(Platulca leucorodia) in HolJand. v.Licli be Lad uot previously 

 seen, and had found about 300 pairs breeding tbere iu the 

 reeds on one side of a lake. The lake was fortunateh' 

 witbin a large enclosed area OTrned by a private individual, 

 and strictly preserved. Neither eggs nor birds vs-ere allowed 

 to be disturbed, and there was every prospect of this (believed 

 to be the largest breeding-place of the Spoonbill now existing 

 in Holland] being maintained securely. Two other nesting- 

 places of this bird formerly visited. by Mr, Sclater, one on 

 the Nieuwerkerker Piatt in 18G7 (see Gould's 'Birds of 

 Great Britain/ iv, pi. 22), and the other on the Horster Meer 

 in 1877 (see "" Ibis/ 1877; p. 413), bad been destroyed by the 

 drainage of the swamps in which they were situated. 



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

 the 16th of November, 1898, at 8,30, at the Restaurant 

 Frascati, 32 Oxford Street ; the Dinner at 7 p.m. 



(Signed) 



P. L. SCLATER, R. BOWDLER ShaRPE^ HoWARD SaUNDERS, 



Chairman. Editor. Sec. &■; Treas. 



