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Mr. E. Lort Phillips exhibited two specimens of the 

 Somali-Land Guinea-fowl, Numida somaliensis, Oscar Neu- 

 mann, and pointed out that as these two specimens agreed 

 with the type of the species as regards the length of the 

 nasal bristles and the feathering on the hind-neck, there 

 could be no doubt of its being a distinct species. 



Mr. N. F. Ticehukst exhibited a pair ( $ & ? ) of the 

 White-winged Lark (Melanocoryjjha sibirica), sent for exhi- 

 bition by Mr. George Bristow, of St. LeonardVon-Sea. 



The birds had been shot by a man named Ward at Wood- 

 church, in Kent — the female on January 28th and the male on 

 January 27th ; a third individual was seen, but not procured. 



These were the first records of this bird for the county of 

 Kent, and only one previous example is known from the 

 British Isles, viz. a bird caught alive on Nov. 22nd, 1869, 

 near Brighton, and exhibited at a meeting of the Zoological 

 Society of London. 



Mr. Howard Saunders alluded to the last-named individual 

 and mentioned occurrences of the species in Belgium, 

 Heligoland, N. Italy, and Tyrol, while to the eastward they 

 were not uncommon. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited some skins of new or rare Australian 

 birds, kindly sent to him by Mr. Robert Hall, of Melbourne 

 (the author of the ' Key to the Birds of Australia '), and 

 Mr. A. J. North, C.M.Z.S., of Sydney. They were referable 

 to the following species : — 



1. Malurus leucopterus. 



2. „ dorsalis. 



3. Melithreptus laetior. 



4. Ptilotis keartlandi. 



5. „ leilavalensis. 



6. Pseudogerygone teuebrosa. 



7. Poepliila gouldias. 



8. Mirafra woodwardi. 



9. Platycercus macgillivrayi. 



Mr. Sclater offered the following remarks : — 



Ptilotis keartlandi, North. 



This handsome species was first described by Mr. North 

 (Ibis, 1895, p. 340) from specimens collected during the 

 u Horn " Expedition to Central Australia. Examples have 

 also been recently obtained in the vicinity of North-west 



