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BULLET 1 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB. 



No. CCI.IX. 



The two-hundred-and-fifty-sixth Meeting of the (Uub was 

 held at Pagani's Restaurant, 42-48, Groat Portland Street,W., 

 on Wednesday, April 13th, 1921. 



Chairman : W. L. ScLATEK. 



Members present : — E. C. Stuart Bakee ; D. A. Banker- 

 man; Dr. J. 0. Bevbn ; E. Bid well ; J.L.Bonhote (Bon. 

 Sec. and Treas.) ; C. D. Borrer ; P. F. Bunyard ; Col. 

 Stephenson R. Clarke ; D. E. W. Gibb ; Dr. E. Hartert; 

 T. Iredale; Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain; N. B. Kinnbar; 

 Dr. G. C. Low; Dr. P. R. Lowe (Editor) ; 0. W. Mackworth- 

 Praed ; Dr. P. H. Manson-Bahr ; G. M. Mathews ; 

 Lt.-Col. R. Meinertzhagen ; H. Munt ; C. Oldham ; 

 C. B. RiCKETT ; The Lord Rothschild ; Sir Malcolm C. 

 C. Seton ; J. Stewart ; H. F. Witherby ; R. 0. Wynne. 



Visitor : — A. Blackwood. 



Guest of the Club : — C. B. Williams. 



Mr. C. B. Williams, who had spent the last four or five 

 years in Trinidad, exhibited an interesting series oi: the nests 

 of Humming Birds, to which family he had paid a good 

 deal of attention. Among other interesting points he dwelt 

 on the habits of Phcethornis longuemarius Less., which adjusts 



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