h U L Ij 1:A ly 



or THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB, 



"Nc. jCIZ'KVI, 



The thirty-fifth raeeting of ^he Club Tvas held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street; on AYednesday^ the 

 20th of May, 1896. 



Chairman: P. L. 3clat£r^ F.R.S. 



Members j^reseiu \ — E. Bid'nvj.ll, Philip Crowley, TV. E. 



De WlXTOK, J. H. GUKXEY, EkXST KaKTEET, J. G. MlLLAIS, 



W. R. Ogiltie Gkaxt, F. Pexi.ose, A. B. R. Tkevor- 

 . Battye, C. a. Wkigiit. 



A paper, illustrated by specimens, was read from Dr. E. 

 A. S. Elliot, describing the ceasoval i-hanges of jDlmnage 

 in the Long-tailed Duck [Hardda ijlocialis). Dr. Elliot 

 remarhed as follo'.TS : — 



"The seasonal change in thi^ Duck is particularly inter- 

 esting, in that the species diners from most of the Anaiidcs 

 in having a complete summer plumage. 



" This change is awe to a complete moult of the pattern 

 on the head, neck, aud dorsal li-giou in tbe male, and to a 

 thorough moult in Tue femcile, executing the white feathers 

 of the belly and the wings. Tins moult takes place before 

 the birds move north vrard-^., and '-t is ;:''-'hcnge which we may 

 suppose to bring it more in harn^ony '.vith the surroundings 

 [Mai/ 30ih, 1S96,] 



