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The next series of photographs shown depicteLl Waders at 

 the moutli of the River Tay, feeding and bathing. These 

 studies were taken by hiding in a tent which had been 

 placed in some likely spot, and " snapping ^^ anything which 

 came along. Several very successful photographs were 

 secured in this way, particularly that of the Oystercatchers 

 courting. 



This series included : — 



Sandpipers, ? species. 



Redshank (Toianus totanus) feeding. 



Jjavwing {Vanellus vaneilus). 



Ringed Plover (^jEgialitis hiaticula). 



Oystercatchers (Hcematoptis ostralegus) courting. 



Black-headed Gulls (Lams ridibundus) bathing and 

 courting. 



Other slides shown by Miss Turner represented : — 



A family of Coots [Fulica atra) . 



Two Herons {Ardea cinerea) wading. 



Canada Geese [Branta canadensis) flying at dawn. 



A Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) feeding. 



Flocks of Dunlins (Tringa alpina) on Holy Island. 



Tree-Pipits [Anthus trivialis), etc.; etc. 



The Chairman of the B.O.C. exhibited 55 excellent 

 Lantern-slides illustrating the three Regions of Algeria, 

 viz., the Tell, the Hants Plateaux, and the Desert, which 

 he described as follows : — 



He said that the three Regions, as well as being topo- 

 graphically very distinct, were also faunistically different. 



THE TELL REGION. 



This comprises the coastal region and the northern chain 

 of the Atlas. It is essentially Mediterranean in its character, 

 and the number of Warblers and Nightingales at once strikes 

 the observer. In the Atlas Mountains, Jays, Woodpeckers, 

 and Vultures are characteristic. In and around the Gorge 

 at Constantino, Jackdaws, Storks, Egyptian Vultures, and 



