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At the momeut nothing was known of its history, but parti- 

 culars would shortly be forthcoming and would be contributed 

 to the 'Ibis/ This egg was undoubtedly the handsomest 

 example of the ' zoned ' type in existence. Its discovery 

 brought the number of known eggs of the Great Auk to 72. 



Mr. E. LoRT Phillips exhibited several interesting species 

 of birds obtained during his expedition to Somali Land in 

 the spring of 1899, among them being four examples of 

 Francolinus castaneicolUs, Salvad., obtained on Mt. Wagga, 

 The e^^ of Spreo superbus was obtained during the expe- 

 dition, and proved to be perfectly blue, without any spots. 



Mr. Charles Hose^ whose reappearance, after six years^ 

 absence in Borneo, was warmly greeted by the members of 

 the Club, exhibited some rare birds obtained by him. 

 Among them was a specimen of Botauras stellaris, hitherto 

 unrecorded from Borneo ; a pair of Pitta ccerulea with the 

 nestling (showing that the species was indigenous to 

 Northern Borneo) ; and examples of Baza borneensis and 

 Spicaetus alboniger, affording an extraordinary instance of 

 mimetic colouring in the plumage of the two species. 



No. LXVIII. (January 31st, 1900). 



The sixty-seventh Meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 33 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 

 17th of January, 1900. Chairman : P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 

 Thirty-six Members and fourteen guests were present. 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpe described the following species 

 from the Mackinder expedition to Mt. Kenya : — 



1. Hyphantornis camburni, sp. n. 

 $ . Similis H. .canthojpi, sed minor, subtus Isetiiis fiava : 

 supercilio fiavo paululura conspicuo, sed rostro multo 



