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paliugs, the female aloiie doiug all tlie work 

 of feeding and defending the young by feigning 

 injury. 



25-31. Corn-Bunting [Emberiza miliaria). Feeding the 

 young with caterpillars, moths, flies, and berries. 

 Some remarks were added on the habits of the 

 male, which apparently takes no share in building 

 the nest, brooding, or in feeding the young till 

 after they are fledged, but spends his time in 

 challenging other males. 



32. Nest of Wood-Warbler {Phylloscopus sibilatrix), 

 containing some feathers in the lining. 



33-42. Nightjar [Caprimulgus europceus) and young. 

 Female brooding ; luring away the young ; standing 

 by the eggs ; and an attempt to show the beautiful 

 position of the wings when the bird erects them 

 and ''sails'' on to the eggs. Other slides showed 

 stages of development in a young bird, including 

 the attitudes it assumes when sunning itself on 

 the ground, also when perching and erecting its 

 wings. 



43-56. Young of the Common Bittern (Boiaurus stel- 

 laris). Showing the characteristic pose when 

 walking ; when defending itself; and when en- 

 deavouring to conceal itself amongst the reeds ; 

 also a photograph of the nest. 



Mr. W. BiCKERTON then showed some excellent photo- 

 graphic slides. 



1-14. The Wood-Wren (^Phylloscopus sibilatrix). 

 " The Haunt of the Wood-Wren " ; its nest and 

 esras ; the interior of the nest shown to be devoid 

 of feathers ; the parent birds approaching the nest 

 with food and leaving it again after feeding the 

 young. A dead branch had been pushed into the 

 ground just over the nest, and the parents in- 

 variably used this as a perch both on going to 

 the nest and on leaving it. Among other points 

 illustrated were the following: — {a) that caterpillars. 



