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Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant called attention to the birds 

 collected by Colonel Waddell, C.B., who accompanied the 

 recent expedition to Lhasa. Examples of three species pro- 

 cured by that gentleman had passed into the hands of Mr. H. 

 E. Dresser, who, believing them to be new, had exhibited 

 and described them before the Zoological Society of London. 

 Pull descriptions and figures of these birds had recently 

 appeared in the ' Proceedings ' of the Zoological Society. 

 The species were as follows : — 



1. Babax waddelli, Dresser, P. Z. S. 1905, vol. i. p. 54, 

 pi. iv. 



Said to be most nearly allied to B. lanceolatus ( Verr.) . 



Capt. Walton had also procured examples of this species, 

 which should have been compared with B. bonvaloti, Oustalet, 

 procured at So, Tibet [cf. Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, (7) xii. 

 p. 272 (1892)]. Prof. Oustalet had kindly compared one of 

 Captain Walton's specimens with the type of B. bonvaloti, 

 and pronounced them to be quite distinct. 



The plate in the ' Proceedings ' was so badly coloured that 

 it gave an entirely erroneous idea of the bird's appearance, the 

 general colour of the whole plumage, including the crown, 

 being grey. 



2. Garrulax tibetanus, Dresser, t. c. p. 54, pi. v. 

 fig. 2. 



= Trochalopteron henrici, Oustalet, Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, 

 (7) xii. p. 274 (1892) ; id. N. Archiv. Mus. Paris, (3) v. 

 pi. iv. fig. (1893). 



The bird was obviously a species of Trochalopteron, not a 

 Garrulax. 



3. Lanius lama, Dresser, t. c. p. 55, pi. v. fig. 1. 

 = L. tephronotus (Vigors), P. Z. S. 1831, p. 43. 



Mr. Dresser had compared his specimen with L. schach, 

 a species to which L. tephronotus was not very nearly 

 allied. 



The colouring of the plate of this well-known bird in the 

 ' Proceedings ' left much to be desired. 



