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Mr. W. Eagle Clarke showed specimens of the Terns 

 obtained by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition in 

 the Weddell Sea and off the Antarctic Continent, where 

 great numl^ers were observed as far south as 74°. All were 

 typical Arctic Terns [Sterna macrurd) — a species the latitu- 

 dinal range of which was thereby proved to be greater than 

 that of any other bird, extending as it does from 82° N. 

 in summer to 74° S. or more in our winter. 



Mr. Eagle Clarke also showed two birds new to the 

 British fauna, namely, a Siberian Chiffchaff [Phylhscopus 

 tristis) from Suliskerry, some 33 miles west of Orkney, 

 obtained on the 26th of September, 1902 ; and an adult 

 Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo rufuld) procured at Fair Isle 

 on the 2nd of June, 1906. He also described the results 

 of his and Mr. Norman B. Kinnear's investigations on the 

 migratory movements of birds as observed at Fair Isle in 

 the autumns of 1905 and 1906, during which the passages of 

 some 90 species were observed and examples of a number 

 of rare species were obtained. These included fine specimens 

 of Acanthis hornemanni, three of Muscicapa parva, several of 

 Phylloscopus superciliosus and Cyanecula suecica, and single 

 individuals of Carpodacus erythrinus, Emberiza pusilla, 

 E. hortulana, and Acrocephalus streperus. Manj'^ examples 

 of Acanthis rostrata and Calcarius lapponicus were also seen 

 and obtained. 



Dr. R. BowDLER Sharpe exhibited examples of two 

 apparently new species of birds sent by Mr. G. L. Bates 

 from the River Ja in the Camaroon hinterland : — 



Malimbus coronatus, sp. n. 

 J ad. Niger : plaga scarlatina vertical! insignis. Long. tot. 

 6'6 poll., culm. 0'75, alae 3*45, caudae 2*1, tarsi 0-85. 

 Hub. River Ja, Camaroons, Feb. 18, 1906. 



Cafrimulgus batesi, sp. n. 

 (J ad. Similis C nigriscapvJari, Reichenow, sed valde major, 

 primariis quatupr exteinis albo notatis : rectricibus 



