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Captain Lynes, R.N., exhibited a small collection of eggs 

 obtained by him during the visit he made to the Middle 

 Atlas in 1919, and described in 'The Ibis' ot' Jan. 1920. 



The exhibit included the following novelties : — 



Eremopliila alpestris atlas Whitaker. Atlas Shore- 

 Lark. 

 Parus ater atlas Meade- Waldo. Atlas Coal-Tit. 

 Sitta europcea atlas Lynes. Atlas Nuthatch. 

 Erithacus rubecula atlas Lynes. Atlas Robin. 



And probably in this category should also be included the 

 eggs of the Skylark, a southern race whose exact status is 

 yet undetermined. 



The chief interest of the remainder, which were eggs of 

 well-known British species, lay in their illustrating the fact 

 that, although in the majority of cases belonging to quite 

 distinct southern races of the birds, they differed, if at all, 

 only in small degree from the eggs laid by the northern 

 forms. 



These included : — 



Chaffinch Race. Fringilla coelehs africana Lev. 



Wren Race. Troglodytes t. kahylomini Hart. 



Tree- Creeper Race. Certhia hracliydactyla maure- 



tanica With. 

 Great-Tit Race. Parus major excelsus Buvry. 

 SuBALPiNE Warbler Race. Sylvia cantellans inornata 



Temm. 

 Wheatbar Race. Saxicola eenanthe seeholimi Dixon. 

 Redstart Race. Phcenicurus phcenicurus algeriensis 



Klein. 

 Pibu-Flycatcher Race. Muscicapa atricapilla sjjecu- 



ligera Bp. 

 Nightjar Race. Caprimulgus europeus meridionalis 



Hart. 



Mr. R. H. Read exhibited a series of nests and eggs, 

 including a fine nest and four eggs of the Parrot-( Crossbill 

 from Sweden, Pine Grosbeak, Mealy Redpoll, Ortolan, Lap- 



