61 [ Vol. xxxviil. 
Mr. Goprrey C. Lamserr exhibited a Continental Jay 
(Garrulus glandarius) shot at Cobham, Surrey, on the 5th 
of January, 1918, the plumage of which was unusual. 
The alternating black, white, and blue barring of the major 
coverts of the primaries was repeated (though in duller tones) 
in the tail. This was seen in all the tail-feathers (except 
the outer pair) and in the central feathers, extending to 
within an inch of the end. 
A suspicion of this marking was sometimes seen in normal 
specimens towards the base of the tail, but to a much less 
extent, and the colour was not nearly so bright as in the 
specimen exhibited. 
Other variations of plumage might be noted. The chestnut- 
brown of the inner tertials was less than in the normal bird, 
and the black streaks of the crest were broader and more 
defined. 
Colonel SterHenson Crarke exhibited a new Pigeon from 
Somaliland, which he described as follows :— 
Columba olivie, sp. nov. 
This bird appears to be perhaps nearest to C. enas, though 
at the same time remarkably distinct from that species ; 
it may be recognised at once by its lighter coloration and 
the absence of the dark markings on the secondary coverts. 
It is generally of a pale lavender-grey, rather darker on the 
rump, and with a distinct pink wash extending from the base 
of the bill over the top of the head above the line of the eyes 
as far as the nuchal collar, which extends across the hinder 
half of the neck and is of a brownish lilac slightly shot over 
with metallic tints. Besides the black tips to the tail-feathers 
of enas, olivie possesses a black band across the centre of the 
tail-feathers. ‘I'he cere round the eye is of a brilliant coral- 
red. The colours of the feet, bill, and iris, have not been 
described. 
_ The measurements are:—Total length about 280 mm. 
Wing 205 mm.; tail 107 mm.; tarsus 80 mm.; chord of 
culmen with cere 22 mm. 
