97 [Vol. xliii. 



The Sudan specimens reservedly assigned to A. agricola 

 agricola by Sclater & Praed (' Ibis,' 1918, p. 644) are all 

 identical with our Darfur specimens, except that Hartlaub's 

 single specimen of A. alhotorquatus differs in having an 

 albino nuchal collar ; and since the " original description " 

 o£ the latter (in J. f. 0. 1880, p. 212) does not describe the 

 race, the race must be given another name. 



A. a. agricola and A. boeticatus minor are extremely alike, 

 but the two species may be recognized by the former 

 having a tail averaging equal to or longer than the wing ; 

 while in A. boeticatus the tail is considerably shorter than 

 the wing. 



Admiral H. Lynes also exhibited for the first time the 

 eggs of Ortyxelas meijfreni (Vieill.), that is to say^ two full 

 clutches (each of 2 eggs) taken on 12th and 18th January in 

 Western Kordofan. The systematic position of this curious 

 bird has recently been investigated by Dr. P. R. Lowe, and 

 we look forward with interest to the publication of his 

 results. 



The eggs, it will be observed, are distinctly Turniciform 

 in character. 



Admiral Lynes also made the following remarks : — 



(1) Amadina fasciata fueensis Lynes, 

 Bull. B. 0. C. xli., Oct. 1920, p. 17. 



Cancellation. 



From further 36 specimens collected in Kordofan and 

 Darfur it is evident that this supposed race is merely A. 

 fasciata in its first plumage, and that the name A. f, furensis 

 should be cancelled. 



By singular mischance the only 7 specimens collected on 

 the first trip in Kordofan and Darfur were all birds only 

 about a year old — that is, a few months before they would 

 have assumed the fully adult plumage by complete moult. 



