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LOPHOCEROS SIBBENSIS, Sp. 11. 



L. similis L. deckeni, tectricibus alarum nigris, minime albo 

 maculatis, sed statura minore et rostro toto nigro 

 distinguendus. Long. tot. 15 poll,, alee 6*3. 

 Hab. Sibbe. 



Mr. A. Trevor-Battye exhibited a curious white variety 

 of a Brent Goose, which he had procured at Kolguev Island, 

 and gave an account of the mode of capture of these Geese 

 by the Samoyedes. 



Dr. BowDLER Sharpe referred to the loss which the Club 

 had recently sustained, l)y the death of its esteemed member, 

 Mr. Edward Hargitt, and gave an account of his life and 

 work, with especial reference to the series of paintings of 

 Woodpeckers which Mr. Hargitt had executed for his 

 proposed ' Monograph of the Picidce.' These paintings were 

 1300 in number, and had taken twelve years in execution. 

 They comprised portraits of every type submitted to him, and 

 of every variation in plumage which existed in his own 

 collection of Woodpeckers, and in those of other public and 

 private Museums to which the deceased artist had had access. 



On the motion of the Chairman, a letter of condolence 

 with Miss Hargitt, who had been for many years his faithful 

 coadjutor in this preparation for his ' Monograph,' was passed 

 by the Meeting. 



No. XXVII. (May 31st, 1895.) 



The twenty-sixth meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 

 22nd of May, 1895. 



Chairman : P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 

 Members present : — E. Bidwell, W. E. De Winton, 

 J. Gerrard, Col. H. W. Feilden, Major A. P. Loyd, 

 R. Nesham, W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, H. J. Pearson, C. E. 

 Pearson, Frank Penrose, Digby Pigott, C.B., R. H. Read, 

 Capt. SavileG. Reid, Howard Saunders {Treasurer) , Henry 



