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Mr. H. E. Dresser exhibited the types of three new 

 birds from Tibet, which had been described by him at the 

 last meeting of the Zoological Society on the 17th inst., viz. 

 Babax waddelli, Garrulax tibetanus, and Lanius lama. These 

 specimens had been obtained by Colonel Waddell, C.B., in 

 the Tsampo Valley, at an altitude of 12,100 feet. 



Mr. Dresser also exhibited eggs of the following species 

 which had been obtained by Mr. Zarudny in Persia, viz. : — 

 Lanius rufus, L. racldei, Passer mesopotamicus, Sylvia momus 

 subsp. semenowi, Saxicola picata, and Passer sp. indet. 



A communication from Mr. F. J. Jackson contained 

 descriptions of two new species of birds from Equatorial 

 Africa : — 



Batis diops, n. sp. 



$ . Similis B. mixta $, sed supra saturatius cinereus, et 

 macula alba utrinque ad basin frontis posita distin- 

 guenda. Long. tot. 45 poll., culm. 065, alas 2'G, 

 caudse 1'6, tarsi 0'8. 

 Hab. Ruwenzori. {Type in Brit. Mus.) 



Sylviella toroensis, n. sp. 



$ ad. Similis S. virenti, sed maxilla nigra, gula albicantiore, 



subalaribus et margine alari pallide rnfescentibus, 



minime flavicantibus distinguenda. Long. tot. 3*9 poll., 



culm. 0*5, alae 20, candse 1*2, tarsi 0-75. 



Hab. Kibera River, Toro, Jan. 31, 1902. {Type in Brit. 



Mus.) 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpe described a new Babbler as 

 Amaurocichla kempi, n. sp. 



Similis A. bocagei, sed gutture pallide cinereo, et hypo- 

 chondriis aurantiaco-rufis distinguenda. Long. tot. 

 4'7 poll., culm. 0'8, alse 23, caudse 1*45, tarsi - 9. » 



Hab. Bo, Sierra Leone, April 1904. Collected by 



Mr. Robin Kemp. {Type in Brit. Mus.) 



A communication from Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant con- 

 tained the description of a new subspecies of Scimitar- 

 Babbler, discovered by Captain A. Mears in Upper Chindwin, 

 Burma : — 



