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Nemosia guira roraimzE, subsp. n. 



Adult male. Similar, in coloration, to N. guira nigrigula 

 (Bodd), from Cayenne and Surinam, but much larger and 

 with a considerably longer, stouter bill. Culmen L2 mm. ; 

 wing 70-72; tail 58-60. 



Adult female. Agrees in size with the female of N. guira 

 fosteri, Sharpe, from Paraguay, but is of a much brighter 

 coloration both above and below, and in this respect it 

 resembles N. g. guirina, Scl. Culmen 11-12 mm. ; wing 67 ; 

 tail 55-56. 



Hob. Roraima Mountain in British Guiana, at an elevation 

 of 3500 feet. 



Type in Mus. H. von Berlepsch : $ , no. 8635. Roraima, 

 5. i. 82. Obtained by H. Whitely, jun. 



Mr. P. F. Bunyard exhibited a series of eggs of the 

 Sparrow-Hawk (Accipiter nisus), Kestrel (Cerchneis tinnun- 

 cuius), and Merlin (Falco cesalon). 



The clutches showed great variety both in markings and 

 coloration. Among the more noteworthy was a set of five 

 very lightly marked Sparrow-Hawk's eggs somewhat resem- 

 bling eggs of the Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) and a set 

 of five Kestrel's eggs with curious scrolled markings almost 

 like those found on eggs of the Corn-Bunting (Emberiza 

 miliaria). 



Mr. F. W. Frohawk exhibited a female white-breasted 

 Cormorant shot by himself on the 30th of June, 1909, off the 

 Scilly Isles and believed to be an adult bird. It had been 

 described and figured in ' The Field ' of the 13th November, 

 1909. He handed round a coloured drawing of the head 

 and foot, made immediately after death, before any possible 

 change in the colouring of the soft parts could have taken 

 place. This showed the rich blue-green colour of the iris 

 characteristic of an adult bird. The specimen was of large 

 size. Expanse of wings 57"75 inches ; length 36*5 ; culmen 

 3'1 ; wing 14'75 ; tarsus 275 ; outer toe 4*5. Girth round 



