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ascertained that it is resident is not clear, as he collected 
specimens in the winter only. 
Type. 6 ad. Samarkand, 25.1.1908. D. Carruthers 
coll. (in the British Museum). 
Dr. Haxrrzrr also sent the description of a new Herpornis, 
as follows :— 
Herpornis xantholeuca interposita, subsp. nov. 
Similar in colour to H. x. xwantholeuca from British India, 
but with the bill thicker, higher, and sometimes a little 
longer. Wings generally, though not always, longer, in 
males 68-73 mm., while 68 is the outside measurement in 
H. x. xantholeuca. 
Hab. Malay Peninsula: Perak (Gunong Ijau, Teman- 
goh), Selangor, Pahang, Johore, Pelarit, and Tenasserim 
(Thoungyeen valley). 
Type. § ad. Temangoh, Upper Perak, 24. vu.1911. 
C. Boden Kloss coll. (Tring Musenm). 
Mr. P. F. Bunyarp read the following Report on the 
effect of the severe and prolonged winter of 1916-1917 on 
our resident birds :— 
At the June meeting of the B.O.C., when this subject 
was discussed, it was too early to form any concrete opinion 
as to those species which had had their ranks so alarmingly 
thinned out by the severe frosts, and those which had 
survived in fair numbers. 
My notes include reports from numerous field observers, 
and no less than twenty-three of our largest fruit-growers. 
They include my own personal observations and are from 
the counties of Kent, Surrey, and Middlesex, with the 
exception of those on the Crossbill, Wood-Lark, and Cirl 
Bunting, and were made before this year’s broods could 
have had any material effect on numbers. 
The Crossbill I am pleased to be able to report bred in 
increasing numbers, and no doubt these hardy birds, being 
