BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB 



No. IX. 



The eighth meeting of the Club Mas held at the Restaurant 

 Frascati^ 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 17th of 

 May, 1893. 



CJtairmun : Henry Seebohm. 



Members present i — F^. Bidwell, W. E. De Winton, H.E. 

 Dresser, H. O. Forbes, W. Graham, E, Hartert^ A. P. 

 Lloyd^ F. Penrose, Hon. AValter Rothschild, Howard 

 Saunders {Treasurer). R. Bowdler Sharpe, Charles Ston- 

 HAM, Col. R. W. Studdy^ J. T. Tristram-Valentine, H. M. 

 Upcher. 



Mr. H. 0. Forbes exhibited the eggs of some rare species 

 of birds from the Chatham Islands, amongst -which were 

 those of Thinornis novce zealandice and Gallinago pusilla, of 

 which birds the nestlings were also shown. He also exhibited 

 the egg of Cabalus modestus, which had been obtained on 

 Mangare, one of the Chatham groups by ]\Ir. Hawkins. 

 The egg was ivhite, but its Ralliue character was indicated by 

 a faint double spotting of grey and rufous. It measured : — 

 axis 1'45, diam. I'l. 



Mr. Forbes also exhibited adult males, females, and young 

 birds of Cabalus inodeslns, and remarked that there could 

 now be no question of the validity of the species, as distiuct 



[June 1st, 18V33.] 



