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THE EIGHTH OOLOGIOAL DINNER. 



The Eighth Oologioal Dinner was held at Pagani's 

 Restaurant on 8th September, 1920. Dr. H. Langton 

 took the Chair in the unavoidable absence o£ the Lord 

 Rothschild, thirty-four gentlemen being present. 



The Chairman, after his opening remarks, exhibited 

 fourteen clutches of Chaffinchs' eggs showing extreme 

 variation. 



Mr. P. B. Smyth exhibited a fine series of the Corn- 

 Bunting. 



Colonel R. Sparrow showed a series of eggs, including : — 



C/4. C. carduelis africanus (Algiers, April 1920). 



C/2. S. Jiortulanus (Tunis, 20. iv. 20, very boldly marked). 



C/3. C. c. chlorotica (Haifa, Palestine, 15. iv. 19). 



C/2. Fringillaria capensis. 



C/2. Fringillaria tahapisi, 



C/3. F. cirlus (Somme, France, a fine erythristic set, 

 6.V.16). 



Dr. Percy Rendall exhibited : — 



(a) Two eggs of Little Owl (Herefordshire), half incu- 

 bated and quite black, with small portions of the elytra of 

 beetles adhering to their roughened shells. 



(6) Tawny Owl (Somerset), well marked with genuine 

 brown pigment. 



(c) Kestrel (Wilts), a remarkable set with two eggs 

 sparsely marked on clear white ground. 



(d) Merlin (Orkney), a set of three, of which two eggs 

 were marked at the small ends only. 



