108 Bulletin of the British 



120. CoLYMBUs ARCTicus. Black-throatcd Diver. 

 Fairly numerous ; eggs were taken at Golchika only, 

 though several pairs were seen on the lakes in the forest. 



— 121. CoLYMBus sEPTENTRioNALis. Red-throated Diver. 

 Common ; preferring the small lakes for nesting. 



We were constantly on the look-out for Colymbus adamsi, 

 but did not see one. The natives seemed to know it, and 

 told us it nested at the lakes, far away on the tundra. 



IX. — Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 



Nos. XXXVIII. & XXXIX. 



No. XXXVIII. (October 31st, 1896.) 



The thirty-seventh Meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 

 2ist of October, 1896. 



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



Members present : — Boyd Alexander, E. Bidwell, J. L. 

 BoNHOTE, Philip Crowley, W. E. De Winton, Dr. F. D. 

 Drewitt, E. a. S. Elliot, John Gerrard, W. Graham, 

 W. R. Ogilvie Grant, G. H. Caton Haigh, J. E. Harting, 

 OswiN A. J. Lee, Major A. P. Loyd, P. H. Munn, R. Nesham, 

 C. E. Pearson, H. J. Pearson, F. Penrose, T. Digby 

 PiGOTT, C.B., Howard Saunders (Treasurer), R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe {Editor), W. B. Tegetmeier, Major Horace Terry, 

 N. F, TiCEHURST, H. M. Wallis, Johnson Wilkinson, 

 Lionel P. Williams, C. A. Wright. 



Visitors : H. Tabor Brooks, Dr. Crosse, J. Eardley 

 Hill, R. H. Hunter, Dr. Traquair. 



The Treasurer announced that the Members of the Club 

 were now 117 in number. 



Mr. Frank Penrose was elected on the Committee, in 

 place of Mr. P. Crowley, who retired by rotation. Mr. P. L. 

 Sclater was unanimously elected Chairman, and Messrs. P. 



