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feature iu both, differs in character The shape of the 

 long aperture is not quite the same in Gisella and jS^yctala ; 

 the aperture which is Uft in the ear of Nyctala corresponds 

 to that of the right in Gisella, and vice versa. The form of 

 the spinal tract, as far as could be judged from the skin, was 

 similar in the two genera, according to Mr. Pyci-aft, who has 

 figured that of Nyctala in the ' Transactions of the Linnean 

 Society/ (2) vii. pi. 26. fig. 1. 



Dr. Sharpe believed that the SSd Paulo bird was diiTerent 

 from G. harrisi of Colombia, and proposed for it the name of 



Gisella iherixg:. 

 G. similis G. harrisi, sed supracaudalibus maculis ovatis 

 albis ornatis, et caudce fasciis albis tribus : fascia 

 longitudinali auriculari, loris et fascia gulari nigeri'imis, 

 nee chocolatiuo-brunueis distinguenda. Long. tot. 

 'J'O poll., alse 5-25, caudse 2'9; tarsi 1'15. 



^\i\ DiGBY PiGOTT informed the meeting that a Magpie 

 and a Jackdaw had together occupied and repaired an old 

 Magpie's nest in St. Jameses Park, and that that morning 

 the Jackdaw had been noticed inside the nest with the 

 Magpie in close attendance. He asked whether any Member 

 of the Club was aware of any previous instance of the birds 

 pairing. He had been informed that something of the kind 

 had occurred in Wales, but had heard no particulars. 



Mr. "W. P. Pycraft mentioned that he had recently 

 received from ^Ir. Frank Finn a specimen of the Blue- 

 throated Barbet [Cyanops asiatica) Mhicli showed a similar 

 heel-pad to that found in the Wryneck {lynx turquiUa), 

 The specimen will be exhibited at the next nietting. 



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

 the 19th of April, ]899, at 8.30, at the Restaurant 

 Fiascati, 32 Oxford Street ; the Dinner at 7 p..m. 



(Signed) 



P. L. SCLATER, R. BOWDLER ShaKTE, IIoWAKD SaUXDKKS, 



Chairman. Editor. Sec. vV Trtas. 



