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of his beautifully prepared aud carefully labelled specimens, 

 which formed part of the . Hume Collection, are now to 

 be found in the British Museum. His most important 

 ornithological work was done when, as an ofl&cer in the 

 Forest Department of the Indian Empire, he was in charge 

 of the Thoungyin Valley in Tenasserim {cf. Str. F. ix. 

 pp. 138-198 j. 



Colonel Bingham was also a proficient Hymenopterist and 

 Lepidopteristj and after the death of Mr. W. T. Blanford 

 he undertook the editorship of the ' Fauna of British India.^ 

 At the time of his death he was engaged in completing the 

 volumes on the Butterflies which form a part of that series. 



The TiiEAsuKER made his annual statement as to the 

 financial affairs of the Club, which were shown to be in 

 a very satisfactory state. Mr. H. E. Dresser had duly 

 audited the accounts and certified them to be correct. 



Mr. H. F. WiTHERBY exhibited an adult female specimen 

 of the Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) which had been 

 sent to him by Mr. H. N. Pashley, the taxidermist of Cley, 

 Norfolk. The bird had been shot by a local gunner at 

 Cley on October the 19th, 1908, and was the first recorded 

 occurrence of the species in Norfolk and the twentieth in 

 the British Isles. 



On behalf of Mr. F. I. Richards, Mr. Witherby also 

 exhibited a mature male example of the Red-breasted 

 Flycatcher {Muscicapa parva). The bird, which was in 

 very fine plumage, had been shot by a local gunner at Cley, 

 Norfolk, on September the 24th, 1908 {cf. 'British Birds' 

 (Mag.), ii. p. 200). 



He also showed a mature male example of the Blue-headed 

 Wagtail {Mot acilla flava flav a), -which had likewise been shot 

 by a local fowler at Cley, on September the 23rd, 1908. 



