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Mr. H. MuNT had been chosen to audit the accounts of 

 the Clab, in the place of Mr. D. Seth-Smith. 



The Chairman announced that the first Discussion of 

 the next Session would take place at the November Meeting 

 on : — , 



"The Bearing of Oology on Systematic Ornithology." 

 Opened by the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain^ M.A. 

 Opposed by Dr. E. Hartert. 



The Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain exhibited a nest of the Serin 

 Finch (^Serinus canarius serinus) taken at Vejer de la 

 Frontera^ Spain, on May 8, 1915, in which a row of black 

 feathers projected perpendicularly upward from the interior 

 of the nest to a height of over 1|- inches, thus forming a 

 screen which effectually concealed the sitting-bird. No 

 other Serin's nest examined by the speaker showed any 

 sign of this unusual construction. 



Mr. Jourdain also read a letter from Mr. H. M. Upcher 

 to Mr. Witherby, in which he stated that a friend had 

 twice seen a Cuckoo lay its e^^ on the grass and place it 

 in a Wagtail's nest by means of its bill. It was generally 

 agreed that this method is frequently adopted by the 

 Cuckoo, and that in the case of such species as the Willow- 

 Wren, Wren, Goldcrest, Tit-mice, etc., no other process would 

 be possible. 



Dr. VAN SoMEREN sciit for exhibition six new birds from 

 Uganda, which he proposed to name 



Turdinus ugandse, sp. n. 



Adult male. Most nearly allied to T. fulvescens of Cassin 

 and of Bates (' Ibis,-" 1907), but differs in having the throat 

 pure white, not sharply differentiated, but merging gradually 

 into the grey on the side of the head and the olive-brown of 

 the breast. In T. fulvescens the throat is grey with distinct 



