Afmual Meetiny of the B. 0. U. 527 



and Red-necked Phalaropes. A few days later we discovered 

 a third nest of this Skua on tlie mainland in a much drier 

 situation, making in all six eggs of this hird. I might add 

 that in each instance the eggs were slightly incubated. 



The figures in Plate XI. have been taken from drawings 

 made by Mrs. Boyce Hill. The upper figures represent 

 specimens in my collection, and the lower are those of 

 specimens in that of Mr. Popham. 



The measurements of the eggs as given by Mr. Popham 

 in ' The Ibis' (1897, p. 107) are 2-35 to 2-65 inches by 1-79 

 to 1-86.* 



XXXII. — Proceedinys at the Anniversary Meetiny of the 

 British Ornitholoyists' Union, 1900. 



The Annual General Meeting of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union was held at the rooms of the Zoological Society of 

 London, 3 Hanover Square (by permission of the Council of 

 that Society), on Wednesday, the 16th May, at 5.30 p.m., 

 Mr. F. DuCane Godman, F.R.S., President, in the Chair. 



The minutes of the last Annual Meeting having been read 

 and confirmed, the Report of the Committee was read. It 

 stated that the Union had suffered the loss of eleven Members 

 by death since the last Anniversary. These were : — Mr. John 

 Cordeaux, Dr. Elliott Coucs, Mr. H. B. Hewetson, Lord 

 Hylton, Mr. E. L. Layard, Prof. Alphonse Milne-Edwards, 

 Prof. St. George Mivart, F.R.S., Mr. T. J. Monk, Mr. E. 

 M. H. Riddell, Mr. F. B. Simson, and Dr. A. C. Stark. 



Five Members had withdrawn, and one Member had been 

 removed (under the operation of Rule 6) for non-payment 

 of his subscription. 



* [Middendoi ff" appears to have beeu the first to obtain authenticated 

 eggs of this species, and the figure of a specimen frum the Taimyr 

 Tundras is given in his ' Sibirische Reise ' (pi. xxiv. fig. 1), while a better 

 illustration of an example taken by Middendorft" in the sime district has 

 been given by Prof. Newton (P. Z. S. 1861, pi. xxxix. fig. 3). We are not 

 aware of any other figures of authenticated specimens up to the time of 

 Messrs. Popham and Hill. After comparing their genuine eggs with the 

 specimen taken on Berg Island, Nov.aya Zendya, and ascribed to this 

 species (Man. Brit. B. 1st ed. p. 736), Col. Feilden and Saunders are of 

 opinion that the last is pr(jbably an unusually large egg of S. crepidatui. 

 — Edd.] 



