Vol. xlii.] 78 



THE ELEVENTH OOLOGICAL DINNER. 



The Eleventh Oological Dinner took place at Pagani's 

 Restaurant on Wednesday, January 18th, 1922. Dr. H. 

 Langton took the Chair in the absence of Lord Rothschild. 



The Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain exhibited : — 



(a) Clutch of five eggs of Richard*s Pipit {Anthus richardi 

 richardi) from Mongolia. Although on the British list this 

 bird does not breed to the west of the Ural Mountains, and 

 authentic eggs are practically unknown in private collections 

 in this country. 



(b) A clutch of the blue type of the Tree-Pipit (Anthus 

 trivialis trivialis) from Derbyshire. 



(c) A clutch of eggs of the Ashy-headed Wagtail (Mota- 

 cilla Jlava cinereocapilla) from a nest in a Salicornia bush 

 growing in water. Taken in S. Spain. 



{d) A set of four eggs of the Tawny Pipit {Anthus cam- 

 pestris) taken in Corsica. 



The last three sets were taken personally by the exhibitor. 



Mr. Edgar Chance exhibited : — 



(a) A drawer containing forty-eight clutches of eggs of 

 the Tree-Pipit. These were selected from his collection 

 of about 500 self-taken sets, and included extreme forms of 

 the recognized types as well as some very fine variety 

 clutches. 



Mr. Chance also showed five clutches taken from precisely 

 the same nesting territory — two in 1916, two in 1917, and 

 one in 1920, — the locality not being visited in 1918 or 1919. 



