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Wheatear. — Pale variety, of a universal light grey colour. 

 It was obtained on the same date and in the same locality 

 as the above, and was the property of Mr. F. I. Richards, of 

 Ealing. 



Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana). — Three speci- 

 mens obtained by Mr. Richards in East Norfolk in September 

 1909. 



Mr. Witherby exhibited a series of maps which had been 

 prepared by Commander H. Lynes to show the extent and 

 progress of the irruption of Crossbills in the British Islands 

 from the end of June up to the present time. He said that 

 these maps would appear in the forthcoming number of 

 ' British Birds/ 



Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe, on behalf of Mr. G. L. Bates, 

 exhibited examples of some new species of birds from the 

 interior of Southern Cameroon. Mr. Bates proposed to 

 name these species as follows : — 



Melignomon robustus, sp. n. 



Adult female. Feathers of the upperparts, including the 

 wings, dark brown, all excepting the primaries being 

 bordered with olive-yellow ; throat, breast, and flanks pale 

 greyish-brown washed with yellowish and with some dark 

 brown feathers intermixed ; belly and under tail-coverts pale 

 yellow or cream-colour, with fine dark shaft-streaks; the 

 long feathers of the thighs yellowish- white with broad dark 

 shaft-streaks ; the two middle pairs of rectrices dark brown, 

 the third (next) pair yellowish-white, with dark brown tips, 

 and the three outer pairs, which are graduated in length, 

 yellowish^ white. Iris dark red or reddish-brown; bill dark 

 horn-colour ; feet dark slaty horn-colour. 



Culmen 15 - 5 mm. ; wing 97 (the third primary not 

 grown) ; tail about 60 (the tips of the feathers worn) ; 

 tarsus 15. 



Hub. Cameroon. 



