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obtained a single fresli egg from the same place/and these two 

 eggs are believed to be tlie only ones at present existing in 

 collections. I regret to add that I believe the breeding-stock 

 of this colony has been destroyed. 



'' Padre Schmitz has already described these eggs (c/. Orn. 

 Jahrbuch, 1906, pp. 25, 199). They differ considerably in 

 size from those of the other species of Petrel which breed at 

 Madeira, and approach most closely in size to those of 

 Puffinus anffIurmn,from which, however, they can be at once 

 distinguished by their much lighter weight." 



Dr. ScLATER called attention to the fact that there were 

 only two regular nesting-places of the Spoonbill [Platalea 

 levcerodia) now remaining in Holland — one the Naarder 

 Meer near Amsterdam, and the other near Helder. Of these, 

 the first had been offered for sale last year, and, had it gone 

 into the market, it would probably have been '^reclaimed." 

 Fortunately, however, it had been saved from such a sad 

 fate by the patriotic efforts of the " Society for the Preser- 

 vation of Natural Monuments ^' in Amsterdam, which had 

 purchased the Naarder Meer, in order to preserve it in its 

 ])resent " unreclaimed " condition, as a breeding-place for 

 Spoonbills and other aquatic birds. 



Mr. D, Seth- Smith exhibited an abnormally marked 

 specimen of an Australian Wea\er-Finch (Munia flaviprymna) 

 and made the following remarks: — 



" As some of those present may remember, I exhibited 

 a living specimen of this species at a meeting of the Club 

 in November 1904 (c/. Bull. B. O. C. vol. xv. no. ex. p. 22). 

 The species was then known from two or three skins, of which 

 only one had reached this country. This small Weaver- 

 Finch inhabits the interior of North-west Australia, but 

 during the droughts of the last few years it appears to have 

 migrated nearer to the coast, where its near ally M. castanei- 

 thorax exists. In 1905 a large number of living examples 

 reached this country, and I obtained about half a dozen 

 specimens, which have done well in captivity. 



