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corpore reliquo subtus pallidiore medialiter grisescenti- 

 albo, aliter dilute isabellino-griseo. Long. tot. 4'7 poll., 

 culm. 0*4, aire 26, caudse 2*05, tarsi 065. 

 Hab. Ch'ii-tung, W. Yun-nan. 



Emberiza yunnanensis, n. sp. 

 Similis E. godlewskii, Tacz., et pileo medio cinereo, utrinque 

 castaneo late marginato, sed ubique saturatior, scapu- 

 laribus plerisque castaneis concoloribus, haud nigro 

 striatis, gutture et prsepectore saturate cinereis et 

 corpore reliquo subtus cum abdomine et subcaudalibus 

 saturate runs, fere castaneis distinguenda. Long. tot. 

 7'1 poll., culm. 0*55, ala3 3*3, caudse 2'95, tarsi 0*8. 

 Hab. Gyi-dzin-shan, east of Tali-fu. 



YUHIXA YANGPIENSISj 11. Sp. 



Similis Y. gulari, Hodgs., sed saturatior ; supra olivascenti- 

 brunnea nee fulvescenti-brunnea, pilei cristati plumis 

 fusco-brunneis nee clare brunnescentibus distinguenda. 

 Long. tot. 6*5 poll., culm. 0*75, alae 2"9, caudse 2'3, 

 tarsi 0"9. 

 Hab. Yang-pi, Tali-fu road. 



Mr. Howard Saunders, on behalf of Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, 

 exhibited a specimen of a freshly-moulted male Phylloscopus 

 viridanus, which struck the lantern of the Suleskerry light- 

 house on the 5th of September last. Suleskerry was a storm- 

 swept rock nearly 40 miles west of Hoy, and about 35 miles 

 from the nearest point of Sutherland. The bird was sent to 

 Mr. Clarke in the flesh, and had been carefully compared 

 with specimens in the British Museum. 



This was the second example recognized in Great Britain, 

 the first having been obtained by Mr. G. H. Caton Haigh in 

 Lincolnshire on the 5th of September, 1896. 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpe exhibited, on behalf of Dr. F. 

 Proud, of Maryport, four eggs which were said to be 

 authentic eggs of Tringa canutus. Dr. Proud sent the 

 following account of the occurrence : — 



" In 1897 a local gentleman obtained 24 Knots from the 

 Lincolnshire coast and kept them in the garden behind 



