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Mr. Edgak Chance exhibited a series of Cuckoo eggs 

 with Meadow-Pipit fosterers, taken by himself during the 

 past three seasons. It is probable that this is the finest 

 series ever made by a single collector, and particulars of 

 these eggs and the conclusions Mr. Chance has drawn from 

 them will be found in ' British Birds ' Magazine. 



Mr. C. V. Stonet exhibited a series of Crossbills^ eggs 

 from Co. Wicklow, together with the first recorded nest from 

 Co. Dublin. Also a fine series of eggs from Co. Donegal, 

 including Chaffinch, Bullfinch, and Goldfinch (including 

 albinisms), Twite^ Lesser Redpoll, Siskin, and Tree-Sparrow, 

 showing great variation and many rare types. 



Mr. Geo. R. Humphreys exhibited a clutch of five Corn- 

 Bunting, Emberiza c. calandra, collected by him in County 

 Dublin on 29th May, 1920, which is an early data for 

 Ireland. 



Three of the eggs were of the normal type, with ground- 

 colour of greyish-white suffused with light brown and 

 showing dark brown spots and lines. The remaining two 

 were devoid of the dark blue markings, and so closely 

 resembled a type of the egg of the Cuckoo that certain 

 members present declared them to be Cuckoos' eggs. 



Mr. P. F. Bunyard, who subsequently very carefully 

 examined the clutch and made comparisons of the weights 

 and texture of the grain of the shell, states, without the 

 slightest doubt, all the eggs are those of the Corn-Bunting. 



Mr. H. KiRKE SwANN exhibited a pair of eggs of Aquila 

 rapax albicans from Lahej, South Arabia, together with a pair 

 of the typical form {A. rapax rapax) from South Africa, and 

 a few eggs of the Indian form (A. rapax vindJiiana), which is, 

 of course, commoner in collections. He also showed three 

 eggs of the Griff on-Vulture ( Gyps fulvus fulvus) , taken in 

 Spain this year by himself, showing an extreme variation in 

 size. The birds were put off the two larger eggs, which 

 were incubated, but not off the small one, which was fresh 

 when found on April 7th, an unusually late date. 



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