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the plumage it appeared to be a young female. Mr. Saunders 

 had for a long time expected the occurrence of this 

 species as a wanderer to Great Britain, inasmuch as it had 

 been thrice recorded from Heligoland, eleven times from 

 Northern Italj, twice from Austria, and often from South- 

 eastern France. It was said to breed regularly at Archangel 

 and eastward. 



Dr. Ernst Haeteet exhibited some new sub-species of 

 birds, which he described as follows : — 



Eegultjs eegulus angloeum, subsp. n. 



Differs from Reguhis regulus regulus of jS^orthern Europe 

 in its darker plumage, the upper surface being darker and 

 more olive, the underside somewhat more tinged with 

 brownish. It seems to be generally slightly smaller, but 

 this difference is not very striking. The wing ranges in 

 the continental form from 53-5 to 55"5 mm., seldom to 56-5 

 and 57, while in British males it is, as a rule, from 52 to 

 64 mm. long, but one male from Sussex has the wing 

 57 mm. ! 



Hah. Great Britain, Isle of Wight, Scotland, and 

 Ireland. Type ^ ad. Tring 31. x. 1900. E. Hartert coll. 

 (No. 3119). 



SiTTA FEONTALIS PALAWANA, Subsp. U. 



The Sitta inhabiting Palawan has been hitherto united 

 with Sitta frontalis frontalis, which extends over India to 

 the Malay Peninsula, and, it is said, to Java. Thus a 

 very curious and interrupted distribution was accepted, as 

 Borneo is inhabited by Sitta frontalis corallipes (Sharpe) 

 with orange-red feet. The Palawan form, however, is not 

 quite like the continental S. frontalis, for the chin and upper 

 throat are not whitish, but vinous brov^nish, very little 

 paler than the breast; and the black superciliary line is 

 wider and more conspicuous. 

 " Hah. Palawan and Balabac. Type c? ad. Puerto 



