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Lord Roruscuitp exhibited and described a new form of 
Lioptilus as follows :— 
Lioptilus abyssinicus ansorgei, subsp. nov. 
Differs from L. abyssinicus abyssinicus (Abyssinia to 
Kilimanjaro district) by having the crown paler ashy grey 
and tinged with brown, back, rump, wings and upper tail- 
coverts paler brown, middle of abdomen slightly more 
greyish. Dimensions similar. “Iris dark brown. Feet 
pale blue. Upper mandible black-brown, lower dark slate 
with greyish-white edge.” (Ansorge.) 
Hab. Mucuio, Kuvali river, Benguella. 
Type: $. Mucuio (Kuvali river), Benguella, 14.vi1.1904. 
W. J. Ansorge coll. (Tring Museum.) 
Two specimens, ¢ and ¢, compared with eighteen 
LL. a. abyssinicus. 
Dr. E. Harrert exhibited a new subspecies of Redstart 
which he described as follows :— 
Phenicurus frontalis sine, subsp. nov. 
6 ad. Differs from that of P. frontalis frontahs (which’ 
inhabits the Himalayas) by having the blue of the throat 
slightly and the rufous of the breast and abdomen distinctly 
lighter. 9 ad. Differs from that of P. frantalis Sfrontalis i in 
the paler colour of the whole underside. 
Hab. Mountains of China: Mupin and Setchuan to 
Kansu and Ala-shan mountains, and to the Tsinling range. 
Type in the Tring Museum: ¢ ad. pee March 1884, 
Przewalski coll. 
Thirty-eight specimens from different seasons compared 
with sixteen typical P. f. frontalis. 
Mr. H. M. Wattis communicated the following note by 
Mr. H. G. AtexanpER on the breeding of Garganey in 
Sussex :— 
«Karly in May I noticed two pairs of Garganey (Anas 
querquedula), besides some Shoveller (Spatula clypeata) on 
the borders of Kent and Sussex. Subsequently, on revisiting 
