followed, in which Mr. Stuart Baker, 

 Mr. Bun YARD, Mr. Hale, Mr. Sladen, and others took 

 part. 



Mr. David Bannerman exhibited and described two new 

 races of Sarotlirura collected by Mr. Bates in the Cameroon 

 Highlands and Lowlands. He also made some supple- 

 mentary remarks to his review of this genus in 'The Ibis,' 

 1921, pp. 112-120. 



The new forms he proposed to name as follows : — 



Sarothrura pulchra tihatiensis, subsp. nov. 



Adult male. Differs from S. jndchra jmlclira (Gold Coast 

 specimens) in its larger size, longer and heavier bill and 

 tarsus, and by its brighter chestnut head, nape, and 

 breast. 



