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which inhabited southern Spain (Malaga, Almeira, Murcia, | 
Valencia, Madrid), the Long-tailed Tit from Asturia and 
that from south Spain were strikinely different, the Gold- 
finch from northern Portugal and from south Spain ‘were 
different, the Hedge-Sparrow, though not rare in northern 
Portugal and north Spain, seemed not to nest in southern 
Spain and south Portugal. A thorough study and com- 
parison of series from all parts of the Peninsula would 
doubtless add a number of other instances. 
Lord Roruscuitp remarked that similar instances of 
various forms occurring in the northern and southern parts 
of the Iberian Peninsula were also known among insects 
and mammals. 
Dr. Ernst Harrert exhibited a new Serin Finch from 
East Africa, which he described as follows :-— 
Serinus buchanani, sp. nov. 
$ ad. Crown of head and back dirty yellowish green, the 
head with narrow, the back with wider brownish-black shaft- 
stripes, rump and upper tail-coverts bright greenish yellow, 
the longest olivaceous yellow with blackish-brown shaft- 
lines. Quills dark brown, inner webs margined with buff, 
outer with dull yellow ; wing-coverts dark brown with buffy- 
yellow edges. Tail-feathers blackish brown with narrow, the 
two innermost with wider, yellowish edges. Forehead a little 
more yellow than crown, a not very sharply defined yellow 
superciliary line. Sides of head yellowish green. Under- 
side golden yellow, jugulum and throat duller and washed 
with brownish green, the former with a few dark brown 
streaks; sides of breast and flanks grecnish yellow with 
narrow blackish shaft-lines; under wing-coverts similar. 
“Tris dark brown. Bill light horn-colour. : Feet and claws 
medium amber-brown.” Wing 87, tail 61°5, culmen 15:5, 
height of bill at base 13-1, width 12°5 mm.— ? ad. Like 
the male, only the back more brown, the black-brown 
markings to the feathers being wider and more like spots; . 
