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europas/ botli by the late Dr. Rev, of Leipzig, and tlie 

 former Avork having been published as long ago as 1892^^ *. 



Mr. C. J. Carroll exhibited some remarkable varieties of 

 various species of birds : — 



(1) A very dark example of the melanistic variety known 



as Sabine's Snipe {GaUinago gaU'mago, L.). Limerick, 

 26. X. 10. 



(2) A variety of the Snipe intermediate between Sabine's 



Snipe and the normal form. Galway, 26. x. 08. 



(3) A cream-coloured Snipe. Galway, 16. xi. 08. 



(4) A pied example of the Jackdaw [Corviis monedula, 



Linn.). Clare, 3. i. 10. 



(5) A very pale, almost cream-coloured, example of 

 the Mistle-Tlirush {Turdus viscivorus, L.). Wicklow, 

 15.xii. 09. 



(6) A variety of the Fieldfare {Turdus pila7^is,Jj.). Kerry, 



24.x. 08. 



{7) A semi-albino example of the Pied Wagtail [Motacilla 

 luguhris, Temm.). Leitrim, 5. x. 10. 



Mr. C. E. Hellmayr pointed out that a mistake had been 

 made in his description cf Calospiza huberi published in the 

 last number of the ' Bulletin.'' On page 35, line 14, it 

 should read " while the latter (C. flava) may be distinguished 

 by having, &c./' instead of " and from the latter in having, 

 &c." 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant stated that he found tiiat the 

 name Carpodacus incertus, which he had given to the Rose- 

 Finch from Formosa, would have to be changed, as it had 

 already been used by Risso for the bird commonly known as 



* [We tiud Pants major mentioned in the " List of "Western Palne- 

 arctic species in the nest of which the Cucliuo's e^^^ has been found." 

 {Cf. Bull. B.O.C. V. p. xxxiii, 1896).— Ed.] 



