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P E E F A C E. 



The second session of the British Ornithologists^ Club has 

 been productive of as much useful and important work as 

 that of the first session. Several papers on the history and 

 distribution of Palasarctic birds have been contributed to 

 the meetings, and the exhibition of two unrecorded eggs of 

 the Great Auk is suflficient to endow the proceedings of 

 the Club for 1893-94' with more than ordinaiy interest. 



The roll of members has steadily increased, and now 

 numbers 102. 



The communications during the last session have been 

 7^. Eight new generic titles have been proposed, and forty- 

 six new species and subspecies described. 



(Signed) R. BOWDLER SHARPE, 



Editor, 



July 27th, lS9i, 



