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(J . Total length 4"8 inches ; culmen 0"45 ; wing 2"5 ; tail 

 1'7; tarsus 0"5. Near Kukawa^ Northern Nigeria, 22. xi. 05. 



? . Total length 4*7 inches ; culmen 0-45 ; wing 2"5 ; tail 

 ].'6; tarsus 0"6. Marfoni, N. Nigeria, 28. i. 05, 



Hab. Northern Nigeria, ranging to El Obeid, Sudan. 



On behalf of Mr. T. Parkin, Dr. C. B. Ticehurst ex- 

 hibited a male specimen of the Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia 

 melanocephala) , which had been procured near Hastings on 

 the 3rd of June, 1907. It was shot in some brambles along 

 a country lane, and sent to Mr. G. Bristow, taxidermist, 

 St. Leonardos, who shewed it to Mr, Parkin in the flesh. 



This was the first really authentic occurrence of this 

 Mediterranean bird in the British Islands, though Mr. W. 

 D^ Urban saw what was apparently a bird of this species in 

 his garden at Exmouth on April 16, 1890. This was re- 

 ferred to by Mr. Howard Saunders in his "' Manual^ [2nd ed. 

 p. 46 (1899)], and, as he states, there is not the least im- 

 probability of this bird occurring in the British Isles, since 

 it is common in the South of France and the Peninsula. 

 Gatke mentions one occurrence in Heligoland on the 

 authority of Reymers, who obtained one " many years 

 ago/^ 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant described and exhibited examples of 

 six new species of African birds from the collection made 

 by Mr. Douglas Carruthers : — 



CiNNYRIS TANGANYICiE, sp. n. 



Adult male. Nearly allied to C. bouvieri, Shelley, but 

 somewhat larger and with a longer bill ; the pectoral tufts 

 orange and yellow, instead of scarlet and yellow. Iris dark 

 hazel, bill and feet black. Total length ca. 4*7 inches ; 

 culmen 1*02 ; wing 2*25 ; tail 1'55 ; tarsus 0'65. 



Hab. West shore of Lake Tanganyika, 4000 feet, 4th Jan., 

 1907. 



Obs. In C. bouvieri the measurements of the male are as 

 follows : — Total length 4'1 inches ; culmen 0*9 ; wing 2-1 ; 

 tail 1"4: tarsus 0*62. 



