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tlie folour of the hack, Mliicli still retained the streaked 

 appearance indicated by Latham. 



Dr. Sharpe also stated that the type of Grus ci/ierea Jungi- 

 rostris, T. & S., in the Leyden Museum, showed that this 

 name applied to Grus mexicana and not to Grus canadensis , 

 as was generally stipposed to be the case. 



Mr. ScLATER made some remarks on the splendid series 

 of mounted birds, illustrative of the Italian avifauna, vrliich 

 .had been collected for the Museum of the Reale Istituto 

 degli Studii Superiori. of Florence, by Dr. E. H. Giglioli. 

 The most recent addition to the ornis of Italy was stated 

 to be Lanhis algei'ieasi-s. 



He also mentioned the migratory birds which had visited 

 the s.s. ' Oruba,^ between Gibraltar and JNIalta, fi'om March 

 29t.h to April 1st. He had been disappointed at the small 

 numbers observed. Those recognized were the Swallow, hen 

 Redstart, Song-Thrush, Wheatear, and Ptobin. A Nightjar 

 Avas on the ship for several hours on April 1st, when nearing 

 Naples. 



The Hon. Walteii Plothschild exhibited a curious me- 

 lanistic variety of a Ptazorbill {Alca torda), and examples 

 of some interesting Asiatic species, Merula kessleri, Ibido- 

 rhynchus kanfnianni. &c. 



Mr. PtOBERT Read exhibited a Black-headed Gull, which 

 had nearly attained the plumage of the adult, but had the 

 bill and feet of an orange colour. 



Dr. Bowdler Sharpe read a paper, illustrated by diagrams, 

 on fossil birds, showing our present state of knowledge of 

 extinct species. 



The next IMeeting will take place on May 17th, at the 

 Restaurant Frascati (Krasuopolsky), 32 Oxford Street, W,, 



