BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB. 



No. CCLXXIII. 



THE TWELFT:^''4oLOGICAL DI15TNER *. 



[•^4^11-29 1923 ^^ 



The Twelfth OologiV^l Dinner was held a« Pagani's 

 Restaurant on March l5th4|M|j.^j l^tS^S^NT took the 

 Chair in the absence of Lord KOTttSehiTiJ;"" 



The evening was devoted to the " Cuckoo Problem/' an(^ 

 all members of the B. 0. C. were invited to attend. About 

 80 members -and their guests were present. 



A paper by Mr. Stuart Baker had already appeared 

 in the ' Bulletin of the B. 0. C.,' and Mr. Edgar Chance 

 read the following paper replying to it : — 



In Mr. Stuart Baker's very interesting paper on the 

 Cuckoo, he selects for discussion eight out of the many 

 fascinating problems with which Cuckoos have puzzled 

 mankind all down the ages. 



In my recently published book I express my opinion upon 

 many more than the eight points selected by Mr. Baker. 

 The ten drawers of exhibits which I have the pleasure of 

 showiog here to-night provide evidence upon, if not in every 



* [As this matter is tbe report of the discussion following on the 

 paper read by Mr. Stuart Baker on " Cuckoo Problems " which has 

 already appeared in the ' Bulletin of the B. 0. C (vol. xlii. pp. 93-112), 

 it is thought advisable that it should appear in the same publi- 

 cation. — Ed.] 



[January Qth, 1923.] b vol. xliii. 



