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above the ground. In the illustration given in 

 Yarrell's 'British Birds ^ the Puffin was depicted 

 vrith the "heel" resting on the ground, and 

 in Saunders's 'Manual' it was stated (p. 708) that 

 when on land it rested on the whole length of the 

 foot and heel. One picture showed a group of 

 three of these comical-looking birds, one having 

 four small fishes held transversely in its bill. 



Mr. R. B. Lodge showed a series of photographs illus- 

 trating the nesting-habits of the GriflFon Vulture {Gyps 

 fulvus), taken in Spain^ Bosnia, and Transylvania. The 

 pictures, especially those recently taken, were remarkably 

 interesting. One slide included a picture of the Black 

 Vulture ( Vultur monachus) and another that of the Golden 

 Eagle [Aquila chrysa'etus). 



Mr. W. Farren showed a fine series of slides of the 

 following species : — 



1. Nest of the Fan-tailed Warbler [Cisticola cisticold). 



Photographed in Southern Spain, May 1910. 



2. Nest of Baillou's Crake (Forzana intermedia). 



Ditto. 



3. Nest of the Short-toed Lark [Calandrella brachy- 



dactyla). Ditto. 



4. Nest of the Andalusian Short-toed Lark ( C. batted) . 



Ditto. 



5. Nest of the Calandra Lark [Melanocorypha calandrd) . 



Ditto. 



6. Nest of the Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla /lava). 



Ditto. 



7. Nest of the Pin-tailed Sand-Grouse {Pteroclurus 



pyrenaicus). Ditto. 



8. Nest of the Great Bustard (^Otis tarda). Ditto. 



9. Young in down of the Great Bustard. Ditto. 



10. Griffon Vultures (G^/^^/m/wm^) soaring. Ditto. 



11. Flamingoes [Phcenicopterus roseus) in flight. Ditto. 



