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being almost black ; the head is of the same colour as 

 the back. 



Prinia inornata burmanica, subsp. n. 



Adult. Differs from P. i. blanfordi, from Lower Burma, 

 in being greyer above ; during the breeding-season the 

 males have the bill black. From P. i. inornata, from India, 

 it differs in having distinct black subterminal spots on the 

 tail-feathers at all seasons, and the upper plumage greyish- 

 brown instead of brown. This subspecies is, in fact, inter- 

 mediate between P. i. inornata and P. i. blanfordi, and as it 

 occurs over a very large extent of country is entitled to 

 subspecific rank. 



$ . Total length 127 mm. ; culmen 12 ; wing 51 ; tail 67 ; 

 tarsus 23. 



?. Total length 117 mm. ; culmen 12 ; wing 47; tail 54 ; 

 tarsus 21. 



Hah. The whole of Upper Burma, north of Toungoo, and 

 the Shan States. 



Types in the British Museum : $ ?. Mandalay, 27. vi. 11. 

 Presented by Major H. H. Harington. 



Prinia inornata Formosa, subsp. n. 



Adult. Differs from P. i. extensicauda Swinhoe, from the 

 coast of China, in having, in winter, the upper plumage 

 tinged with green, instead of rufous. In summer it is much 

 greyer than in that species. 



Hab. Formosa. 



Type in the British Museum : g . No. 731. Laulong, 

 6.xii.93. P. A. Hoist coll. Seebohm Bequest. 



Mr. Clifford Borrer exhibited a variety of the Common 

 Wheatear (CEnanthe cenanthe), and stated that the bird was 

 a female shot in Norfolk last May. Varieties appeared to 

 occur more frequently in this species among immature 

 birds. 



The specimen was of an almost entirely pale grey above, 

 shot with pale buff ; the breast pale buff, and the eye-stripe, 



