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Tardus cabanisi. Kromdraii^ 9. xi. 03. A. R. 



Tarsiger stellatus. Kilgobbin, Natal, 1. ii. 00. A. E. 



Rhinopomastus cyanomelas. Potchefstroom, Transvaal, 

 22. X. Ok A. E,. 



Guttera edouardi. Laid in captivity, Pretoria Zoological 

 Gardens, 18. x. 04. 



Stephanibijx melanupterus. Indhlovudwalilie, E. Trans- 

 vaal, x. 06. C. H. Taylor. 



Mr. C. F. M. SwYNNERTON exhibited examples of two new 

 Flycatchers from Gazaland, which he proposed to describe 

 as : — 



Batis erythrophthalma, sp. n. 

 B. similis B. capensi, sed crassitie minore, et iridibus coccineis, 



minime flavis distinguenda. Long. tot. 4'o poll., culm. 



0'65, alte 2'4, caudae I "75, tarsi 0'85. 

 Hab. Chirinda Forest, 3900 feet. 



Trochocercus megalolophus, sp. n. 

 T. similis T. cyanomelani, sed crista valde longiore (1*45), 



usque ad interscapulium summum producta : plaga alari 



alba minore : cauda magis schistacea distinguendus. 



Long. tot. 5-8 poll., culm. 0*6, alse 2-75, caudse 2-85, 



tarsi 0"7. 

 Hab. Jihu district, 2000 ^eet. 



Mr. SwYNNERTON also exhibited nests of Nectarinia arturi, 

 Sclater, and of Cyanomitra olivacea (Smith), taken respec- 

 tively at Melsetter, 6000 feet, and in the Chirinda Forest, at 

 3700 feet. He also showed eggs of Cyanomitra olivacea, 

 Laniarius quadricolor, Phyllostrophus flavistriatus,Phyllostro- 

 phus milanjensis, Coliuspasser ardens, Erithacus swynnerton'i ^ 

 Tarsiger stellatus, Cossgpha natalensis, and Smithornis capensis, 

 all taken in or near the Chirinda Forest, 3500 to 4000 feet. 



Mr. H. E. Dresser exhibited young birds in down of the 

 following species : — Rhodostethia rosea, Tringa maculata, 

 and Limosa nova: zealandioe, all of which had been obtained 

 by Mr. S. A. Buturlin at the mouth of the Kolyma, 

 N.E. Siberia. 



