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and by Mr. Bannerman. Cory does not include it in his 

 ' Birds of the West Indies ' or his ' Birds of the Bahamas,' nor 

 is there any record of it in Salvin and Godman's 'Biologia 

 Centrali-Americana/ nor in Mr. Richard Crawshay's 

 book on the ' Birds of Tierra del Fuego.' 



" Although the Grey Phalarope's winter-range is reported 

 as extending as far south as the Argentine on the western 

 side of the southern Atlantic, and there are two specimens in 

 the British Museum said to have been obtained there, no 

 mention of this species is made by Sclater and Hudson in 

 their ' Argentine Ornithology/ From this evidence it will 

 be seen that its winter-wanderings in the Middle and South 

 Atlantic still remain to be cleared up. 



"It is curious to note that the bird which I send for 

 exhibition was captured on the 4th of April, 1905, that is to 

 say, only 12 days later in the same year than the one recorded 

 by Mr. C. Chubb from Liberia." 



The Chairman remarked that he had had occasion to 

 notice the irregular migration of the " Grey Phalarope," as 

 he had in the Tring Museum three or four specimens 

 obtained by himself and Dr. Hartert at Tring on various 

 occasions, as well as one which had been picked up dead in 

 the woods. 



Mr. F. C. Selous gave a most interesting account of the 

 nesting-habits of the Grey Phalarope as observed by himself 

 and Mr. Heatley Noble in Iceland during the past season. 

 He described a number of nests found on the sandy estuaries 

 and among rocks close to the sea. These resembled the 

 nests made by the Ringed Plover, being merely a slight 

 hollow, surrounded by tiny pieces of quartz and shells. 



The Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain exhibited the following 

 clutches of eggs obtained by Mr. F. R. S. Baxendale in 

 Cyprus during the past season. 



A clutch of 4 eggs of the Red-rumped Swallow (Chelidon 

 daurica rvfula) , showing fine red-brown spots. Normally, 

 the eggs of this species are pure white, unspotted like those 

 of the Martins. 



A clutch of 4 eggs of the Palestine Warbler {Sylvia 



