27 [Vol. xii. 



fact of their turning up always in the month of October 

 seemed to indicate that they had previously lost their way 

 during the autumnal migrations. 



Mr. E. G. "B. Meade-Waldo sent the descriptions of three 

 new species of birds obtained by him during his recent expe- 

 dition into the Atlas Mountains : — 



Parus atlas, n. sp. 



Adult male and female. Most nearly allied to Parus mikaU 

 owslcii, Bogd., from the Caucasus, but differs chiefly in having 

 the black on the fore-neck extending over the sides of the 

 chest and (in the freshly-moulted bird conspicuously) spangled 

 with white, and the sides of the belly and flanks dark smoky 

 buff instead of pale buff. 



8 ■ Total length 4 - 7 inches, wing 2 - 65, tail 195, tarsus 075. 

 ? . Total length 4*8 inches, wing 2"65, tail 1 '95, tarsus 075 . 



Hab. Atlas xVIountains, Morocco, 6000-8000 feet. 8th July, 

 1901. 



Motacilla subpersonata, n. sp. 



Adult male and female. Most nearly allied to Motacilla 

 per sonata, Gould, from which, however, it may be at once 

 distinguished by having the white on the forehead only half 

 as wide, 02 inch (instead of 0'4 inch). The black is confined 

 to the head, and does not extend beyond the nape. The 

 median and greater secondary wing-coverts are dusky brown 

 with pale margins, instead of white. 



8 (worn). Total length about 8'0 inches, wing 3*45, tail 

 3-65, tarsus 0"95. 



? . Total length about 80 inches, wing 3*6, tail 38, 

 tarsus 0'95. 



Hab. Wad Moorbei, Rehamra, Morocco, 4th-5th June, 

 1901. 



Cotile mauritanica, n. sp. 



Adult male and female. Nearest to Cotile paludi cola, Viei\\. t 

 and C. minor, Cab., but much paler, the upper parts being of 



