105 [ Vol. xl. 
Phenicopterus minor, Threskiornis ethiopicus, Anhinga rufa 
rufa, Hagedashia hagedash nilotica, Balearica pavonina, 
Pelecanus onocrotalus (taking ticks off dog), Caprimulgus 
fossei, Caprimulgus natalensis chadensis, Caprimulgus nigri- 
scapulatus, Colius striatus kikuyensis van Som., Pycnonotus 
tricolor fayt, Corvus scapulatus. 
This was an extremely fine series, and the Chairman asked 
Dr. Hartert to convey to Dr. van Someren, who had left 
England on his return to Nairobi, the thanks and appreciation 
of the Meeting. 
Dr. Harrert also showed some slides from photos, with 
two exceptions, taken by himself in the Western Sahara, 
south of Algeria, explaining the forms of bird-life—if any— 
inhabiting these solitudes. 
Miss Mavup D. Havitanp showed a very interesting series 
of slides of Arctic birds, taken, some in Scotland and some 
in Siberia ; the birds represented, including Divers, Geese, 
Phalaropes (red-necked and grey), Little Stints, Temminck’s 
Stints, Lapland Buntings, and Asiatic Golden Plover. 
Mrs. Lewis, on behalf of Dr. T. Lewis, exhibited a series 
ot very fine slides of the nest and eggs of the Sparrow-Hawk 
and the young birds from the time of hatching until they 
left the nest. 
Mr. G. M. Maruews sent the following descriptions of 
new subspecies of Australian birds :— 
Page 213*: 
Acanthiza pusilla bunya, subsp. nov. 
Differs from A. p. pusilla (White) in having the feathers 
on the forehead more rufous and the rump more cinnamon. 
It is also lighter on the back. 
Type. era Mts., Queensland. Collected by Dr. Cleland, 
Oct. 3rd, 1919. 
* The page-numbers refer to Mathews’s ‘ List of the Birds of 
Australia,’ 1913. 
