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had been pLaced in Mr, Eagle Clarke's hands. This an- 

 nouncement was received with unanimous approbation. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited a number of 

 Birds-of-Paradise with their eggs, all of which had been 

 properly identified. They consisted of examples of the 

 following species : — 



JElurcedus maculosus, Ramsay. 

 Chlamydera cervitiiventris, Gould. 

 Parotia lawesi, Ramsay. 

 Lophorhina minor, Ramsay. 

 Ptilorhis victorice, Gould. 

 Seleucides ignotus, ShaAv. 

 Paradisea raggiana, Sclater. 

 Paradisea rudolphi (Finsch). 

 Manucodia atra (Lesson). 

 Manucodia comi'ii, Sclater. 

 Plionygama jamesii, Sharpe. 



In addition to these the Tring Museum possessed two 

 broken eggs ofDrepanornis albertisi cervinicauda, Sclater, and 

 the eggs of two unidentified species. Mr. Rothschild said 

 that the hitherto unknown forms would be figured and 

 described elsewhere. 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant exhibited two examples of 

 supposed hybrids between Red Grouse and Ptarmigan, and 

 made the following remarks : — 



" I have the pleasure of exhibiting this evening two birds 

 which I believe to be hybrids between Red Grouse and 

 •Ptarmigan, the first I have ever seen which have every 

 appearance of being genuine. All the other specimens which 

 have from time to time been sent to me as examples of this 

 hybrid, as well as the bird figured by Mr. J. G. Millais in 

 his ' Game Birds and Shooting Sketches/ were no doubt 

 merely partial albino varieties of the Red Grouse. 



" The first specimen I have to show was killed at Kinloch 

 Rannoch, Perthshire, on the 9th of September, 1907, by 



