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CNV 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB. 



No. CCXVII. 



The two-huudred-and-fourteenth Meeting of the Club was 

 held at Pagani's Restaurant, 42-48 Great Portland Street, 

 W., on Wednesday, June 14th, 1916. 



Chairman: The Lord Rothschild, Ph.D., F.R.S. 



Members present: — E. E. Adams ; E. C. Stuart Baker ; 

 E. BiDWELL ; C. D. BoRRER ; A. D. Bradford ; P. F. 

 BuNYARD ; P. A. Buxton ; Ernest Gibson ; E. Hartert ; 

 C. Ingram; H. Langton ; H. Munt ; F. Nicholson; 

 R. H. Read ; W. E. Renaut ; C. B. Rickett ; H. F. 



WiTHERBY. 



Guests : — J. C. Hartert ; E. G. Herbert ; R. Philipson. 



Mr. Langton exhibited two nests and eggs for identi- 

 fication. The first was supposed to be that of a Blackcap, 

 the other that of a Redpoll. A discussion took place, and 

 the consensus of opinion was that the supposed Blackcap's 

 eggs were those of a Yellowhammer, and the eggs attributed 

 to the Redpoll really belonged to a Linnet. 



Mr. WiTHERBY exhibited a Great Tit's eg^ which was 

 completely covered with some black substance. The egg 

 had been sent to him by Mr. J. H. Gurney with the 



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