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discovery of this new subspecies was particularly interesting, 

 because it practically showed that Antlms trivialis and 

 A. maculatus were not subspecies of the same bird, but 

 were good species ; for the new subspecies haringtoni bad 

 been found breeding together with m.aculatus in Kashmir 

 and Garhwal. He remarked that he had received eggs 

 together with the parents collected both by Jowalla and 

 by Crump for Col. A. E. Ward. Other collectors who 

 had taken eggs of this subspecies were Cols. Buchanan 

 and Rattray. 



The Eev. F. C. E,. Jourdain exhibited a series of eggs of 

 Japanese-breeding Cuckoos, and remarked that special diffi- 

 culties attended the identification of the eggs of these birds, 

 and that it was only by the accumulation of evidence derived 

 from oviduct eggs and field-observations that any certainty 

 could be reached as to their origin. Of the eggs of the 

 species exhibited^ those of Cuculus intermedius intermedius, 

 ranging from deep red to pale brick-red, were undoubtedly 

 correctly assigned ; and the same may be said of the large 

 pale blue eggs of C.fugaw nisicolor, usually laid in the nests 

 of Erithacus cyaneus, which has similarly coloured eggs. 

 With regard to the others, there was still some uncertainty. 

 Eggs sent as C. canorus (i. e.^ C. canorus telephonus) showed, 

 an extraordinary assimilation to the markings of the Buntings 

 and Chats in whose nests they were laid, but similarly marked 

 eggs were sent to Mr. Stuart Baker as the eggs of C. micro- 

 pterus. There seems to be considerable doubt as to whether 

 the latter species has ever occurred in Japan, so that probably 

 these eggs are rightly ascribed to C c. telephonus. 



A blue egg found in the nest of Uragus sanguinolentus was 

 ascribed to C. saturatus (C. optatus) by the sender, but differs 

 widely from authentic eggs of this species. Mr. Stuart 

 Baker suggested that it might be the blue type of C. c. 

 telephonus. The eggs of the fosterer are in this case of 

 extreme interest_, as they are believed not to have been 

 received in England before. 



