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Brecon Hills^ but though we have made enquiries we have 

 received no definite information. 



" This is but a sorry report. It is satisfactory only 

 from one point : egg-looters have only succeeded in robbing 

 one of the four nests. 



" We rejoice to say that the vast majority of landed 

 proprietors and farmers are now keenly interested in and in 

 full sympathy with the Kite-protection movement. This we 

 attribute almost entirely to the very generous and tactful 

 action taken by Lord Cawdor in the matter. Not only has 

 he paid all the night-watchers, but both he and one of his 

 sons as well as his agent, Mr. Drummond, have visited the 

 locality and have convinced the whole neighbourhood that 

 it is a privilege and a duty to protect this rare and beautiful 

 species.^^ 



On the motion of ]Mr. Ogilvie-Grant it was unanimously 

 decided that a letter should be sent from the Members of 

 the Club to Lord Cawdor, to express their great appreciation 

 of the active part which he had taken in the preservation of 

 the Kites in Wales. 



Mr. M. J. NicoLL exhibited British-killed examples of the 

 following species : — 



1. The Brown Flycatcher {Alseonax latirostris, Raflfl.). 



A male specimen shot near Lydd in Kent on the 21st of 

 May, 1909. This bird, the first British example, was brought 

 to Mr. Bristow of St. Leonardos, and was examined in the 

 flesh by Mr. J. L. Bonhote and Dr. N. F. Ticehurst. 



2. The Red-rumped Swallow {Hii-undo rufula, Temm.). 

 Shot at Jury Gap near Lydd on the 16th of May, 1909. 



This bird, the second recorded British example, was examined 

 in the flesh by Mr. Nicoll, after it had been sent to 

 Mr. Bristow for preservation. 



Mr. NicoLL also exhibited a male example of the White- 

 collared Flycatcher [Muscicapa collaris, Bechst.) which had 

 been procured at Giza on the 14th of April, 1909. It was 

 the first time the species had been recorded from Egypt. 



