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no canopy over its nest_, but bred somewhat earlier, and 

 apparently laid rather larger clutches of from six to eight 

 eggs. 



At the same place and time (24th of April) three Spoon- 

 bills in full white plumage were seen upon the wing, and 

 subsequently feeding in shallow open water among floating 

 Black-headed Gulls. Whiskered Terns were hawking for 

 flies among the Swallows overhead. A distant and unsatis- 

 factory view of a Bearded Titmouse was obtained, and the 

 cries of what can hardly have been anything but a Bittern 

 were repeatedly heard at fairly close quarters. The Cattle- 

 Egret was present in numbers. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant said that he had recently received 

 letters from Mr. Walter Goodfellow, who had been en- 

 camped on Mount Arizan, Formosa, at an elevation of about 

 8000 feet. He felt sure that the Members of the Club would 

 be glad to learn that the primary object of the expedition 

 had been accomplished, and that Mr. Goodfellow had suc- 

 ceeded in bringing to the coast in fine condition a number 

 of living specimens, both cocks and hens, of the splendid 

 Mikado Pheasant (^Calophasis mikado, O. -Grant). 



He had likewise secured living examples of the Tree- 

 Partridge {Arboricola crudigularis, Swinh.), and a pair of 

 the recently described Laughing -Thrush [Trochalopterum 

 morrisonianum, O. -Grant). His collection of bird-skins 

 included examples of at least four new species, which 

 Mr. Ogilvie-Grant proposed to describe as follows : — 



HOREITES ACANTHIZOIDES CONCOLOR, Subsp. U. 



Adult male and female. General colour above (including 

 the wings and tail) brownish-olive, inclining to rufous on 

 the top of the head, nape, and mantle, but especially on the 

 outer webs of the secondary-quills ; rump washed with 

 yellowish-olive ; a blackish patch in front of the eye, above 

 it a pale yellowish-white streak commencing on the lores 

 and passing over the eye to the occiput ; chin, throat, and 

 chest white tinged with buff", shading into dull yellowish- 



