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female that has wandered as far west as Great Britain. The 

 bird was unfortunately recorded by Mr. Walker as a " Little '' 

 Bustard in the 'Annals of Scottish Natural History' for 

 January (p. 51). A similar fate befell the first English 

 specimen (Zocl. [1848] p. 1969). 



Mr. E. BiDWELL exhibited a series of nests of British birds 

 built of abnormal materials. The following gentlemen were 

 the contributors to this exhibition ; — 



Mr. P. Crowley. 



Nest of the Chaffinch [Fringilla coelebs)^ partly 

 covered with scraps of printed paper. 



Mr. A. HoLTE Macpherson. 



Spotted Flycatcher [Muscicapa grisola). Nest com- 

 posed of old wax vestas, cigarette-papers, &c. Taken 

 near Hyde Park Corner, 1898. 



Mr. J. Gerrard. 



Common Wren {Ti'oglodytes parvulus). Nest with 

 open top, built under a bank. From the Shetland 

 Islands. 



Mr. H. Noble. 



Madeirau Swift {Cypselus unicolor). Nest with 

 tobacco-paper and feathers worked into the lining. 

 From El Ancon, Teneriffe. 



Mr. R. H. Read. 



Two nests of the Pied Flycatcher {Muscicapa atri- 

 capilla), and two of the Arctic Tern [Sterna macrura). 



A nest of the Pied Wagtail {MotaciUa lugubris), built 

 in a Blackbird's nest ; and one of the Redbreast {Ei i- 

 thacus rubecula), with a Cuckoo's egg, built in an old 

 Thrush's nest. 



Mr. F. C. Selous. 



Nest of the Chiffchaff [Phglloscopus rufus), built 

 without anv lining of feathers. 



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