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Tlie typical specimens were collected by Mr. Caracciolo 

 and sent to the Tring Museum by Mr. Andre, of Trinidad. 



Mr. Howard Saunders exhibited, on behalf of Mr. W. 

 Drury, a specimen of the Wood-Sandpiper_, Tot anus glareola, 

 shot by the latter near Lough Cullin, co. Mayo, on the 5th 

 of September last. Only three examples of this species had 

 been previously recorded from Ireland, and all of them from 

 one locality, viz. in co. Wicklow. 



Dr. R. BowDLER Sharpe exhibited a specimen of the 

 Black-headed Weaver-Finch (3Iunia atricapilla) which had 

 been presented to the British Museum by Mr. G. Hubert 

 Woods, who had shot it out of a flock of twelve individuals 

 in Suffolk on the 26th of October last. 



Mr. Hartert stated that he had also seen a small flock 

 of these Weaver-Finches in the reed-beds on the Tring 

 Reservoir, and that one had been recently shot there. 



Dr. BowDLER Sharpe read a paper on the present status 

 of the birds in the ''British''' List, which he believed to 

 amount at the present moment to 445. A discussion ensued, 

 in which the Chairman, Mr. Howard Saunders, Mr. H. E. 

 Dresser, Mr. H. J. Pearson, Mr. W. E. De Winton, Mr. 

 Hartert and others took part. It was decided that the subject 

 should be further discussed at a subsequent meeting of the 

 Club. 



Mr. Robert Read made some remarks on the apparent 

 variation in the downs of certain species of Ducks at diflerent 

 seasons of the year. Specimens would be exhibited at the 

 next meeting of the Club, when the subject would be further 

 explained. 



