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Among the other eggs exhibited^ special attention may be 

 called to the following : — 



Chersophilus duponti. 



The eggs are larger than any of even Ammomanes descrti 

 algeriensis, and closely resemble certain eggs of Alaiida 

 at'vensis. The clutch taken on the 13th of May was fresh, 

 but at the same time young birds of the year were already 

 flying about. 



(Enanthe lugens halophila. 



The eggs are smaller than those of CE. leitcura syenitica, 

 but would probably not be distinguishable from exceptionally 

 small clutches of the latter. 



Rhamphocorys clot-bey. 



A number of eggs were taken during the second half of 

 April; all were nearly fresh_, so that it is not possible to say 

 whether every clutch had its full complement of eggs or not. 

 Dr. Hartert believed that those containing three and four 

 eggs respectively, were full clutches, while those of two were 

 not so. Great variation in the number of eggs laid by other 

 desert birds was remarked, notably in the case of Passer 

 simplex. 



Sylvia nana deserti. 



Nests with four and five eggs were found east of Guerrara 

 on the 18th of April. These were placed in the high bunches 

 of the " Drin " [Aristida pungens) . Clutches of four and 

 one of five eggs were obtained. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvib-Grant sent descriptions of three new 

 subspecies of Parrots, obtained during the expedition of 

 Mr. Wollaston and Mr. Kloss to the Snow Mountains of 

 Dutch New Guinea. He proposed to describe them as 

 follows : — ■ 



Oreopsittacus arfaki major, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Similar to the male of 0. arfaki, but larger ; 

 the scarlet crown extending farther back behind the eye 



