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eggs. It was built in a thick tuft of branches sprouting 

 from a recently amputated limb and was so completely 

 hidden from view that^ had I not been guided in the first 

 place by the owner, it would have been quite impossible to 

 have found it. The nest was typical of the genus — a mass 

 of moss, leaves, and rootlets welded together with soft 

 clayey mud (which was still wet) and lined with rather 

 coarse roots, tendrils, and dried plant-stems. Wishing to 

 place the identity of the eggs beyond dispute I reluctantly 

 secured the female, which is now preserved in the Natural 

 History Museum. 



The eggs are not altogether unlike small, but very richly 

 marked, examples of the Ring-Ouzel (Turdus torquatus 

 torquatus L.). The ground-colour is of a clear bluish-green, 

 somewhat heavily splashed and blotched with rusty-brown, 

 especially about the larger end. In one example the blotches 

 are more uniform in size, rather larger, and more evenly 

 distributed over the shell. In this specimen underlying 

 marks of a lilac or purplish-grey hue are also clearly visible. 

 In size the eggs measure 27'2 by 21 '4 mm. 



The next Meeting of the Cluh will be held on Wednes- 

 day, the 10th of May, 1916, at PAGANI'S EESTAURANT, 

 42-48 Great Portland Street, W. ; the Dinner at 6.45 p.m. 

 Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to 

 inform the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Talbot-Ponsonby, at 5 Crown 

 Office Row, Temple, E.C. 



[N.B. — Members who intend to make any communication 

 at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to 

 give notice hejorehand to the Editor at 34 Elsworthy 

 Road, South Hampstead, N.W., and to place in his 

 hands not later than at the meeting MSS. for publica- 

 tion in the Bulletin.] 



(Signed) 

 Rothschild, D. Seth-Smith, C. G. Talbot-Ponsonby, 



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