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was made of a portion of the stem of the feather of a bird 

 (apparently a species of Heron), with the vanes and part of 

 the shaft removed, and the twisted thread was neatly attached 

 to an '' eye " at the larger end. 



Mr. ScLATEKalso exhibited a skin of a Rail — AinauroUmnas 

 concohr (see Scl. & Sal v. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 452),— sent to him 

 by Prof. Nation, of Lima, and made remarks on the geogra- 

 phical distribution of this species. 



This Rail was new to the fauna of "Western Pern, and 

 the specimen had been procured in a valley some 10 or 12 

 miles distant from Lima, It was a female, with the " bill 

 green and the feet and irides crimson.'-' 



On behalf of Canon Tristram, Mr. Sclater further ex- 

 hibited the second known specimen of Coracias wtiyalli, 

 Dresser (Mon. Rollers, pi. vi.) from Newala, E, Africa— the 

 same locality from which came the original tyjDc, which had 

 been unfortunately lost. This specimen served to confirm 

 the validity of the species, which had been impugned by 

 Dr. Sharpe (Cat. B, xvii. p. 23). 



Mr. DiGBY PiGOTT, C.B., exhibited some specimens of 

 shingly beach from Suffolk, in which the stones were spotted 

 in such a peculiar manner that it became almost impossible 

 to detect the eggs of Terns, which chose these surroundings 

 for their nesting-place. 



A beautiful series of eggs of the Herring-Gull [Larus 

 argentaius) from X.E. Korway were shown by ]\Ir. H. J. 

 Pearson, and amongst them were some abnormally coloured 

 es:£rs of a reddish hue. Mr. Pearson also exhibited some 

 remarkable sets of eggs of Temminck^s Stint {Actodromas 

 temmhicki), Dotterel {Eudromias morinellus), &e. 



Mr.'F. D. GoDMAN sent for exhibition an Emu's egg of 

 a beautiful blue colour, which had been laid by a bird 

 in Sir E. Loder's park in Sussex. It was evident that 

 the colouring of the egg, though of such a fine tint, was 



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