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the rare Eared Pheasant, Crossoptilcn harmani, hitherto 

 known only from a moth-eaten specimen in the British 

 Museum. The rediscovery of this rare bird was due to the 

 enterprise of Capt. F. M. Bailey, who found it comparatively 

 common in the Mishmi-Abor Hills at an elevation between 

 10,000 and ] 2,000 feet. He likewise obtained a number of 

 specimens and two eggs of the recently described Blood- 

 Pheasant, Ithagenes cruentus kuseri, which is by far the 

 finest of all the known forms. 



Major H. H. Harington has contributed a number of 

 notes on various groups of Indian Tiineliiclse, which he has 

 been studying during his visit to England. 



Several expeditions to various parts of the world have 

 yielded interesting results, which are described in the 

 present volume. 



Among these we may call attention to Mr. D. A. Ban- 

 nerman's visit to the Eastern Canary Islands. 



Highly interesting specimens were procured by Dr. H. O. 

 Porbes in the Guano Islands off the coast of Peru, and some 

 remarkable lantern- slides illustrating the bird-life there 

 were exhibited by him at the Meeting of the Club held in 

 March. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild and Dr. E. Hartert visited 

 Algeria, and communicated some interesting notes on the 

 Jays inhabiting North- West Africa. Mr. Rothschild also 

 described a number of remarkable new forms from the 

 Admiralty Islands, including a magnificent Ant-Thrush, 

 Pitta superba, procured by Mr. A. S. Meek. 



Mr. Abel Chapman, accompanied by Capt. H. Lynes, R.N., 

 and Mr. Willoughby B. Lowe, made an expedition to the 

 Sudan and procured a large collection of birds in the 

 country behind Suakim and on the Blue and White Niles. 

 Several new forms were discovered, and have been described 

 by Capt. Lynes in the May number of the c Bulletin/ 



(Signed) W. R. OGILVIE-GRANT, 



Editor. 

 August 12th, 1914. 



