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after one week of strenuous work almost the whole of the 

 stores had been transported from the mouth of the river to 

 the base-camp, and that he hoped very shortly to start 

 collecting at about 3000 ft. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild said that he had recently 

 heard from Mr. A. S. Meek, who informed him that he was 

 leaving Sydney in December for Port Moresby to pick up 

 his native boys, and that until the change of the monsoon 

 he intended to explore the mountains of Fergusson and 

 Goodenough Islands above 3000 ft. After that it was his 

 intention to proceed to the Admiralty Islands, visiting 

 Dam pier, St. Mathias, and other small islands on his 

 way there. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant described a new species of Seed- 

 eater from East Africa. He said : — " In Mr. F. J. Jackson's 

 collection there are two adult male examples of a species 

 of Poliospiza obtained at Mangiki, Mt. Elgon, 6U00 ft., 

 in June and August 1900. These specimens have been 

 identified as P. tristriata, but are really very distinct and 

 have a much longer wing. The most closely allied form 

 appears to be P. leucoptera (Sharpe) from South Africa, 

 which has the same double whitish band across the wing 

 formed by the tips of the median and greater coverts ; but 

 in that species the bill is much stouter and the wing is 

 much shorter. 



" I propose to name the bird from Mount Elgon 



u Poliospiza elgonensis, sp. n. 



"Adult male. General colour above earthy-brown; super- 

 ciliary stripes white and extending to the occiput ; sides of 

 the feathers of the crown also white, giving these parts a 

 distinctly streaked appearance ; lores, cheeks, ear-coverts, 

 and sides of the throat dark earthy-brown, median and 

 greater wing- coverts and outer margins of the quills, 

 especially the innermost secondaries, whitish, the light tips 

 of the wing-coverts forming two bars across the wing; chin 

 and middle of the throat whitish,, with a few faint streaks 



