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C. ceruyinosus, Melierax polyzonus, Buteo ferox, Scops giu, 

 Asio accipitrinus, Strix fiammea, Plotus levaiUanti, Ardea 

 goUath, A. cinerea, Ardeola comata, Demiegretta gularis, 

 Butorides atricapilla, Sterna caspia, S. albigena, S. saundersi, 

 Hydrochelidon leucoptera, Rhynchops flavirostris, QLdicnemus 

 crepitans, Chettusia leucura, Rht/nchcea capensis, Hcematopus 

 ostralegus, Dramas ardeola, Cursorius gallicus, Houbara 

 arabs, Crex crex, Iiiocotis comata, and Phoenicopterus roseus. 



No. XII. (Nov. 28th, 1893.) 



The eleventh meeting of the Club was held at the Restaurant 

 Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 15th of No- 

 vember, 1893. 



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



Members present : — E. Bidwell, W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., 

 Leopold Field, H. O. Forbes, E. Hargitt, A. P. Loyd, 

 P. W. MuNN, H. J. Pearson, Howard Saunders {Treas.), 

 R. BowDLER Sharpe, G. E. Shelley, F. W. Styan, 

 E. C. Taylor, Horace Terry, A. Trevor-Battye, H. T. 

 Wharton. 



Guests : C. E. Fagan, Dr. F. Harper (Chicago), Major 

 Arthur Terry, E. Wakefield. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited and made remarks upon a speci- 

 men of what is commonly called a "King'" Parrot — i.e., a 

 variety of Psittacus erithacus stained with red (see Monteiro's 

 ' Angola,' i. p. 54) — which is said not to be uncommon at 

 Cassange, in the interior of Loanda. 



Mr. Sclater also exhibited specimens of the eggs of two 

 Caprimulgidse [Podager nacunda and Hydropsalis furcifera) 

 obtained by Mr. O. V. Aplin in Uruguay. 



Mr. F. W. Styan exhibited the type specimen of the new 



