PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



(ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEENTH SESSION, 1900-1901.) 



November 1st, 1900. 



Prof. S. H. VixES, M.A., F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 



Messrs, Robert Nunez Lyne, James Chapman Shenstone, and 

 Joseph "William Williams were admitted Fellows of the Sociefc)'. 



Mr. J. E. Harting exhibited and made remarks upon the following 

 birds which had been recently forwarded to him for examination : — 



(1) A hybrid between Blackcock and Red Grouse, shot at 



Brechin, N.B., Sept. 14. 



(2) A Glossy Ibis, killed at Saltash, Devon, Oct. 4. 



(3) A Little Owl, obtained at Dunmow, Essex, Oct. 22. 



Dr. F. D. Godman concurred in identifying the game-bird as a 

 hybrid between the species named, and considered such hybrids of 

 rare occurrence, while examples of a cross between Blackcock and 

 Pheasant were not nearly so uncommon. 



Mr. Howard Saunders regarded the Little Owl {Carine noctua) 

 as having little if any claim to be considered a British bird ; its 

 occasional appearance in England being due to the fact that a good 

 many had been turned out from time to time in different counties. 



Mr. George Massee exhibited a series of coloured drawings and 

 an extensive collection of the larger Fungi which had been brought 

 for exhibition by himself, by Messrs. E. M. Holmes, M. C. Cooke, 

 A. 0. Walker, E. H. Smedley, A. W. Kappel, and by Miss A. L. 

 Smith. Mr. Massee having made some introductory remarks, a 

 discussion followed in which Dr. Cooke, Dr. Shillitoe, Mr. Walker, 

 and the Rev. T. R. E. Stebbing took part. 



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