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Total length about 11 inches, culmen 1"25, wing 5*1, 

 tail 4-8, tarsus 175. 



Hab. Five-finger Mts., interior of Hainan. 



Mr. G-rant also described a new Shrike from Arabia, 

 obtained by the Percival-Dodson Expedition : — 



Telephonus percivali, sp. n. 



Adult male. Like T. blanfordi, Sharpe, but rather smaller, 

 the bill especially being not nearly so stout ; the fore-neck, 

 chest, and. rest of underparts much greyer, and the rufescent 

 margin to the inner web of the quills, so conspicuous in 

 T. blanfordi, barely indicated. Iris brown ; bill black ; legs 

 grey. 



Total length 7*5 inches, culmen 0*88, wing 3*0, tail 3*4, 

 tarsus 1*2. 



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

 the 21st of March, 1900, at 8.30, at the Restaurant Frascati, 

 32 Oxford Street ; the dinner at 7 p.m. 



(Signed) 



P. L. SCLATER, R. BOWDLER ShARPE, W. E. DE WlNTON, 



Chairman. Editor. Sec. fy Treas. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. 



On the 25th of April an exhibition of albinos and colour- 

 variations of birds will take place. Members are invited to 

 show any specimens they may deem of interest. 



