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osea), which used to be peculiar to a small tropical oasis 
in the Jordan Valley, but has now extended its range 
to Jaffa, which it visits in winter, feeding in the orange 
groves, which afford it good shelter. Another interesting 
bird, of which I have the skin here, is the Penduline Tit 
(Anthroscopus pendulinus). This appears to be the first 
recorded occurrence in Palestine, and was taken some eight 
miles south of Jaffa. I have here, too, other skins of 
Chloris chloris chlorotica, and some eggs showing the marked 
diminution in size between this and the European species, 
Chloris chloris. One of the three birds exhibited to-night 
is very much paler than the other two. It may only be a 
pale specimen, but I am inclined to think it is a different 
species, as I can recollect having noticed very pale birds 
during winter ouly in Jaffa, and at the time did not suspect 
that they were unrecorded. It is a matter which I think 
deserves further investigation. 
T also exhibit four clutches of eggs of Ginanthe hispanica 
zanthomelena. Two of them are the eggs of the black- 
eared form and two of the black-throated. These clutches 
were taken by myself, and in every case I watched the 
parent-birds building and can vouch for their authenticity. 
Both forms nested in close proximity to each other. The 
nests were constructed of the same materials in each case, 
and the females which I procured were indistinguishable 
from one another, as are also the eggs. ‘To my mind there 
seems to be no good reason for separating these birds. It 
may be argued that no very positive deductions can be made 
from so small a number of eggs as two clutches of each 
form, but at any rate these eggs are positively identified, 
which is nut always the case, and, taken in conjunction with 
other observations, certainly lend credence to the theory 
that the two birds are only forms of the one species. 
Mr. Cuarxies Cuuss exhibited a female specimen of the 
Belted Kingfisher, taken in Cornwall, and gave the following 
notes :— 
Through the kindness‘of Mr. G. Thorne Phillips, of Wade- 
bridge, Cornwall, the British Museum has been able to 
