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the Treasurer) of an entrance fee of One Pound and 

 a subscription of Seven Shillings and Sixpence for 

 the current session. Any lady members of the 

 Union shall be admitted as Honorary or Extra- 

 ordinary Members of the Club, and may attend as 

 such at the annual combined dinner in March." 



The Chairman pointed out that this resolution would 

 have to be confirmed by the Committee and by the Annual 

 Meeting of the Club. 



Mr. Clifford Borrer exhibited the following varieties of 

 British Birds, all taken in Norfolk, except the Snipe : — 



Skylark. Three examples, all showing different phases 

 of the sandy variety. 



Moorhen, An immature specimen spotted with white on 

 the back. 



Starling. An immature bird of a bluish-white and 

 variegated colour — a most unusual variety. 



Hedge Accentor. A bird with a white mantle. Varieties 

 in this species appear to be uucommon. 



Snipe. A specimen of the common sandy variety. 



Knot. A very pale variety. 



Lord Rothschild and Dr. Ernst Hartert exhibited and 

 desi-ribed some Flycatchers from the Solomon Islands, and 

 made the following remarks : — 



In the ' Novitates Zoologicse,' 1901 to 1908, we have in 

 various places mentioned specimens of "Rhipidura cockerelli " 

 from the islands of Guadalcanar (the "terra typica"), Ren- 

 dova, Vella Lavella, Choiseul, and Bougainville, and we 

 described as a new species Rhipidura albina from Kulam- 

 bangra. When Mr. Goodson put out the whole series to be 

 re-arranged in the new cabinets it became obvious that 

 nearly every island has its own form, and that Rh. albina 

 should be looked upon as one of the subspecies of Rh. 

 cockerelli. We must, therefore, recognize the following 

 forms : — 



