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been forwarded, in the flesh, to Mr. Parkin for identification. 

 Two other examples of this Asiatic species had been recorded 

 from Great Britain [c/. Saunders, Man. Brit. Birds (2) p. 9 



(1899)]. 



Mr. Parkin also stated that, owing to representations 

 made to the Committee of the "Wild Birds Protection Act 

 of the County Council, the Heron {Ardea cinerea, Linn.) 

 and its eggs were now fully protected in Sussex, throughout 

 the year. 



Mr. Clifford Borrer exhibited two examples of the 

 Northern Willow-Wren {Phylloscopus trochilus eversmanni 

 (Bonap.)) and made the following remarks : — ^'I believe this 

 species is generally supposed to occur on the spring migra- 

 tion only. I have brought here to-night two specimens 

 which have been examined by Dr. Ticehurst*, and are 

 undoubtedly examples of the Northern Willow- Wren. Both 

 were shot on the Norfolk coast, one in May 1908, and the 

 second in September 1903. Mr. Witherby has informed 

 me of the occurrence of a second autumn-killed individual 

 which was obtained in October in the same locality. The 

 latter bird is now in the collection of Mr. Connop at 

 Wroxham. 



" I consider it highly probable that P. t. eversmanni is a 

 fairly regular visitor both on the spring and autumn 

 migrations." 



Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant exhibited an immature male of 

 the hybrid between the Bed Grouse and Black Grouse. 

 The specimen had been killed on the 6th of October, 1908, 

 by Mr. F. W. Stobart, in Glen Troot, Kircudbrightshire, 

 where Black Grouse are extremely plentiful. It was shot 

 during a drive when flying in company with four Red 

 Grouse. The bird was exactly of the same type as the two 

 adult males already in the British Museum, but it still 

 retained a considerable amount of the first j)lumage, par- 



* Cf. Ticehurst, Bull. B. 0. C. xxiii. p. 20 (1908). 



