BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB 



KTo. XI* VI. 



The fortY-fifth meeting of tlie Club ^vas held at the 

 Ptestaurant Frascati, 3.2 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 

 16th of June, 1897. ■ 



Chairman: Dr. F. Penrose. 



Members i^resent : — E. Bidwell, W. F. Brockholes, Dr. 

 F. D. Drewitt, Dr. H. 0. Forbes, W. R. Ogilvie Graxt, 

 E. Hartert, Col. P. W. L^Estrange, G. E. Lodge, A. H. 

 Macphersox, E. Neale, Pl. Nesham, H. Noble, C. E. 

 Pearson, Hon. L. W. Rothschild, Hon. N. C. Rothschild, 

 H. F. Witherby, J. Young. 



Visitors : Captain Bacon, W. W. Fo^YLER, Dr. E. Gwynn, 

 Prof. F. Werner, C. A. Witchell. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild exhibited a specimen of 

 Cory's Bittern [Ardetta neoxena, Cory), from Canada. It 

 Tras believed to be the only specimen in any museum in 

 England. Some ornithologists had regarded this bird as a 

 melanism o1 Ardetta exilis, but it was now generally admitted 

 to be a distinct species. (See A. 0. U. Check-List, 1895, 

 p. 70.) 



Mr. Rothschild exhibited a pair of Eclectus Cornelia, 

 Bonap. This fine Parrot had hitherto been known only 

 from females which had died in captivity; but recently 

 Mr. W. Doherty and Mr. A. H. Everett had collected a 



[June 30th, 1S97.] 



