browed Warbler {PkyUoscopus superciliosus) , shot near 

 Beverley by ]Mr. Swailes of that place. 



Mr. W. E. De Wintox exhibited a pair of Kestrels which 

 he had shot last summer in the act of capturing young 

 Pheasants. He regarded this as au isolated instance, as, 

 after the shooting of the pair in question, no more young 

 birds were taken, although Kestrels were numerous in the 

 neighbourhood. 



jNIr. A. Trevor-Battye made some remarks on the 

 natural history of Kolgnev Island. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild communicated the follow- 

 ing description of a new genus and species of bird from New 

 Zealand, which he proposed to call 



"Traversia, gen. nov. Xenicidarum. 

 '' Differs in several important points both from Xenicus 

 and Acanthi do sitta. Bill much larger and stouter, very 

 little shorter, if at all, than the tarsus ; the latter about as 

 long as middle toe without claw, or the hind toe and claw, 

 while in Xenicus and Acanthidositta it is about twice as long 

 as the hind toe. The principal difference, however, is the 

 weak character of the wing, which points to flightlessness, 

 as does also the very soft and loose chai'acter of the entire 

 plumage, and the very Ralline aspect of the bird. There 

 are only 10 tail-feathers, and the scutellation of tl'.e tarsus is 

 like that of Xenicus. These two prjints determine its posi- 

 tion in tlio Xeniciihe at once {cf. Sclatcr, Cat. B. xiv. p.450). 

 The type is 



'^Traversia lyalli, sp. nov. 



"Mule. Above dark brownish olive-yellow, each feather 

 with a brownish-black border. A narrow distinct yellow 

 superciliary line. Wings and tail umber-brown, the inner 

 webs darker; wing-coverts like back. Chin, throat, and 

 breast chroms-ycUuw^ each feather slightly edged with 



