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attentiou to the rosy tinge which the white under-surface 

 of the bird frequently exhibited. 



Extracts of letters received from Mr. W. Eagle Clarke 

 were read by Mr. H. Saunders. Mr. Clarke had systematic- 

 ally worked the Camargue — the wild marshy district about 

 the mouths of the Rhone — and had found some 115 species 

 of birds there. He had observed flocks of 500-600 Flamin- 

 goes on the etang of Valcares, which covers an area of about 

 30 square miles, though not more than 2 feet deep, and had 

 watched their way of feeding on a small crustacean [Ai'temia 

 salina) ^ inch in length and existing in myriads. The 

 Flamingoes were not nesting, and perhaps would not do so 

 this year, as the season had been exceptionally dry. The 

 Red-crested Pochard [Fuligularufina) was a tolerably common 

 breeding species, nesting under dense masses of purslane, 

 and in the same cover two pairs of Pintail {Dafila acuta) 

 were undoubtedly breeding : a very considerable extension 

 southward of the known breeding-range of this Duck. 



Mr. E. Hartert made some remarks on the ornitho- 

 logical treasures in the Museum of Kiel, which he had 

 recently visited. Besides the Boie and Behn collections, 

 there were several other birds of great interest to be seen 

 there, including a Nestor productus and a fine Alca im- 

 pennis. 



The Editor announced that the titlepage and index to 

 Vol. III. of the ' Bulletin ' would be distributed shortly, 

 along with Mr. Degen's paper on " Some of the Main 

 Features in the Evolution of the Bird^s Wing/^ which would 

 appear as Vol. II. of the 'Bulletin' of the British Ornitho- 

 logists' Club. 



Postscript. 



[The following descriptions of new species of Philippine 

 birds have been sent to me by Mr. Ogilvie Grant, who 

 has received a collection from the mountains of Northern 



