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6. Two sets of eggs of the Dotterel (Eudromias mori- 



nellus), each containing three eggs. 



7. Two sets of eggs of the Rough-legged Buzzard 



(Archibuteo lagopus), each set containing six very 

 large and well-marked eggs. 



Major H. H. Harington exhibited and described ex- 

 amples of two new forms of Turdinulus, which he proposed 

 to name : — 



Turdinulus brevicaudatus venningi, subsp. n. 



Adult. Similar to Turdinulus brevicaudatus Blyth, from 

 Tenasserim ; but differs in being much larger and in having 

 the upper plumage greyer, the breast dark rufous, the 

 abdomen the same colour as the breast, and the flanks dark 

 brown. 



In T. brevicaudatus the breast is pale rufous, the abdomen 

 creamy-buff, and the flanks tinged with olive. 



Wing measurements : — 



T. brevicaudatus. 10 examples. Wing 60-65 mm. 

 Average 63 mm. 



T. b. venningi. 15 examples. W T ing 65-74- mm. Average 

 68 mm. 



Hab. The Southern Shan States, Burma, and Yunnan. 



There is one specimen collected by Colonel Rippon in 

 the Salween Valley (presumably in Yunnan), 2800 to 

 3000 feet. 



Type in the British Museum. £ . S. Shan States, 

 23. iii. 02. W. H. Craddock Coll. 



I have called this subspecies, of which there are numerous 

 specimens in the British Museum, after Capt. F. E. W. 

 Venning, Indian Army, as it was while examining his 

 specimens from Kalaw, S. Shan States, that I came to 

 notice the differences between this subspecies and T. brevi- 

 caudatus. 



Turdinulus epilepidotus bakeri, subsp. n. 

 Adult. Similar to T. e. davisoni O. -Grant, from Tenasserim ; 

 but differs in having the underparts not suffused with rufous, 



