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Warbler {Acrocephnlus streperus), at Stone, near Kidder- 

 minster. The other subjects were : — A flight of Sanderlings 

 (Calidris arenaria); a wisp of Teal {Querquedula crecca) 

 feeding in a ditch ; and the haunt of the Woodcock (Scolopax 

 rusticula) . 



Captain Boyd Alexander described a new species of 

 Nightjar from the Hinterland of the Gold Coast. Two 

 specimens had been obtained by him during his recent 

 service with the West-African Field Forces : — 



Caprimulgus sharpei, n. sp. 



Similar to C. trimaculatus , but smaller and darker ; upper 

 parts less spotted, especially on the nape, and more uniform ; 

 underparts with the blackish bars on the chest running into 

 each other, causing this part to appear much darker than in 

 C, trimaculatus. 



£ ad Gambaga, 22nd February, 1901. Total length 

 (measured in flesh) 9*3 inches, wing 7, tail 5*1, tarsus 006. 



Hab. Gambaga, Gold Coast Hinterland. 



Mr. W. F. Ticehurst exhibited a female Squacco Herou 

 (Ardeola ral/oides), lent for the purpose by Mr. G. Bristow, 

 of St. Leonard's. The specimen had been shot by a shepherd 

 near Winchelsea, in Sussex, on the 16th of October, 1901. 

 A pair of birds were seen, but the male was not procured 

 until the 25th of October ; it was in more perfect plumage, 

 with the neck-feathers longer and devoid of dark longi- 

 tudinal markings. 



Captain G. E. Shelley sent the following note : — 

 " Through the kindness of Dr. Forbes, Director of the 

 Liverpool Museums, I have been able to examine the types of 

 Serinus rendalli, Tristram, and find that the species is really 

 a Weaver-bird belonging to the subfamily Viduince, and I 

 should place it in a new genus between Pyromelana and 

 Quelea in my List of the Birds of Africa. The very remarkable 



