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lying markings, giving them a distinctly purplish appearance, 

 one with bright red dish -brown ground, heavily pigmented 

 with dark brown blotches at the large end, and conspicuous 

 reddish-grey underlying marks, and one unique egg, with 

 buff ground evenly splashed with minute surface markings 

 of dark brown, and minute grey underlying marks. 



Yellow AVagtail (Motacilla rait). A. clutcii of G from 

 Hampsliiro with green ground. 



The Rev. F. C. R. Joubdain exhibited : — 



(a) A fine series of 12 eggs of the Black Vulture {Vultur 

 monachus), taken by himself in the Dol)rudja in 1910 and 

 1911, showing a remarkable range of variation. 



(6) A series of 28 eggs of the Goshawk {Accipiter gentilis) , 

 from various localities, including Swedish Lapland, Germany, 

 Roumania, Andalusia, Morocco, and Japan. The difference 

 in size between eggs from northern and southern localities 

 was very noticeable. 



Mr. Staines Bookman exhibited : — 



(a) A very fine variety clutch of eggs of the Common 

 Jackdaw. 



(b) A set of 7 eggs of the Tree-Pipit. 



(c) A most remarkable clutch of heavily blotched eggs of 

 the Oystercatcher, from the western Highlands. Varieties 

 in this species are rarely obtained. 



' The Zoologist.' 



The well-known and old-established natural history 

 monthly, ' The Zoologist, ' having been acquired by 

 Messrs. Witherby & Co., will in future be incorporated 

 with the illustrated monthly magazine, ' British Birds,^ 

 published by the same firm at 326 High Holborn. 



There will be no consequent alteration in the policy of 

 ' British Birds,^ and it will still treat solely of birds, but its 

 scope will be slightly enlarged to admit a limited number of 

 articles and notes on birds of the western portion of the 

 Palsearctic Region other than British. 



