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of Birds in the British Museum, Dr. Sharpe informed the 

 meeting that he had, on the 11th September last^ com- 

 pleted his twenty fifch year of service in charge of the bird- 

 collection of the British ]^Iaseum, and that he estimated that 

 the collection of skins had increased during that time from 

 about 40,000 to 370,000, and the collection of eggs from 

 about 6000 to 49.000 specimens. 



Mr. Tegetmeier exhibited a skin of a Pheasant, which he 

 considered to be a hybrid between Thaumalea picta and 

 Phasianus colchicus. 



The Rev. H. H. Slater exhibited and made remarks 

 upon a sixth British example of the BaiTed Warbler {Sylvia 

 nisoria) , -^hich he had obtained on the Norfolk coast on the 

 27th of August last. It was an adult female, which had 

 evidently bred during the last season, as was shown by the 

 condition of the ovary and oviduct. He thought that by 

 careful search the Barred Warbler might be found to be a 

 breeding species in the Eastern Counties. 



The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, 

 the 17th of November 1897, at the Restaurant Frascati, 

 32 O.xford Street ; the Dinner at 7 p..m. 



(Signed) 

 Philip Crowley, R, Bowdler Sharpe, 



Chairman. Editor. 



Howard Sauxders, 

 Sec. &; Treas. 



