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BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS’ CLUB. 
No. CCXXXIX. 
Tue two-hundred-and-thirty-sixth Meeting of the Club was 
held at Pagani’s Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, W., 
on Wednesday, January 8th, 1919. 
Chairman: The Lord RoruscxiLp, Ph.D., F.R.S. 
Members present :—E. C. Stuart Baker; E. Brpwetr; 
P. F. Bunyarp; A. Ezra; Dr. E. Harrert; Rev. F. C. 
R. Jourparn ; G. C. Lampert; H. Munt; H. R. Munr; 
R. H. Reap; D. Seru-Smiru (/ditor); G. pe H. Vaizey ; 
H. F. WiruHersy. 
Guests :—H. Bett; E. R. Munt. 
Mr. E. C. Sruarr Baker exhibited a new subspecies 
of Penthoceryx sonnerati, and made the following remarks 
on this species of Cuckoo :— 
- In consequence of some observations made to me in 
a letter by Mr. W. E. Wait, of the Ceylon Civil Service, on 
the breeding-habits of this Cuckoo, I made an examination 
of the material in the collection of the British Museum, 
and, as a result, find that the Ceylon bird is remarkably 
different from all other geographical races. 
There seem to be four well-defined subspecies within the 
Oriental region :— 
(1) Penthoceryx sonnerati sonnerati. 
Cuculus sonnerati Lath., Ind. Orn. p. 215 (1790): India. 
- Type-locality. India. 
(January 29th, 1919.} a VOL, XXXIX. 
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