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individuals of Cathartes atratus. Near the mouth of the 

 Paraguay was passed an enormous flock of the Maguari 

 Stork [Evxenura maguari), with 4 or 5 Jabirus [Mycteria 

 americana) amongst them. Other birds noted on the Para- 

 guay were Ceryle amazona, C. torquata, C. americana, Pyro- 

 cephalus rubineus, Furnarius rufus, Aramides ypecaha, Ardea 

 cocoi, A. egretta, Cairina moschata, and Dendrocycna fulva. 

 Mr. Kerr was expecting to leave Asuncion for Concepcion, 

 on the- Upper Paraguay, on the 23rd September. 



Mr. ScLATEK exhibited a pair of the Great Nuthatch [Sitta 

 magna) from the Shan States_, Burmah, collected by Major 

 Rippon. The species was only previously known from a 

 female example described by Major R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay 

 in 1876. 



Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier exhibited some snail-shells [Helix 

 nemoralis), forty-eight of which had been taken from the 

 crop of a Pheasant. 



Mr. OswiN A. J. Lee exhibited a series of photographs of 

 nests and eggs of British birds, as well as coloured photo- 

 graphs of eggs of some Raptores and Alcidse. These pictures 

 were very much admired by the members present, and a cordial 

 vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Lee for their exhibition. 



No. XXXIX. (December 5th, 1896.) 



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

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 

 18th of November, 1896. 



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

 Members present : — O. V. Aplin, E. Bidwell, F. C. 

 Crawford, P. Crowley, W. E. De Winton, Dr. F. D. 

 Drewitt, Col. Paget W. L^Estrange, R.A., A. H. Mac- 



PHERSON, Rev. H. A, MaCPHERSON, J. Gr. MiLLAIS, 



R. Nesham, C. E. Pearson, H. J. Pearson^ Frank 

 Penrose, E. Lort Phillips, H. Leyborne Popham, 



