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of plumage being indicated. The feathers on the breast 

 represented the first plumage, and were blackish, edged 

 with buff, while a few on the back, representing the same 

 stage, were chestnut at the base, with a broad black spot 

 near the extremity and tipped with buff. The flank-feathers, 

 upper wing-coverts, primaries, secondaries, and a few 

 feathers interspersed on the back represented a second stage 

 of plumage, being black crossed with wavy lines of blue. 

 The remainder of the feathering, especially on the back, was 

 that of the fully adult bird, being black covered with distinct 

 spots of pale blue, each spot having a white centre. 



Mr. W. L. ScLATER exhibited examples of a new species 

 of Apalis from Cape Colony. He proposed to name it 



Apalis claudet, sp. n. 



Adult male and female. Above dark slaty-grey throughout, 

 with the faintest perceptible wash of olive ; ear-coverts 

 slightly paler than the back ; a black spot in front of the 

 eye; throat white, separated from the breast and abdomen 

 by a narrow black transverse band; rest of the underparts 

 white along the middle line, olive-brown on the flanks and 

 under tail-coverts ; the two or three outer pairs of tail- 

 feathers tipped with white, the outermost pair chiefly white. 



Length about 130 mm. ; ^culmen 13 ; wing 50 ; tail 57 ; 

 tarsus 20. 



Hah. Knysna, Cape Colony. 



Type in the Natural History Museum : ^ . Knysna, 

 12. iii. 05. Obtained by Mr. Claude H. B. Grant, after whom 

 it has been named. 



Ohs. This species has hitherto been confounded with Apalis 

 thoracica, from which it diff'ers in having the back slaty-grey 

 instead of green and the abdomen white instead of yellow. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant exhibited an example of the Blue- 

 winged Teal {Querquedula discors), which had been shot by 

 Mr. B. W. Wise on the bogs at Ballycotton, Co. Cork, early 

 in September 1910. The specimen, which proved to be 

 an immature female, had been presented to the National 



