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of the breast. This seems singular, as these markings are usually retained 

 until the bird has been for some time fully adult j six fine specimens all show 

 them more or less, in every case more so than in this very young bird, pro- 

 bably only a few weeks out of the nest, and in which one would expect to 

 find all the breast feathers tipped with a blackish crescent. 



A. L. BUTLER, F.Z.S. 

 Sblangor, Dec, 1898. 



No. XVIII.— OCCURRENCE OF THE EASTERN STOCK PIGEON 

 (COLUMBA EVERSMANNI) IN THE MADHUBANI SUB- 

 DIVISION, DHARBHANGA, TIRHOOT, 



Yesterday evening my shikari brought me in a single specimen of the 

 above bird. It was one of a large flock which had come to roost in a large 

 mango tope through which he was passing at the time. The only places 

 where this Pigeon has been recorded from, as mentioned by Blanford, are the 

 Punjab, Sind, the North-Western Provinces, and Oudh. I have told my 

 man to shoot me a number of specimens, as coming from a locality, so far as 

 I am aware, unrecorded as yet, they will be worth keeping. 



C. M. INGLIS. 



DiiAKBHANGA, 12tli Jan., 1899. 



No. XIX.— OCCURRENCE OF THE CLUCKING TEAL {NETTIUM 

 FORMOSUM) IN GUZERAT. 



On 16th December, 1898, while shooting near Juhar, about 20 miles from 

 Ahmedabad, I killed a fine specimen of the Clucking Teal (a drake) and 

 send the skin for the Society's collection . I cannot say whether this was a 

 solitary individual or whether there were more about, as I never noticed, 

 until picking it up with other teal and duck that I had killed, that it was 

 something out of the ordinary. As I have never heard of the Clucking Teal 

 being shot in Guzerat, this may be of interest and worth recording in the 

 Journal. 



E. L. BARTON. 



Bombay, 10i!7i Jan., 1899. 



(It is well worth recording, and there is no doubt whatever as to the identification 

 of the specimen procured by Mr. Barton,— E. Comber .) 



PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE MEETING HELD ON ISni SEPTEMBER, 1898. 

 A meeting of the members took place on Tuesday, the 13th September, 

 when Mr. John Wallace, C.E., presided. 



NEW MEMBEKS. 



The election of the following new members was announced : —Lieutenant 



F, FitzH ugh Lance (Loralai) ; Captain J. R. B. G. Carter, I.S.C. (Sadra) ; 



Mr. Frank Atley (Mogok, Upper Burma) ; Surgeon-Captain S, H. Burnet, 



I.M.S (Bombay) ; Mr. C. B .N. Pelly (Ganjam, Madras) ; Mr. L. T. Harris 



