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from that of C. magnirostris in the same respects. The light 
blue forehead of this bird being very conspicuous, I name it 
CYORNIS MAGNIROSTRIS C@RULIFRONS, subsp. nov. 
The type is No. 12.27.912 g B.M. Coll. Locality, Klang 
Bang Lai, Siam. 
Mr. Henry J. Etwes remarked upon the present scarcity 
of Grouse in Scotland. The past breeding-season appeared 
to be good and young birds hatched well. There was very 
little actual disease, but for some reason at present un- — 
known the birds had unaccountably disappeared and very 
few young birds were shot. He suggested that a careful 
investigation of the causes of this remarkable disappearance 
should be made. 
Mr. D. A. Bannerman confirmed Mr. Elwes’s remarks, 
and said that he had spent from the 9th of August to the 
9th of September at a shooting-lodye named Remore, nine 
miles north of Dunkeld, in Perthshire. His experience was 
that the birds, after an excellent hatching-season, had de- 
creased enormously, and he was assured by his host, Mr. 
B. R. Fleming, that much smaller bags were secured (over 
dogs) than in 1916. The heather was in excellent condition 
and the moors well burnt. No dead birds were noted, and 
those shot seemed to be in good condition, without any 
trace of disease. Old and young birds were in about equal 
numbers. 
It was decided that a committee should be formed to 
inquire into the causes of the present unsatisfactory condi-— 
tions, and it was agreed to ask the following gentlemen to 
serve, with power to add to their number:—Messrs. H. J. 
Elwes, E.G. B. Meade-Waldo, J. G. Millais, and Capt. 
Hugh Gladstone. 
‘The Cuairman read a letter from Mr. W. A. Durnford, 
M.B.O.U., addressed to the Director of the British Museum 
(Natural History), asking for an opinion as to whether the 
Peewit and its eggs should be given complete protection 
