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!Mr. Frank Roberts. The bird, which proved to be a female, 

 vrsLS very tame, and -was feeding at the time in a meadow 

 much trodden by cattle by the side of the river Finea, 

 within a short distance of the village. 



Mr. J. G. ^[iLLAis exhibited a remarkable hybrid between 

 a male Eed Grouse {Lagopus scoticus) and a female Bantam 

 Fowl. 



Mr. W. Eagle Clarj:e sent a communication, as follows: — 

 A Bustard was obtained at St. Fergus, on the Pitfour estate, 

 Aberdeenshire, on the .24th of October last, and Mr. J. G. 

 Walker, who shot and owns the specimen, has recently sub- 

 mitted it to me for identification. I found it, as Mr. Walker 

 suspected, to be an example of the Asiatic Houbara macqueeni, 

 and a female in immature plumage. This is the fourth 

 British and the first Scottish specimen, and it is the only 

 female that has wandered as far west as Great Britain. The 

 bird was unfortunately recorded by Mr. Walker as a " Little ^' 

 Bustard in the 'Annals of Scottish. Natural History' for 

 January (p. 51). A similar fate befell the first English 

 specimen (Zool. [1848] p. 1969). 



Mr. E. BiDWELL exhibited a series of nests of British birds 

 built of abnormal materials. The following gentlemen were 

 the contributors to this very interesting exhibition ; — 



Mr. P. Crowley. 



Nest of the Chaffinch [Fringilla Calebs), partly 

 covered with scraps of printed paper. 



Mr. A. HoLTE Macpherson. 



Spotted Flycatcher {Muscicapa grisola). Nest com- 

 posed of old wax vestas, cigarette-papers, kc. Taken 

 near Hyde Park Corner, 1S98. 



Mr. J. Gerrard. 



Common Wren (Anorthura troglodytes). Nest with 

 open top, built under a bank. From the Shetland 

 Islands. 



