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Snow Bunting, etc. With each set of erythristic eggs were 

 shown sets of normal type, or tending to vary in the opposite 

 direction. Eggs of Lapwing and Carrion Ci*ow were also 

 shown, so heavily marked that they might almost be classed 

 as melanistic varieties. 



Dr. P. Kendall showed clutches of 9, 11, and 9 eggs 

 of Pied Wagtail {Motacilla alba lugubris), all taken within 

 thirty-seven days and within half a mile, in the same season. 

 The first and second nests were only a foot apart. The 

 last set contained a Cuckoo's egg. A Cuckoo's egg with 

 dull red splashes was also shown with 3 Hedge-Sparrow's 

 eggs (Surrey, 1909), also one of a dark sienna-red, and 

 3 Meadow-Pipit's eggs (Staffs., 1916). 



Mr. S. BooRMAN exhibited three sets of Blackcap [Sylvia 

 atricapilla) of pink type, of which four sets were found within 

 a radius of half a mile in a fortnight, but none since. Also 

 set of 4 Tree-Pipit [Ant/ius trivialis), bright terra-cotta 

 ground with black hair-lines (Suffolk), and set of 6 very bright 

 red- brown eggs taken in Surrey. A set of 4 Robin's and one 

 erythristic Cuckoo's egg, taken in Surrey, were also shown. 



Mr. F. E,. Ratcliff exhibited a very fine rufous set 

 of Purple Gallinule {Porphyria porphyrlo) taken at Lac 

 Fezzara in North Algeria. 



Major C. Smbed showed a set of Ringed Plover (GuUane 

 Links), with unusual light slaty-blue ground^ finely marked. 



Also an abnormally small Cuckoo's egg with 3 White- 

 throat (Dorset). 



Set of 4 Meadow-Pipit (Hants), closely resembling Reed- 

 Warbler's eggs. 



Set of 5 Meadow-Pipit taken in an oat-field near Ypres, 

 and closely resembling an erythristic type of Tree-Pipit's 

 egg, both in size and colour. Major Smeed spent much 

 time and trouble in watching and identifying the birds. 



Mr. G. ToAiKiNsoN exhibited a series of five sets of Tree- 

 Pipit's eggs, ranging in colour from plain blue (unmarked) 

 to blue with brick-red spots and blue with reddish blotches; 

 also a set of 6 Blackcap with pink ground. One of the 

 clutches of blue Tree-Pipit's eggs contained a Cuckoo's egg. 



