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brunnescentibus nigro anguste striolatis, et pectore 

 evidenter nigro striolatini maculato distinguenda. Loug. 

 tot. 5-5 poll., culm. 0-7, alse 3-5, caudse 1-75, tarsi O'S. 

 Hub. Athi River, Nov. 17, 1899. 



ESTRILDA DELAMEREI, Sp. n. 



E. similis E. erythronotcB, et subcaudalibus abdomineque 

 iiigris, sed omnino pallidior, et fasciis alse clar^ niarga- 

 ritaceis nee cineraceis ; notseo pallide cincreo-vinaceo : 

 gutture imo et prsepectore pallide roseis : hypochondriis 

 rosaceis, nee coccineis, distinguenda. Long. tot. 4" 7 

 poll., culm. 0'4, alse 2'1, caudae 2-25, tarsi OG. 

 Hab. Athi River, Nov. 8, 1899. 



Dr. Sharpe gave a short account of the history of the 

 B. O. C. and the work performed by the members since the 

 foundation of the Club eight years ago. 



Mr. Meade-Waldo called the attention of the Union to 

 the way in which rare birds were still being persecuted 

 and destroyed in Great Britain. He felt sure that no 

 member of the Union would willingly assist in bringing 

 about this lamentable occurrence, but that in consideration 

 of the persistency with which all our rare breeding birds 

 were annually harried by British egg-collectors, and on that 

 account of the great difficulty, if not impossibility, experienced 

 by landed proprietors in preserving them, he considered 

 that the time had come to make a supreme effort. He 

 proposed the following resolution, which was seconded by 

 Mr. H. M. Upcher, and carried unanimously : — 



" That any member of the Union, directly or indirectly 

 responsible for the destruction of nest, eggs, young, or 

 parent- birds of any of the species mentioned below 

 — Osprey, Kite, White-tailed Eagle, Honey- Buzzard, 

 Common Buzzard, Hoopoe, Golden Oriole, Ruff, Bittern, 

 and Chough — should be visited with the severest censure 

 of the Union.^' 



A discussion ensued, in which the President and other 

 members took part. 



