BULLETIN (^ ^^^ 2^^^' 

 OF THE ^^»J^onal Mu^^'^ 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB. 



]^©. CCXIX. 



The two-liuudred-and-slxteenth Meeting of the Club was 

 held at Pagani's Restaurant,. 42-18 Great Portland Street, 

 W., on Wednesday, November 8th, 1916. 



Chairman : Mr. Thomas Parkin. 



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

 C. D. Borrer ; P. F. Bunyard ; A. Ezra; J. Gerrard ; 

 G. GuRNEY ; C. Ingram ; Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain ; G. C. 

 Lambert ; H. Langton ; H. Munt ; C. E. Pearson ; 

 F. R, Ratclife ; R. H. Read ; C. B. Rickett ; D. Seth- 

 Smith (^Editor) ; C. G. Talbot-Ponsonby [Hon. Sec. ^ 

 Treasurer}; H. F. Witherby. 



Guests: — W.Reynolds; W. Rowan ; G. V. AYebster; 

 H. Wistler. 



Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker exhibited the eggs oi Propasser 

 edwardsi and Carpodacus erythrinus roseatus, and made the 

 following remarks : — 



" The eggs of Propasser edwardsi which I now exhibit 

 are the first of tliis species, I believe, which have ever 

 reached England in a perfect state. In 1915 I received 

 fragments of eggs of this beautiful Finch, together with 

 some rough skins of the parent-birds, w^hich, though too 

 fragmentary to be worth keeping, w^ere quite sufficient to 

 enable me to identify the species. Four clutches were 

 {November Tiih. 191C.] vol. xxxvil 



