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Capt. G. E. Shelley called attention to the fact that 

 Crithagra rendalli of Tristram, recently described in the 

 ' Ibis/ was^ in all probabilityj the same as C. crassirostris of 

 Peters, described from Mozambique. Peters published only 

 a short and somewhat vague description of the latter species ; 

 but, "while agreeing with Dr. Bowdler Sharpe that C. mosam- 

 bica, described by Peters at the same time, was referable to 

 C. ictera, Capt. Shelley thought it hardly likely that he would 

 have described the latter species twice over in the same paper. 

 A comparison of the types was desirable, and the attention 

 of Dr. Reichenow was called to this suggestion. 



Mr. W. E. De Wintox exhibited some very large specimens 

 of the Common Guillemot [Uria troile) which had been 

 obtained off the Yorkshire coast during the recent severe 

 weather, and Mr. Ogilvie-Grant also drew attention to a 

 singularly large individual procured near Cromarty_, N.B. 



Mr. H. J. Pearson brought for exhibition some clutches 

 of the, eggs of the Harlequin Duck {Cosmonetta) and Long- 

 tailed Duck [Harelda glacialis), and the Red-necked Phala- 

 rope {Phalaropus hyperboreus), procured by him during the 

 past summer in Iceland. The eggs of the Ducks were beauti- 

 fully arranged on the down ; a method of exhibition much 

 admired by the Mem])ers present. 



^Ir. F. GiLLETT made some remarks on his recent travels 

 through Somali-land to the GaUa country, when he accom- 

 panied Dr. Douahlson Smith's expedition. 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpe announced that the first collections 

 from Dr. Donaldson Smith's expedition had just arrived in 

 this country, and that several of the species of birds appeared 

 to be new to science. Among them were the following : — 



CoSSVPHA UO.VALDSOVI, Sp. U. 



C. similis C. subrufescenli, Bocage, sed saturacior schistaceus, 

 et rectricibus externis concoloribus, hand schistacco 

 marginatis distingucnda. Lung. tot. 6"8 poll., alee -ST. 



