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Cape Colony. These birds were collected by E. C. H. 

 Seimund, the taxidermist of the Zoological Department, who, 

 after serving for eighteen months with the Imperial Yeomanry 

 in South Africa, was struck down with enteric fever and sent 

 to the Hospital at Deelfontein, which is a station about 

 32 miles from De Aar. Dr. Shai'pe reminded the Meeting 

 of certain specimens exhibited by him to the B. O. C. on 

 16th of February, 1898, which had been procured by 

 Mr. Lawrence Sowerby when serving with the forces in 

 the Matabele campaign. These had all been procured by 

 Mr. Sowerby, for lack of a gun and small shot, with a Lee- 

 Metford rifle. Mr. Seimund, on becoming convalescent, set 

 to work to obtain specimens for Colonel Sloggett, and, 

 finding it impossible to obtain a proper collecting-gun and 

 ammunition, was obliged to resort to a catapult, with which 

 he obtained a good series of birds, as will be seen by the 

 following list of species, which Dr. Sharpe thought might 

 be useful for those interested in the geographical distribution 

 of African birds : — 



Pteroclurus namaqua, (Ena capensis, Rhinoptilus bicinctus, 

 JEgialitis tricollaris, Compsotis afra, Cerchneis rupicola, 

 Caprimulgus sp. (pull.), Trichofama leucomelan, Hirundu 

 albigularis, H. cucullata, Bradyornis mariquensis, Stenostira 

 scita, Euryptila sid>cinnamomea , Erythropygia coryphaus, 

 Myrmecocichla sinuata, Saxicola monticola, Eremomela 

 jlaviventris, Spiloptila ocularia, Lanius collaris, Varus afer, 

 Cinnyris chalybeus,Motacilla capensis, Anthus rufulus, A/temon 

 nivosa, A. semitorquata, Certhilauda rufula, Passer arcuatus, 

 Serinus albigularis, Fringillaria impetuana, F. capensis, Pyr- 

 rhocheira caffra, Heterocorax capensis. 



Dr. Sharpe communicated the following notes on some 

 apparently new species of birds from West Africa : — 



1. TURDINUS BATESI, n. Sp. 



$ ad. Notseo fulvescenti-brunneo, uropygio et supracaudali- 

 bus rufescentioribus et distincte ferrugineis : gutture, 

 pectore et abdomine pure albis : corporis lateribus et 

 subcaudalibus fulvescentibus : pileo et plaga auriculari 



