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collected by Anthony and Weiske. The latter species had 

 been described by Mr. De Vis as Drymcedus brevicauda, 

 but it was clearly congeneric with Amalocichla sclateriana. 



Mr. Ernst Hartert exhibited a Baird's Sandpiper, new 

 to the British list of birds : — 



Heteropygia bairdi. 



The example was shot at Rye Harbour, Sussex, on 

 October 11th, 1900, and was sent to Mr. Hartert by its 

 discoverer and owner, Mr. Michael John Nicoll, for identi- 

 fication. Mr. Nicoll wrote that before he shot the bird 

 he was convinced that it was a species unknown to him. 

 The flight was more like that of the Common Sandpiper 

 for the first few yards, then it rose straight in the air for a 

 considerable height, and then dropped suddenly towards the 

 ground. It did this every time it was put up. Its cry was 

 a shrill twitter, different from that of any British species. 

 The bill and legs were jet-black. It is a young female. 



The bird was seen in the flesh by Mr. Ruskin Butter- 

 field. 



Mr. Hartert also informed the members of the Club 

 that the British form of the Willow-Tit, Paries salicarius, 

 was not very rare on the south coast of England. Mr. Har- 

 tert had seen a specimen in the collection of Mr. Ticehurst 

 from St. Leonard's, and had recently received fresh skins 

 from Mr. Ruskin Butterfield, who had met with it not far 

 from Hastings. 



There can be no doubt that those ornithologists who 

 accept trinomials should use one for this bird. If all 

 the dull-headed forms of the grey Tits were united as 

 subspecies, the Continental "Willow-Tit would have to be 

 called Parus montanus salicarius. The British form being 

 slightly smaller and slightly more richly coloured than the 

 Continental one, had been separated by Mr. Hellmayr as 

 Parus montanus kleinschmidti. 



Messrs. Kleinschmidt and Hartert had long ago been 

 aware of the slight differences between Continental and 



