Vol. XXX vii.] 58 



Mr. R. H. Read remarked upon the scarcity o£ Song- 

 Thrushes this year — a result, he thought, of the very cold 

 winter. 



Mr. Chase said that in the Midlands Thrushes, Black- 

 birds, Moorhens^ and several otlier species had become quite 

 rare since the winter, while summer migrants were unusually 

 plentiful. 



Mr. WiTHERBY stated that it had been definitely ascer- 

 tained by ringing that a considerable proportion of Song- 

 Thrushes, Lapwings, and Woodcock, and a smaller proportion 

 o£ Blackbirds bred in Great Britain migrated to Ireland 

 (see Brit. Birds, vol. x. p. 215), but unfortunately the 

 weather conditions in Ireland had been equally disastrous 

 (see Irish Nat. 1917, p. 89). 



Dr. Hartert said he feared that the Gold-crest and the 

 Long-tailed Tit had become practically extinct at Tring. 



It was suggested that at one of the earlier meetings in 

 the next Session the subject of the diminution of resident 

 1)irds, caused by the cold winter, and the alleged increase of 

 summer migrants should be further discussed, when more 

 data might be available. 



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

 day, the lOth of October, 1917, at PAGANI'S RESTAUEANT, 

 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. 4. 



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

 at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to 

 give notice beforehand to the Editor at 34 Elsworthy 

 Road, N.AV. 3, and to place in his liands not later than 

 at the meeting MSS. for publication in the Bulletin.] 



(Signed) 

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

 Chairman. Editor. Sec. ^- Treas. 



