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Eggs. — Five to seven. White, well spotted and speckled 

 with dark brown and purplish grey. Often zoned. 



Such is the excellent method with which the 

 author treats those birds which are regular inhabi- 

 tants or more or less regular visitors. As an example 

 of his tersely informative manner when speaking of 

 our rarer birds we append the following : — 



RED-NECKED GREBE 

 {Podicgps griseigena). 

 A rare winter visitor to our coasts, sometimes appearing in 

 considerable numbers. It has a small, almost black crest, lost 

 in winter; the cheeks and throat are greyish white, and the 

 upper parts dark brown, with conspicuous white patch on the 

 secondaries. Front of neck chestnut red; under parts silky 

 white. Length i8in. In general habits, language, and food it 

 resembles the last. It breeds in sub-Arctic regions. 



Mr. Elms rightly prefers the field glass to the 

 gun as his weapon of aggression, and makes a very 

 pertinent remark to the effect that he wotild like to 

 see " fewer obituary notices of birds in the papers 

 " devoted to Ornithology." 



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{Vide Rules). 



Bl,ACKBiRD. (Mr. Howe).) There was nothing infectious in 

 this case. The liver had been congested a long time and 

 was affected in parts with a fatty degeneration. 



Bui,r.FlNCH. (Mrs. Miller.) This bird, like many of its species 

 when captive, died from the remote effects of over eating, 

 the immediate cause being apoplexy. 



Cordon Bi^ku and Orange - cheeked Waxbif,!,. (Mrs. 

 Vernon). These birds, both recently purchased, died of 

 enteritis. 



