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received this year — one completely sraaslierl en route, one 

 ■with but one egg whole, and the two now shown. These 

 t"wo clutches differ considerably, one being almost pure blue 

 and the other well spotted. They agree well with the eggs 

 of P.rhodopeplus exhibited by Mr. S. L. Whyraper last year. 

 They were taken between Gyautse and Yatung at a height 

 of 12,000 to 14,000 feet. 



" Of the clutches of P. e. roseatus which I show, one is 

 interesting from the fact that all the eggs are absolutely 

 pure white. The two clutches were taken by Capt. C. H. T. 

 Whitehead in the Kunam Valley, and in each case the 

 parent-bird was shot oif the nest, and the skin is now in 

 the British Museum.'^ 



Mr. Clifford Borrer exhibited a clutch of four eggs of 

 the Nightjar {Caprimulgus e. europceus) , taken in Norfolk in 

 June 1916. These eggs were found in one nest, and in tlie 

 opinion of the exhibitor were undoubtedly the product of 

 one female. 



The eggs had been previously shown at the recent 

 Oological Dinner, and commented on in ' British Birds ' 

 for the current month ■^. ]\Ir. Borrer contended that, apart 

 from the extreme unlikelihood of two females laying in one 

 nest, sufficient evidence could be found from a scientific 

 examination of the eggs themselves to justify his opinion. 



At Mr. Borrer's request, Mr. Bunyard had brought up 

 his unique series of Nightjars^ eggs, in order that members 

 might have an opportunity of comparing this reputed " four " 

 with almost all the known types of normal sets. 



Mr. Stuart Baker exhibited a series of Caprimulgus eggs, 

 and drew attention to two clutches of four, taken by 

 himself, and which were interesting when considered in 

 connection with the clutch of four shown by Mr. Clifford 

 Borrer, and which he (Mr. Baker) believed to be the 

 product of two birds. One of Mr. Baker^s clutches was 

 found in one nest-hollow, but they were palpably the eggs 



* 'British Birds," vol. x. pp. 130-141. 



