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Rye, Sussex. A warm south-easterly wind had been blow- 

 ing for about 24 hours, and as such weather conditions are 

 stated by Gatke (Birds of Heligoland) to be favourable 

 for the arrival of this species in some numbers in Heligoland, 

 about the middle of August, I was specially looking out for 

 it. During that day I saw about half a dozen Aquatic 

 Warblers in one large reed-bed. This species may at once 

 be recognized, even in flight, by the very light colour of 

 the upper parts, and seems to be much more skulking in 

 its habits than the Sedge Warbler." 



Mr. ISTicoU further exhibited an immature female of the 

 common Wheatear {Saxicola cenanthe) with a partially 

 white head and neck, and with the tips of some of the wing 

 coverts white. He had shot this bird on August 15th, 

 near Rye. 



Mr. ISTicoU also read the following notes on Chrysotis 

 guildingi, from the Island of St. Vincent, W.I. "^ When I was 

 collecting in the West Indies, during the winter of 1903-04, 

 we visited St. Vincent. Mr. Clarke was, at that time, 

 collecting bird^in the island, and subsequently published an 

 account of the species he had met with in the '' West Indian 

 Bulletin." He obtained several examples of this Parrot, 

 which, though very rare, was not at that time extinct. It 

 occurs on all the highest peaks of St. Vincent, only a small 

 portion of which was affected by the eruption which had 

 occurred a year before Mr. Clarke procured his specimens." 



Mr. E. Kemp exhibited examples of a Waxbill [Estrilda] 

 from the Niger River, which were believed to represent 

 a new species, but might prove to be the E. 'poUopareia, 

 Reichenow, from the Congo. He stated that he had 

 forwarded examples of this bird to Dr. Reichenow for 

 comparison, and that if the Niger birds were really distinct 

 a description would appear in the next number of the 

 Bulletin. 



Mr. H. r. WiTHEEBT exhibited an example of the Aquatic 

 Warbler {Acrocephalus aquaticus) and an Icterine Warbler 



