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following species : — LocusteUa certhiola, a common migrant 

 in South China and the Lower Yangtsze basin, especially 

 in autumn ; also o£ three Willow- Warblers, Phylloscopus 

 xanthodryas, P. proregulus, and P. fuscatus. The first 

 named bred in Japan and wintered in Borneo, while the 

 other two were very common visitors in winter to South 

 China. 



A full list of the species observed and obtained would be 

 found on p. 124, together with the dates of occurrence, the 

 approximate numbers of individuals observed, and a record 

 of the weather. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant forwarded a description of a 

 new species of Flycatcher from Nyasaland, which he proposed 

 to name 



ErYTHROCERCUS NYASiE, Sp. U. 



Adult. Most nearly allied to E. thompsoni, Shelley, which 

 it resembles in having the crown olive like the back ; 

 but easily distinguished by the absence of the wide black 

 subterminal band across the tail which is characteristic of 

 the latter species. The general colour of the plumage 

 above is, moreover, of a darker olive. 



Total length ca. 100 mm. ; wing 46 ; tail 47 ; tarsus 17. 



Hab. Nyasaland. 



Type in the British Museum. Adult. No. 48. Near 

 Lake Pamalombe, 12. ix. 11. Presented by Professor R. 

 Newstead. 



Obs. In the two typical specimens of -E. thompsoni from 

 the Rovuma River in the British Museum the sex is not 

 indicated ; in one specimen the black subterminal band on 

 the tail-feathers is wanting on the outermost pair only, in 

 the second specimen a black band is present on the two 

 middle pairs only. Possibly this difference is a sexual one. 

 Professor Newstead states that there was no trace of a black 

 band on the tail in the pair of birds which he was able to 

 observe at close quarters. 



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