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In the collections recently brought home by me there are 

 two species which appear to be undescribed : — 



Megabtas .equatorialis, n. sp. 



Mecjabias flammulatus (nee Verr.), Shelley, P. Z. S. 1888, 

 p. 27. 



£ . M. similis M. atrialato, Cass., <§ , sed supra viridi- 

 nitens, nee chalybeo-nitens. Long. tot. 6'6 poll., culm. 

 095, alse 3*55, caudse 2'35, tarsi 0*65. 

 $ . M. similis M. atrialato ? , sed rectricibus nigricantibus, 

 castaneo marginatis, et pileo brunnescente dorso con- 

 colore facile distinguenda. Long. tot. 6 - 5 poll., alse 

 3-5. 

 Hab. Entebbe, Uganda ; Toro. 



The male only differs from the West-African M. atrialatus 

 (Cass.) in having a bottle-green gloss on the black plumage 

 of the upper surface, instead of steel-green. The female, 

 however, is very different from the same sex of M. atrialatus, 

 which has a chestnut tail. The inner secondaries are also 

 chestnut with black centres, whereas in cequatorialis they 

 are blackish brown with chestnut edges. 



Apalis ruwenzorii, n. sp. 



A. similis A. pulchra, sed supra dilutius grisescens, et notaso 

 olivaceo lavato, pileo dorso concolore ; gula lsete cinna- 

 momea, et torque collari saturate cineraceo, mini me 

 nigro, distinguenda. Long. tot. 4*2 poll., culm. - 6, 

 alse 2*0, eaudse 1*4, tarsi 085. 

 Hab. Ruwenzori, February and March, 1902. 

 Of this new form I obtained three specimens from 

 Ruwenzori. 



On behalf of Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, Mr. Howard Saunders 

 exhibited a Short-toed Lark, obtained on one of the Flannan 

 Islands on 20th September last, as recorded in Ann. Scottish 

 N. H. p. 206. Some details from Mr. Clarke's letters were 

 read, and comments made by Mr. Saunders on the line of 

 flight which had landed the Subalpine Warbler at St. Kilda, 

 and had probably taken the Short-toed Lark farther north- 

 east to the Flannans. 



