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calJy worked the Camargue — the wild marshy district about 

 the mouths of the Rhone — and found some 115 species of 

 birds there. He observed flocl<:s of 500-600 Flamingoes on 

 the etang of Valcares, which covers an area of about 30 square 

 miles, though not more than 2 feet deep_, and watched their 

 way of feeding on a small crustacean [Artemia salina) \ inch 

 in length -and existing in myriads. The Flamingoes were 

 not nesting, and perhaps would not do so this year, as the 

 season had been exceptionally dry. The Red-crested Pochard 

 {Fuligula rvfina) was a tolerably common breeding species, 

 nesting iinder dense masses of purslane, and in the same 

 cover two pairs of Pintail {Dafila acuta) were undoubtedly 

 breeding : a very considerable extension southward of the 

 known breeding-range of this Duck. 



Mr. E. Hartert made some remarks on the ornitho- 

 logical treasures in the Museum of Kiel, which he had 

 recently visited. Besides the Boie and Rehn collections, 

 there were several other birds of great interest ■' to be. seen 

 there, including a Nestor productus and a fine Alca im- 

 pennis. 



The Editor announced that the titlepage and index to 

 Vol. III. of the ' Bulletin ' would be distributed shortly, 

 along with Mr. Degen's paper on " Some of the Main 

 Features in the Evolution of the Bird''s Wing,'^ which would 

 appear as Vol. II. of the 'Bulletin' of the British Ornitho- 

 lo2;ists' Club. 



The next Meeting of the Club will take place on Wednes- 

 day, October 24th, 1894. 



(Signed) 



P. L. SCLATER, R.BoWDLEU Sharpe, Howard Saunders, 

 Chah-'uifin. Editor. Sec. ^y Treas. 



