39 [Vol. xvi. 



Wallis, of Lycld, Kent. It had been captured near that town 

 after the disastrous South-west gale of November 26-27th^ 

 and kept alive for two days in a pool of water. On its 

 death it had been sent to Mr. Bristow^ the taxidermist, 

 of St. Leonards, who received it on November 30th, and 

 immediately brought it to Dr. Ticehurst. When examined 

 by the latter it was covered with sand and sodden with 

 sea- water. It had since been mounted and cleaned ; and 

 proved, on dissection, to be a male. 



The differences between this bird and P. ohscurus covdd 

 clearly be distinguished, as pointed out by Mr. Saunders 

 [cf. "Manual Brit. Birds," 2nd ed., p. 744, and Bull. 

 B.O.C., YII., no. lii., p. 40 (1898)]. 



This was the fourth British example, the third picked 

 up near Bexhill, Sussex, on the 28th December, 1900, 

 had been recorded by Mr. W. E,. Butterfield [cf. Bull. 

 B.O.C., XI., no. Ixxvii., p. 45 (1901.)] 



The breeding-quarters of this bird were said to be the 

 Canary, Madeira and Cape Yerde Islands. 



Dr. ScLATER exhibited a skin of a Bunting, allied to 

 Ember iza cinerea, but apparently different, obtained by 

 Mr. Douglas Carruthers at Kuryatein, in Syria, on April 

 8th, 1905. He proposed to characterize this species as 

 follows : — 



Emberiza citkiniventkis, sp. n. 



Supra Emherizm cinerece omnino similis et ejusdem formse, 

 sed subtus ventre toto flavo neque albo facile dignos- 

 cenda. 



Hah. In deserto Syriaco. 



Dr. Sclater stated that there were three female examples 

 of this species in the British Museum, all from Bushire on 

 the Persian Grulf, two obtained by Mr. W. D. Cumming, 

 and the third by Mr. A. J. V. Palmer. 



Dr. ScLATEB made the following remarks on the generic 

 name of the Nightingale. " Dr. Bowdler Sharpe in his 



