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that the striking similarity between the two species had 

 been previously noticed or remarked on. G. gutticristatus 

 extended from Dehra Dun through the lower ranges of the 

 Himalayas into India, and beyond the Bay of Bengal south- 

 wards to Singapore and to Cochin China. T. shorei had a 

 more restricted range, but was also found in the lower valleys 

 of the Himalayas from Dehra Dun to Bhutan and thence 

 southward to Upper Pegu. 



Mr. Grant also exhibited an adult female example of the 

 rare Garrulus oatesi, Sharpe, collected by Capt. A. Mears at 

 Kalaikbin, Pondaung, Chindwin. 



Mr. Grant also described a new species of Whistling- 

 Thrush discovered by Mr. H. C. Robinson in Selangore : — 



Myiophoneus robinsont, sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to M. cyaneus, from which 

 it differs in having the greater part of the bill yellow, only 

 the ridge and tip of the culmen being blackish, and the basal 

 portion of the feathers of the underparts pure white. General 

 colour above and below black slightly glossed with purple, 

 the feathers of the chest with shining tips ; lesser wing- 

 coverts purplish-blue, forming a conspicuous patch. 



Total length about 100 inches, culmen 12, wing 5*4, 

 tail 3 '9, tarsus T8. 



Hab. Gunung Menkuanghebah, Selangore, 1st February, 

 1905. 



Mr. T. Parkin, on behalf of Mr. H. H. J. Pratt, exhibited 

 three " semi-detached " nests of the Song-Thrush ( Turdus 

 musicus) which had been built on a beam in a lodge at 

 Highfieid, Seddlescombe, Sussex, in April 1904. Only one 

 of the nests had been completed and contained young birds 

 when found. 



Mr. Howard Saunders exhibited an adult male example 

 of the Eider Duck (Somateria mollissima) obtained by 

 Mr. Abel Chapman at Holy Island in January 1898. The 



