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Mr. JouRDAIN added that two nests of the Moorish Marsh- 
Owl (Asio capensis tingitanus) were also found by himself 
and Captain Congreve during their recent visit to Marocco. 
Mr. P. F. Bunyarp exhibited an exceptionally beautiful 
clutch of five eggs of the Yellow Hammer, taken by himself 
in Surrey, in which the typical vein-markings were almost 
wholly replaced by large suffused blotches of rich reddish- 
brown almost covering the broader parts. Very Jarge under- 
lying markings of lead-grey were conspicuous on some of 
the eggs. A very remarkable clutch of eggs of the Magpie 
from the Continent, with richly pigmented caps of rich 
black-brown, the remaining portions being almost without 
markings. Also a Cuckoo’s egg with four eggs of Tree- 
Sparrow, taken by Mr. L. W. Leader at Banham, Norfolk, 
May 30th, 1918, from a pollarded willow, 5 ft. to 6 ft. high, 
the only record for the British Islands so far as the exhibitor 
was aware, although a clutch from the Continent was 
recorded in the ‘ Catalogue of Birds Hggs Nat. His. Mus.’ 
The Cuckoo’s egg above-mentioned was typical of the 
common greyish form, and resembled slightly the eggs of the 
foster parent in ground-colour. Its weight was 0°222 mg. 
Dr. H. Laneron recorded the shooting of a female Buffel- 
headed Duck by Miss Dorrien Smith on Great Pool, Tresco, 
Isle of Scilly, on January 17th, 1920. It was in the company 
of some Teal. 
Mr. Cuartes Cuuss sent the following descriptions of 
South African birds :— 
Atticora fucata roraime, subsp. nov. 
Adult male. Differs from Atticora fucata fucata (Temm.),in 
being paler on the upper surface, the rufous on the head and 
throat is brighter in colour, and the wing and tail measure- 
ments are smaller. 
Total length 105 mm., exposed culmen 5, wing 96, tail 42, 
tarsus 10. Mis: 
Habitat. Mount Roraima, British Guiana. 
