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6. Roseate Tern {Sterna dovgalli) on its nest in a 



similar condition. 



7. Group of five Arctic Terns [S. macrura) sitting on 



their nests on an oceanic islet : all panting^ with 

 the mandibles open. 

 8-13. Individual birds of the above group, all panting, 

 some very violently ; in some cases the feathers 

 of the breast and flanks vrere puffed out, in 

 others the wings were pushed away from the 

 sides of the body; one bird was shown panting 

 violently as it walked on to its eggs. 

 14. Group of seven Guillemots [Uria troile) nesting on 

 a ledge of tall sea-cliff, about 150 feet high: 

 five of the seven birds were panting, with their 

 mandibles open ; in all cases the wings were 

 pushed out from the flanks, and the points of 

 the wings were drooping on to the bare rock. 



Mr. Cherry Kearton, who was the guest of the Club, 

 gave a delightful and varied exhibition of cinematograph- 

 pictures taken in Great Britain, Africa, India, and Borneo. 

 To those who had already attended Mr. Kearton^s lectures 

 at the Little Queen's Hall, Langham Place, some of the 

 pictures were already familiar, but to the majority of those 

 present they were seen for the first time and duly appreciated. 

 The pictures not only included studies of birds but of many 

 wild animals, as well as reptiles and insects. In the African 

 series there were remarkable pictures of Jackson^s Whydah- 

 bird (Drepanoplectes jacksoni) displaying in the courting- 

 season ; the bird at short intervals was seen springing high 

 into the air and again dropping to the ground, where it 

 looked like a diminutive Bantam cock with an abnormally 

 long tail. There were also Weaver-birds and Sun-birds at 

 their nests, &c. The series likewise showed the hunting and 

 killing wild Lions by the Masai, armed with spears only, 

 some of the scenes being truly remarkable : there were also 

 shown pictures of the Serval Cat ; Bhinoceros charging ; and 

 herds of Buffaloes, Antelopes, Gazelles, Giraffes, and Zebras 

 galloping over the plains. In the Indian and Bornean series 



