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"1. Lanius nubicus, c? adult. 



" This bird, new to the British list, was shot at Wood- 

 church, Kent, on July 11th, 11)05. I examined it in the 

 flesh at Mr. Bristow's, three days later." 



" 2. Saxicola stapazina, Linn. ( = S. aurita, Teimn. 

 of. Salvad., Ibis, 1904, p. 75), ^ adult. 



" I shot this Black-eared Chat on September 9th, 1905, 

 near Pett, Sussex. 



'^It undoubtedly belong-s to the eastern form, having the 

 underside of the wing- and the axillaries jet black. This is 

 the first time that this form has occurred in Britain, the 

 two previous examf>les of the Black-eared Chat being refer- 

 able to the western form, Saxicola catering, Whitaker (cf . 

 Bull. B.O.C., XII., p. 78, and XV., p. 71). 



" The wind had been westerly or south-westerly since the 

 1st September, with the exception of a few hours on the 

 Oth, when it shifted to the south-east. On September 7th 

 a south-westerly gale sprang up, accompanied by heavy 

 rain which fell continually for the next three days. 

 On Sej)tember 9th, the day on which I shot this rare 

 straggler, the rain was falling heavily and the gale was at 

 its highest. 



" The points of distinction between this species and 8. 

 sta'pazlna, as given by Mr. Whitaker (Ibis, 1898, p. 624), 

 hold good in all the specimens that I have examined in 

 the British Museum, except as regards the colour of the 

 scapulars, which Mr. Whitaker describes as creamy in 

 8. catering. In many examples, however, the scapulars 

 are quite as black as in typical specimens of Saxicola 

 dapazina. The best point of distinction between the two 

 forms is in my opinion the light colour of the under side 

 of the primaries and secondaries in the latter." 



Mr. Nicoll also exhibited an adult male example of 

 Acrocephalus aquaticus, and gave the following account of 

 its capture : — 



" I shot an Aquatic Warbler on August 18th, 1905, near 



