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bad condition, and in many cases not labelled, and sometimes 

 incorrectly. Amongst them is a North-American "Wood- 

 pecker {Melanerpes erythrocephalus) and a South-American 

 Cuckoo {Coccyzus pumilus), which can hardly have been 

 obtained in the Canaries. Of the peculiar Canarian forms 

 there are but few representatives, for example, only one 

 (imperfect) specimen of Fringilla teydea. It is very desirable 

 that steps should be taken to reorganize this Collection. 



Dr. Sclater was informed that there is a better collection 

 of Canarian Birds at Laguna in Tenerife, now under the 

 care of Dr. Adolf o Cabrera-Pinto, but originally made by 

 Don Anatael Cabrera y Diaz, but unfortunately he had no 

 opportunity of visiting it. For particulars of this collection, 

 cf. Hartert, Wanderj Naturf. p. 115. 



A discussion on the Avifauna of the Canary Islands took 

 place, iu which Dr. Drewitt, Mr. T. Parkin, and Dr. E. 

 Hartert took part. 



Captain Shelley described a new species of Lark from 

 the Sudan as : — 



Calendula dunni, n. sp. 



Adult male. Upper parts rufous buff, shading into pale 

 cinnamon on the wings and upper tail-coverts, the latter 

 extending to the tip of the tail ; forehead, crown, and entire 

 mantle striped with bright cinnamon centres to the feathers; 

 tail black, with the outer web of the feathers pale cinnamon, 

 almost white underneath ; the four longest primaries with a 

 subterminal black shade not visible on the under surface; 

 under wing-coverts white ; sides of head and the under parts 

 white, with a sandy-buff shade on the ear-coverts and sides 

 of neck, crop, and sides of body. Bill, tarsi, feet, and claws 

 apparently flesh-colour in life. Total length 5 - 9 inches, 

 culmen 0;55, wing 3"3, tail 2*1, tarsus 0*8. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but with the bill 

 shorter and stouter. Total length 5v inches, culmen 05, 

 wing 3'] 5, tail 2*1, tarsus 0'8. 



Young. Differs in having no stripes on the upper parts ; 

 feathers of the crown with blackish, subterminal, crescent- 



