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1904, p. 306), viz. the long bill, the dull mark on the under 

 wing-coverts, and the unspotted forehead, but it differs 

 from typical C. brachydactyla in the following points : — 



" The upper surface (except as regards the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts, which are rufous, as in C. b. brachydactyla) is 

 much less rufous than in the latter form. The ground- 

 colour of the feathers is of a very dark brown, almost black, 

 shade, and the light-coloured portions of the feathers are 

 narrower and more confined than in C. b. brachydactyla. 

 The upper surface of the new form has therefore a distinctly 

 less rufous and more black-and-white appearance than that 

 of the typical C. brachydactyla. On the under surface the 

 new form has the flanks and under tail-coverts more heavily 

 marked with rusty brown, and these markings extend on the 

 flanks upwards to the shoulder. The buff spot on the outer 

 web of the fourth primary is generally absent in this form, 

 whereas in C. b. brachydactyla it is generally present. 



"The Cyprus Tree -Creeper (G b. dorothea, Hart.) is 

 browner and less rufous than the Algerian on the upper 

 surface, while the flanks and under tail-coverts are lightly 

 marked with greyish brown instead of heavily marked with 

 rufous-brown. The rump and upper tail-coverts are still 

 more olive. 



" Hab. Algeria and Tunisia. Type £ no. T. 313, A'in- 

 Draham, Tunis, 13 iv. 1903. Tring Museum : co-types in 

 coll. Witherby." 



Mr. Witherby also exhibited a Tawny Owl from Algeria, 

 and remarked that in his opinion the Tawny Owl from 

 Marocco and Algeria constituted a distinct race, which he 

 characterized as follows : — 



SYRNIUM ALUCO MAURITANICUM, n. Subsp. 



Differs from typical Syrnium aluco by its constantly 

 darker coloration. 



The whole of the upper surface dark blackish grey, the 

 dark colour being produced by the heavier and more pro 

 nounced transverse bars on the feathers. The feathers of 

 the underside also much more heavily marked with transverse 

 bars than in typical S. aluco. Although Syrnium aluco is 



