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a whole, was that o£ a male. This bird was moulting, and 

 all the young feathers bursting through their sheaths were 

 of the typical male type; hence, had the bird lived, it 

 would probably, in time, have lost all traces of this derange- 

 ment. From the small size of the spurs it was evidently a 

 young bird. 



The ovaries of the females were diseased, but the genital 

 glands of the male seemed to be perfectly healthy. 



An interesting discussion followed, in wliich several 

 Members of tiie Club took part. The Hon. Walter Roth- 

 schild, who had taken particular interest in this matter, 

 promised to bring up his fine collection of Pheasants and 

 other game-birds assuming the plumage of the opposite 

 sex for exhibition at the next Meeting of the Club on the 

 10th of January. 



It was hoped that Dr. Hammond Smith would also be 

 present on that occasion and would exhibit, and make 

 remarks on, various examples of Pheasants assuming the 

 plumage of the other sex. 



Mr. P. F. BuNYARD exhibited and described eggs of the 

 following sj)ecies : — 



Bar-tailed Godwit. {Li7nosa lapponica.) A series of 

 fourteen clutches from South Varanger, nine of which Imd 

 been received recently ; all were taken by Helge Lilliestierna, 

 a well-known Scandinavian collector, who has seen thirty- 

 five nests of this species in situ. Very few well-authenticated 

 eggs had reached this country ; in the National Museum 

 there were eighteen, but few of these were in clutches. Eggs 

 of L. limosa might be separated from those of L. lapponica 

 by their warmer ground-colour and smoky appearance. 



One beautiful variety in the scries of L. lapponica had 

 the ground-colour pale greenish-blue, sparingly marked with 

 olive-brown. 



Three of the clutclics of L. lapponica and the scries of 

 eggs of the L. limusa shown by Mr. Bunyard had been kindly 

 lent l)y Mr. J. M. Goodall for exhibition. 



