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{i) Tliree clutches of Blyth's Heed- Warbler {A, dame- 

 toruDi) from the Altai district, showing considerable 

 variation, The.se eggs are scarce. 



ij) A clutch of the Japanese Bush-Warbler (Cettia 

 cantans) . An unusual variety. 



[k) A clutch of the scarce Urosph(Ena squameiceps from 

 Japan. 



Mr. Staines Bookman exhibited : — 



(«) A very finely-zoned set of Dartford Warbler. British 

 taken. 



(b) Three clutches of five eggs each, of the rose-coloured 

 variety of the Blackcap. All taken in Surrey within a 

 half mile radius, in 1908. 



(c) Two clutches of seven, and three of six, of tlie Wood- 

 Warbler, taken in the New Forest and Dulverton districts. 

 One set very finely marked with dark blotches^ and another 

 set very lightly marked. Other sets showing varieties. 



Mr. P. B. Smyth exhibited : — 



(«) A clutch of Whitethroat's eggs, of which two were 

 pure white, the third like a Sedge-Warbler's, and the fourth 

 like a Garden-Warbler's. 



(6) A rarely marked and abnormally large clutch of nine 

 of the Willow- Warbler. 



(c) Cuckoo with two Marsh- Warbler (British) and a 

 drawer of Marsh-Warbler's eggs, showing wide variation. 



Mr. R. H. Read exhibited a series of nests and eggs of 

 British and Continental Warblers, including several species 

 of Fhylloscopus and Hypolais. Also nests and eggs of 

 Rufous Warbler, Great Reed-Warbler. Cetti's Warbler, 

 Orphean Warbler, Spectacled -Warbler, Grasshopper - 

 Warbler, and Marsh-Warbler from Somerset and Dorset. 

 Also of Lesser Whitethroat with white eggs (Somerset), and 

 a very heavily marked set of six (Sweden). Also of Blackcap 

 with red eggs (Somerset), Garden- Warbler with pure white 

 eggs (Sussex), Dartford Warbler (Surrey), Sedge-Warbler 

 with very fine red eggs (Scotland) and another with white 



