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ii siiuiU flock in some fir-trees near Havvkliurst, Sussex, 

 on the 2oth October, 1905. The flock contained some 

 rosy adult birds. The two killed were forwarded to 

 Mr. G. Bristowe, of St. Leonards, and were seen by the 

 exhibitor on the following- day. Mr. Ticehurst remarked : 

 " I exhibit the bird because there are so few records of its 

 occurrence in the British Isles, which are beyond susj^icion, 

 many so-called occurrences having* been proved to be escaped 

 cag-e-birds, while in 1889 many examf)les were imported 

 frozen. 



" On October 30th, 1890, an adult male in rosy jjluinag-e 

 was shot by Dr. Dixon near Annesle}^ in Notts, and 

 recorded by Mr. J. Whitaker. This example is in the 

 collection of Mr. Musters." 



Mr. Haktekt remarked that he had once caught half a 

 dozen Pine-Grosbeaks in a short time in the garden of the 

 Zoological Museum at Konig-sberg, in East Prussia, where 

 it is not rare in certain winters. 



Dr. ScLATER exhibited an eg'g of the Kakelaar {Irrisor 

 viridis) recently received from his friend Mr. Alfred D. 

 MHlar (Col. Memb. B.O.U.), of Durban. The eg-g- had 

 been taken at Isiping-o, ISTatal, on the 8th of October 

 last, and was one of a clutch of three fresh eggs placed 

 in the deserted nest of a Golden-tailed Woodj)ecker 

 (Gamjjothera ahitujdoni). The bird was found sitting" in 

 the hole, and flew off while Mr. Millar was eng-aged in 

 cutting- out the nest. A second nest of this bird had also 

 been taken by Mr. Millar last season. 



The egg-, like that exhibited by Major Sparrow (Bull. 

 B.O.C., XV., no. cxii., p. 39), was of a uniform pale 

 verditer-blue, and measured 1*0 by '65 in. 



There was no sj^ecimen of the eg-g- of any species of the 

 sub-family Irrisoriiicc in the British Museum. 



Dr. ScLATER called attention to the very interesting 

 Chinese Fishing--Cormorants now bting- ('xhil)ited at the 

 London Hippodrome. The birds (apparently I'hatacrocorax 



