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Sylviella .iacksonIj sp. n. 

 S. ^imilis ;?. micrvrce. ?cd raa^i\ satu'J'atius gri?ea, et facie 

 Ic'iterali, mento et corpore subtus v^'^^ saturate viuaceis, 

 abdomine quoque cervino dij^tingueii^^^'^- Long. tot. 3" 7 

 ])oll., aire 2'5. 



Hob. Kamassia {F. J. JacI:-<?ou]. ' 



Xexocichla palljdigula, sp. u. '^--^.^ 



X. similis X. jrac/colli, seti g-ula dilute fiava. remigibus rectri- 

 cibusque grisesceuti-loruuneis. olivascenti-viridi margin- 

 atis, uec rufesceuti-brunneis : subtus pallide olivasceus, 

 gastr?eo medio albido, phniiis medialiter griseo striolatis, 

 liypoclioiidriis et subcaudalibus pallide olivaceis, his late 

 albido luarginatis distil, guenda. Long. tot. 9 poll., alse 

 4---10. 



Hab. Xtebi {F. J. Jackson). 



Barbatula jacksoni^ sp. n. 

 B. similis B. bilineatce, sed gutture et pectoris summi later- 

 ibus schistaceo-griseis, tectricibus alarum et secuud- 

 ariis pallide sulfureo marginatis, et hvponchondriis 

 ochrascenti-bruuneis distingueuda. Lonsr. tot. 4'4 poll., 

 ala3 2-4. 



Hab. Mau {F. J. Jacks on). 



Ukobrachya xigronotata, sp). n. 

 U. similis U. pJtccnicece, sed tectricibus alarum majoribus 

 ciuuamomeo-rufis, late uigro apicatis distingueuda. 

 Long. tot. 6-0 poll. J alas 3"6. 

 Hab. Witu (F. /. Jackson). 



Dr. Sharpe exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Claude Tv . Wvatt, 

 a nest aud eggs of the Reed-Bunting {Ei/iberiza schceniclas), 

 •^hich had been taken at Basford, near Banburv, in 1894. 

 The season Tras a very wet one, and the birds had provided 

 the nest witli a lid made of horsehair, apjjarently for the 

 better protection of the eggs. 



Dr. Sharfe also exliibited a skin of Lanius ludovicianus, 

 wliicli had been procured in Andros Isl., Bahamas, by 

 INir. Xeville Chamberlain. 



In a few remarks on the present status of the Collection 



