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The following slides were among the results of Mr. Lodge's 

 visit to the Carpathian Mountains during September 1908, 

 Avhen he spent nine days concealed in the crack of a rock on 

 the summit of the Retyezat. A horse which had been killed 

 as bait was placed within ten yards of his hiding-place : — 



4 & 5. Ravens [Corvus corax); the first birds to arrive 

 at the carcase. 



6. An Imperial Eagle [Aquila heliaca), which appeared 

 on the second day. 



7-13. An immature Golden Eagle (^Aquila chrysaetus), 

 which kept at bay a party of Griffon Vultures 

 anxious to join in the feast. 

 14-23. Griffon Vultures [Gyps fulvus), which took pos- 

 session of the carcase after the above-mentioned 

 Golden Eagle had been shot. The photographs 

 showed these birds in various characteristic poses : in 

 two, the Vultures were seen erecting their scapular- 

 feathers in an extraordinary manner, to mark their 

 resentment at the intrusion of several Ravens. 



By Dr. N. F. Ticehubst : — 



1. Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus). Female sitting on her 



nest at the foot of a fir-tree. Perthshire, May 1906. 



2. Ptarmigan {Lago'pus mutus). Female sitting on her 



nest, Perthshire, May 1906. 



3. Red Grouse (Lagopus scoticus). Female standing 



beside her nest. Perthshire, May 1906. 



4. Kentish Plover {^jEgialitis alexandrina). Male sitting 



on its nest. 



5. Female sitting on the nest, male standing beside her. 



Dungeness, Kent, May 1908. 



6. Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). Male sitting on its 



nest. Tenterden, Kent, April 1908. 



7. Arctic Tern {Sterna macrura) sitting on its nest. 



Orkney, June 1906. 



8. Little Tern (Sterna minuta) brooding its young. 



Dungeness^ Kent, July 1907. 



