Vol. xvi.] 52 



Dr. Frank Penrose called attention to a copy of the 

 Report of the Mio:ration Committee, which constituted 

 Vol. XVIT. of the Bulletin of th.' British Ornithologists' 

 Cluh. 



H<» reminded the Members of the scope of the work 

 entrusted to the Committee — viz., to collect observations 

 on the arrival and dispersal throu<<-h England and Wales 

 of the commoner summer-miorants which come to breed 

 in this country. 



The Committee had sent out schedules to all those ladies 

 and gentlemen who had intimated their willingness to 

 help, and had also sent a slightly different set of schedules 

 to all the larger lighthouses and lightships on the South 

 and East Coasts, from the Scilly Islands to the mouth of 

 the Humber. The results of these observations constituted 

 the Report. 



Dr. Penrose then proceeded to say that the question 

 came up for decision as to whether Members considered 

 that the investigation was worth continuing. 



Dr. Penrose expressed his earnest hope that the Club 

 would sanction the continuance of the work. He thought 

 thcit it was full of promise, and that it could only be of 

 permanent value if it were carried on for a series of 

 years. 



After Mr. Walter Rothschild, Dr. Hartert, Mr. Pycraft, 

 the Chairman (Dr. Sclater), Mr. Millais, and Mr. De 

 Winton had spoken, and all had agreed that it woidd 

 be a great pity not to continue the observations, it was 

 proposed by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, seconded by Mr. Bidwell, 

 and carried unanimously that " the Migration Committee 

 should be reappointed, and requested to continue their 

 work on the same lines for the present year." 



Dr. Ernst Hartert exhibited an example of a new 

 Calamocichla, which he described as follows : — 



Calamocichla ansorgei, sp. n. 



(J ad. Upper surface olive, somewhat lighter and more 

 brownish on the rump and upper tail-coverts. Wings and 



