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blue colour, and entirely without spots. The nest was placed about a foot above the 

 surface of a marsh, in a bush which was growing out of it. 



11. A missel thrush's egg, which I look about four years ago, along with three 

 other's, the same is much pointed at the smaller end, is of a beautiful dark blue, un- 

 stained by a single mark, save at the large end, where a zone of thickly plaited under- 

 the-shell-like blotches encircle it. It is a beautiful egg, but I am sorry to say that 

 since I took it the deep blue has faded very much. 



12. A light blue or dirty whitish blue specimen of a Richardson's skua from 

 Orkney. 



13. An almost white specimen of a great northern diver's egg. 



14. A kestrel's egg almost white, or more closely resembliug a very light-coloured 

 sparrow-hawk's. 



I could mention a few more, but the above are the most peculiar. The blue 

 specimens of chaffinch's eggs are comparatively common, as well as others I have 

 mentioned in this list, but some, I flatter myself, are not so, such as the common fowl's 

 egg, the great northern divers, Richardson's skua's, tree pipit's, &c., as mentioned 

 above. — /. A. Harvie Brown. 



PEOCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society. 



Anniversary Meeting, January 22, 1866. — F. P. Pascoe, Esq., President, in the 

 chair. 



An Abstract of the Treasurer's Accounts for 1865 was read by Mr. Wilkinson, one 

 of the Auditors, and showed a balance in favour of the Society of £78 11*. I Of/. 



The following gentlemen were elected to form the Council for 1866 (namely): — 

 Sir John Lubbock, Messrs. Bates, Dunning, McLachlau, Moore, Pascoe, W. W. 

 Saunders, Edwin Shepherd, A. F. Sheppard, S. Stevens, Alfred R. Wallace, J. J. Weir, 

 and Prof. Westwood. 



The following Officers for 1866 were afterwards elected (namely): — President, 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart., F.R.S., &c. ; Treasurer, Mr. S. Stevens ; Secretaries, 

 Messrs. Edwin Shepherd and Dunning; Librarian, Mr. Janson. 



The President announced that one of the Prizes offered for Essays of sufficient 

 merit on Economic Entomology had been awarded to Alexander Wallace, Esq., M.D., 

 M.R.C.P., of Beverley House, Colchester, for his Memoir " On Ailaulhiculture." 



The President then read the annual Address on the present position aud future 

 prospects of the Society, &c. 



A vole of thauks to Mr. Pascoe for his conduct in the chair was carried by 

 acclamation, and he was requested to allow his Address to be published in the 

 Journal of Proceedings. The vote was appropriately acknowledged, aud the request 

 acceded to. 



A vole of thanks to the other Officers for 1865 was also carried, and acknowledged 

 by Mr. S. Stevens and Mr. Dunning. 



