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made by Wocdpeckers, and were readily accepted by birds, 

 especially by Tits. They must, however, be put up properly, 



and in Berlepsch^s took on bird-protection some good instruc- 

 'tions were given. Mr. Charles Eothschild and Mr. Walter 



Rothschild had int] educed them on a small scale in various 



places, and Mr. Hartert hoped to be able to report concerning 

 their success during the next session of the Club, and he 

 trusted that other ornithologists would advocate them. They 

 could be had for about sixpence each, from a firm in West- 

 phalia, who were making them according to Berlepsch's 

 instructions. 



Mr. Ernst Haktert exhibited and explained an instru- 

 ment invented by Mr. L. WiglesAvorth, which he called a 

 " Ratiometer,'' the object of which was to ascertain the pro- 

 portions that different-sized specimens (or parts of specimens) 

 bear one to another. Mr. Hartert also announced that 

 Mr. Wiglesworth Mas experimenting with some other instru- 

 ments likely to be of use in measuring animals. Mr. Hartert 

 also read some notes by Mr. L. W^iglesworth (who was not 

 able to be present) about the question " How a Bird-skin 

 should be measured." 



Mr. Heatley Noble exhibited a pair of eggs of the 

 Spine-tailed Swift from Nerochinski, and also the nest, eggs, 

 and nestling birds of White's Thrush {Oreocichla varia), 

 which had been obtained from Mt. Fuji Yama, in Japan, 

 by Mr. Alan Owston. He considered that these eggs were 

 undoubtedly authentic, and they closely resembled those of 

 the Himalayan 0. dauma ; whereas the nest and eggs obtained 

 by the late Consul Swinhoe, and supposed by him to have 

 been those of White's Thrush, probably belonged to Merula 

 mandarina. 



Mr. Walter Goodfellow described a new species of 

 Humming-bird, discovered by himself and Mr. Claud 

 Hamilton during their recent travels in Ecuador; — 



