79 [Vol. xiv. 



Dr. Ernst Hartert exhibited nest and eggs, together 

 with an adult pair, of Pratincola dacotia, Meade-Waldo, 

 from the island of Fuertaventura. The nests "were built in 

 holes in stone walls or under stones, 40 to 50 cm. deep 

 inside, and were composed of dry grass and herbs, lined with 

 soft hair and pieces of wool. The nest was thus situated 

 more like that of a Saxicola than that of a Pratincola, but the 

 eggs were typical Pratincola eggs. The full clutch consisted 

 of four eggs. They were pale bluish green, smooth and 

 somewhat glossy, marked with pale reddish-brown spots, 

 more frequent at, and sometimes confined to a zone round 

 the larger end. They measured 18*1 X 14, 18'2 x 14, 18'4 x 14, 

 and 18'6 x 144 mm. 



The nest and eggs were discovered by Captain Polatzek. 



Dr. Hartert also exhibited an egg of the "Willow-Tit 

 (Pants montanus kleiaschmidti), the British subspecies of the 

 Northern or Mountain Marsh- Tit. It w r as taken near 

 Tunbridge Wells by Mr. Arthur Dixon. The eggs were 

 much more heavily spotted than those of the Common 

 British Marsh-Tit. The parent bird had been identified by 

 Dr. Hartert. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild, Ph.D., sent for exhibition 

 an example of a new Pitohui, which he described as follows: — 



PlTOHUI DICHROUS MOXTICOLA, n. Subsp. 



Similar to P. dichrous dichrous, but much paler rufous 

 above and below, being of a cinnamon colour, instead of 

 chestnut. 



Mr. A. S. Meek had collected a series of this form on the 

 Upper Aroa River in British New Guinea. 



The type (No. A. 124 : A vera, Aroa River, January ~~, 

 1903) was exhibited, together with a specimen of P. dichrous 

 dichrous, 



Dr. Erxst Hartert exhibited and described the following 

 new birds from the Philippine Islands : — 

 Diceum apo, n. form. 

 Differs from D. luzoniense, Grant, in having the sides of 



