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flesh by Dr. Ticehurst, and it was probably the first authentic 

 record of the species in Kent (cf. Latham, Gen. Hist. ix. 

 p. 361). 



The second was a specimen of the Black-winged Pratin- 

 cole {Glareola melanoptera), which was the first recorded 

 from the British Islands. This bird was also a male, and 

 had been shot near the same place as the other Pratincole by 

 F. Mills, a relation of the above-named Mr. Southerden. 



Both these specimens were now in the possession of 

 Mr. Fleetwood Ashburnham, of Broomham Park, Sussex, 

 who had kindly allowed them to be exhibited. 



Dr. Ticehurst also exhibited a nest, with five eggs, of the 

 Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava), taken in an allot- 

 ment-garden near Winchelsea, Sussex, on the 21st of May, 

 1903. This nest was taken within twenty yards of the spot 

 where a nest of the same species was found by Mr. Bristow 

 on the 31st of May, 1901. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild sent for exhibition an 

 example of a new species of Bail, which he described as 

 follows : — 



HypotjENidia wakensis, n. sp. 



Upper surface dark ashy brown, fading to an earthy brown ; 

 ear-coverts and lores dark brown, a pale grey superciliary 

 line ; chin and upper throat whitish, neck grey, rest of 

 underside ashy brown, on the breast with one, on the abdomen 

 and flanks with two or three narrow white bars ; tail uniform 

 brown ; quills and under wing-coverts brown, barred with 

 white; bill and feet brown (in skin). Bill 26, metatarsus 

 33, middle toe with claw 38, wing (rather worn) about 96, 

 tail about 45 mm. Wings and tail very soft, so as to 

 suggest little power of flight. 



Wake Island, lat. 19 c N., long. 167° E., where a Japanese 

 vessel obtained ten specimens in 1892. 



