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a greyish-brown tint devoid of gloss, and the underparts 

 pale, the chin, throat, fore-neck, and chest light smoky grey, 

 and the breast and rest of the underparts pure white. 



6 (in moult). Total length 5'0 inches, wing 4'0, tail 18, 

 tarsus 0*4. 



? (in moult). Total length 50 inches, wing 40, tail 17, 

 tarsus 0'4. 



Hab. Wad Moorbei, Rehamra, Morocco, 5th-9th June, 

 1901. 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpe exhibited three specimens of the 

 Iceland Redwing, which had been procured in a valley in the 

 north of Iceland by Mr. F. Coburn in June 1899. These 

 specimens showed constant differences from ordinary Turdui 

 iliacus, and Dr. Sharpe considered that they belonged to a 

 different form, which lie proposed to call 



TlJRDUS COBURN I, n. Sp. 



T. similis T. iliaco, sed supra pallide grisescens, et striolis 

 pectoralibus pallide griseis, minime nigris, et hypochon- 

 driis pallide cinnamomeis, minime ferrugineis distin- 

 guendus. 



Mr. Coburn exhibited a series of large photographs of 

 groups mounted by himself, illustrating the life-history of 

 the following British species, mostly with their nests and 

 natural surroundings : — Merlin (Falco asalon), on an Irish 

 moorland; Tawny Owl (Syrnium alucu), in a pollard oak at 

 Bewdley; Sheldrake (Tadorna cornuta) , on Morchras Island, 

 North Wales; Puffins [Fratercula arctica), at Aberdaron, 

 North Wales; Razorbills (Alca torda), on Horn Head, 

 Co. Donegal; Common Gull (Larus canus) , on an islet off 

 . the west coast of Ireland; Lesser Terns (Sterna minuta), on 

 Falcarragh Sands, Co. Donegal ; Ring-Plovers (JEgialitis 

 hiaticula), on Morchras Island, North Wales; Dunlins 

 (Tringa alpina), on Tregaron bog, North Wales; Sedge- 

 Warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis) , at King's Heath; Yellow 

 Ammer (Emberiza cilrinella), at Earls wood ; and Reed- 



