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2 Iyngipicus obsoletus ( Wagler) . 



1 Eremomela yriseofiava, Heuglin. 

 11 Anthoscopus punctifrons (Sund.). 



5 Mesopicus goer tan, var. poicephalus (Swainson). 



2 Lanius leuconotus, C. L. Brehm. 

 5 Cotile minor, Cab. 



5 Caprimulyus nubicus, Heuglin. 



1 Myrmecocichla rnelanura (Temm.). 



The exhibitors stated that, as far as they knew, the speci- 

 mens of Myrmecocichla rnelanura (Temm.) and Caprimulyus 

 nubicus, Heuglin, were the only ones secured during recent 

 years in Egypt. 



The Hon. N. Charles Rothschild recorded that he had 

 observed in Dover Harbour, on the 18th of April last, a bird 

 which he considered to have been an example of the Yellow- 

 legged Herring-Gull (Larus cachinnans). The bird in ques- 

 tion was flying in company with several of the common 

 Herring-Gull (L. aryentatus) and passed unusually close to 

 the observers. The bird was noticed to have orange legs, 

 not only by the recorder, but by his brother and the Hon. 

 F. R. Henley. 



Mr. Montagu exhibited an interesting series of skins of 

 the Lesser Redpoll {Acanthis rufescens) from Norfolk, to- 

 gether with nests and eggs. Some of the male Redpolls 

 appeared to have nested without donning the characteristic 

 rosy plumage of the breast. 



Mr. Charles Pearson exhibited the nest and eggs of a 

 Twite (Acanthis Jlavirostris) from North Devon. It had 

 been taken by Mr. W. H. Hine on the 3rd of May last at 

 Westward Ho, the nest having been placed on the ground 

 among heather. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant described a new species of 



