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in the i Bulletin/ xii. p. 50, as having been with the pair that 

 were shot at Woodchurch, in Kent, on January 27th and 

 28th, 1902. It was constantly seen there, but being very 

 wild, was not obtained until March 22nd, 1902. It differed 

 from the male previously recorded in being brighter on the 

 head and wing-coverts, and in having much more white on 

 the throat and breast. 



Mr. Ticehurst also exhibited a young male of the Rustic 

 Bunting (Emberiza rustica) which had been shot by a boy 

 named Charles Miller at North Croft Farm, Westfield, 

 Sussex, on September 22nd, 1902. It was brought in to 

 Mr. Bristow at St. Leonard's with other small birds, where 

 it was seen in the flesh and identified by Mr. Ticehurst. 

 This was the second record of this bird for Sussex, and the 

 fourth for the British Isles. 



Mr. J. I. S. Whitaker exhibited some specimens of rare 

 species of birds from Tripoli, and made the following 

 remarks : — 



" The four species represented by these examples are 

 mentioned in a paper of mine on a small collection of birds 

 from Tripoli which has appeared in this month's ' Ibis/ and 

 I have thought them sufficiently interesting to bring with 

 me this evening. 



" The first species, Saxicola halophila of Tristram, which 

 is found in Tunisia and Algeria, as well as in Tripoli, 

 has until recently been confounded with Saxicola lug ens, 

 Licht., but wrongly so, as may be gathered from the 

 following memorandum which I have made regarding the 

 species : — ' This Chat appears to be distinct from S. lugens, 

 Licht., from Egypt and Palestine, the females of the two 

 species differing entirely from each other in their plumage, 

 that of S. lugens bearing the same plumage as the male 

 of that species, whereas in S. halophila the two sexes 

 differ from each other altogether, particularly in the 

 plumage of the upper parts. The males of the two species 

 appear to be indistinguishable from each other except in 



