j\Ir. R. ]\lcD. Hawker described t^vo apparently new 

 species of birds discovered by himself in Western Somali 

 Land : — 



Ap.ALIS VlKIDICEPSj Sp. U. 



A. similis A. flacochictfP, sed maris pectore hand nigro notato, 

 et pileo viridescente dorso concolore distinc'ueuda. Long, 

 tot. 4-7 poll., culm. 0'5, alffi 2-05;, caudas 2*2, tarsi OvS. 

 Hub. Slieik Woofly, Somali Land. 



INIlRAFIlA MAKGIXATA, Sp. n. 



M. similis M. ccoftil/anti, sed marginibus tectricum alarum 

 latissime areuariis distingucnda. Long. tot. 5'0 poll,, 

 culm. 0'5, akc 2"95^ caudle I'So, tarsi 0'9. 

 Hab. Ugiagi_, Somali Land. 



]\Ir. Hawker's collection also contained specimens of 

 Lanius pGmerunuSj lynx turquiUa, Faico cenchris, idotacilla 

 alba, and Authus campestris. 



Mr, H. J. Pearson exhibited a case containing specimens 

 of the adults with their young in down of the Reeve^ 

 Temminck^s Stint, Dotterel, Red-necked Phalarope, and 

 other species, obtained on his expedition to Waigats. 



The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, 

 the 22nd of June, 1898, at 8.30, at the Restaurant Frascati, 

 32 Oxford Street ; the dinner at 7 p.m. 



(Signed) 



P. L. SCLATER, R. BOWDLER ShARPE, HoWARD SaUNDEKS, 



Chairman. Editor. Sec. b^ Treas. 



