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by Mr. Harris, on October 22nd, 1897, is an acceptable addition to 
our long series of these birds. Messrs. Rothschild and Hartert 
consider B. galapagensis to be the only known near ally of 
B. accipitrinus , into which they would merge the various other 
described races (Nov. Zool. vol. vi. p. 175). It seems to be found 
on all the islands of the Galapagos group. 
“Another addition is Ninox ( Hieraglaux ) grand, Sharpe, 
described in P. Z. S., 1888, p. 183. The present example was 
collected by Mr. A. S. Meek, one of Mr. Rothschild’s successful 
collectors, on Guadalcanal one of the islands of the Solomon 
Archipelago, on the 9th of May, 1901, and is ticketed ‘Female, 
iris brownish-yellow, feet straw-yellow, bill greenish.’ Its nearest 
ally is considered by Dr. Sharpe to be N. punctulafa, of which the 
Norwich Museum has three specimens. Mr. Meek appears to have 
sent home a series of N. grand to the Tring Museum (See Nov. 
Zool. vol. viii. p. 381), which is so rich in novelties of all kinds.” 
Mr. Gurney also presented several specimens of rare British birds 
obtained in Norfolk, viz., Lesser Grey Shrike ( Lanins minor), caught 
alive in a greenhouse at Yarmouth in 1875. The following 
memorandum is on the label: “Sent by A. llarvey, from whom 
I bought it, to Roberts, birdstulfer, Norwich, who received it on 
May 31st, showed it in the flesh to Mr. Henry Stevenson, then 
mounted it. J. H.G.” See Manual B.B., p. 149. Ortolan Bunting 
(Emberiza hortulana), killed at Yarmouth in I860. “Mr. Barnes, 
who shot the Richard’s Pipit, corroborates Harvey’s statement that 
this Ortolan was netted at Yarmouth in April, I860, and kept alive 
by him two days.” Whiskered Tern ( HydrocheUdon hybrida), shot 
on Hickling Broad in 1847. “An old female, and is noticed in 
vol. v. of the ‘Zoologist.’” Ruddy Sheldrake (Tadomu casarca), 
found dead on Snettisham beach on September 13th, 1892. 
Colonel Feilden presented two beautiful specimens of the Ivory 
Gull ( Pagophtla eburnea), one from the Faroe Islands, killed 
December, 1892, and the other from Brevort Island, Smith’s Sound, 
killed July 31st, 1875. 
Mr. Thomas Baring, of Hockham Hall, has added some valuable, 
and also new species of birds to the foreign collection. Amongst 
those worthy of special notice are the nestlings of Little Shearwater 
( Pnffinus assimids), the White-breasted Petrel ( Pelagodrvma 
marina), and Bulwer’s Petrel ( Buhceria bidiceri), all obtained by 
