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comitata (Cass.) and its allies from the forest district of the 

 Gold Coast and Gaboon, and A. murina, F. & R., from the 

 Mountains of Equatorial Africa. 



Mr. M. J. Nicoll exhibited a specimen of the Great Sedge- 

 Warbler (Acrocephalus turdoides) shot by himself close to St. 

 Leonards on the 25th of September, 1900. This was the first 

 record for Sussex, and the fifth authentic occurrence of the 

 species in Great Britain. He also exhibited two Tawny- 

 Pipits {Anthus campestris) which he had obtained at Eye 

 Harbour on the 22nd of September. 



Mr. Nicoll gave a short account of his experiences on board 

 the Earl of Crawford's Yacht f Valhalla/ to which expedition 

 he had been attached as Naturalist. Among the interesting 

 specimens shown to the Meeting were examples of Tatare 

 vaughani, Sharpe, from Pitcairn Island, of which both old and 

 young birds were obtained ; Vireo gracilirostris, Sharpe, and 

 Elainaea ridleyana, Sharpe, from Fernando Noronha ; and a 

 very pale individual of Stercorarius crepidatus from the Bay of 

 Valparaiso, this being the first record from the Pacific coast 

 of South America. 



Colonel Bippon described a new species of Tit from 

 Western Yun-nan : — 



^Egithaliscus talifuensis, n. sp. 

 Similis A. manipurensi et A. concinna, pileo pallide rufo, sed 

 torque prsepectorali angusto et corporis lateribus valde 

 saturatius castaneis distinguendus. Long. tot. 4'5 poll., 

 culm. 0*35, alse 2*1, caudse 21, tarsi 0*65. 



Had. Gyi-dzin-Shan, east of Talifu, W. Yun-nan. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie -Grant sent the description of an 

 apparently new species of Oriole : — 



Oriolus percivali, n. sp. 



c? . Similis 0. larvato et O. rolleti, sed rectricibus medianis 

 nigris, et externis graduatim basin versus nigris dis- 

 tinguendus. Long. tot. circa 9*0 poll., culm. 105, alae 

 5"5, caudge 3*65, tarsi 1*05. 



Hab. Kikuyu, Aug. 29, 1902 [A. Blayney Percival). 



