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Herr Ochs in June 1900, and in appearance resembled those 

 of other Bullfinches, the gi*ound-colour being pale blue with 

 a few very dark brownish-purple spots and paler violet-red 

 blotches at the larger end. They measured respectively 

 18 x 15-2 and 187 x 15'4 mm. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant remarked that the range of the 

 " Priolo," as the Azorean Bullfinch is locally called, was 

 entirely restricted to the eastern end of the Island of 

 San Miguel, where it frequented certain wooded banks to 

 the north of the Furnas and also round Pavoacao. He said 

 that at the time of his visit to the Azores in 1903 the 

 Bullfinch was very scarce and he experienced considerable 

 difficulty in obtaining a few specimens : since that date he 

 had been informed, on the best authority, that more than 

 fifty specimens had been killed by Herr B. von Thanner, 

 who had visited San Miguel for the special pupose of obtaining 

 as many of these birds as possible. His action in this matter, 

 and also in the case of Fringilla polatzeki in Gran Canary, 

 deserved the severest criticism. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant felt sure that the eggs of this bird had 

 not previously been obtained; he knew that Major Chaves, 

 who had resided in Ponta Delgada for years, had so far 

 failed to obtain them, and he himself had been equally 

 unsuccessful. 



Mr. D. A. Bannerman sent for exhibition a curious semi- 

 albino example of the Wheatear {Saxicola cenanthe). It had 

 been shot among the sand-hills at Freshfield, Lancashire, in 

 August 1909, and was believed to be a male of the year. 

 The head, chin, cheeks, mantle, upper tail-coverts, and the 

 greater part of the back were white, the feathers being 

 marked with minute dots of black pigment. The underparts 

 were rich buff, darkest on the throat and breast, and the 

 wing-coverts were widely edged with the same colour. 



A similar specimen was subsequently observed in the 

 month of October in the same locality, but was not obtained. 



