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12, 12 a. Black-winged Stilt {Himantopus himantopus) in 



flight; and nest with four eggs in water twelve 

 inches deep. Photographed in Southern Spain, 

 May 1910. 



13. "Neist of the B\a,ck Tern {Hydrochelidon nigra). Ditto. 

 14-22. A series of slides of the Whiskered Tern (H. 



hybrida). Ditto. Showing various phases of wing- 

 display whilst alighting on the nest, some attitudes 

 whilst brooding over the eggs, and one in which 

 the male is standing by the nest with the sitting 

 female. 



The photographs showed considerable difference 

 between the nest of this species and that of the 

 Black Tern. The nests of the latter species, found 

 in Spain, were in all cases quite small — barely 

 large enough to support the eggs ; they were com- 

 posed of decayed aquatic vegetation, and were very 

 difficult to distinguish among the scum on the 

 surface of the water. The nests of the Whiskered 

 Terns were large and conspicuous structures, built 

 of various rushes and dead grasses, some of them 

 being 18 inches across. 



23-28. A series of photographs of the Garden- Warbler 

 {Sylvia simplex) at the nest. Taken near Cam- 

 bridge, June 1909. 



29-33. A series of photographs of the Wood-Lark 

 {Lullula arborea). Photographed in Suffolk in 

 April 1909. 



34-47. A series of slides of the Grasshopper- Warbler 

 {Locustella ncevia). Photographed in Norfolk, June 

 1909. 



48-53. The Water-Rail (Rallies aquaticus). Ditto. 



Mr. R. H. Read exhibited some slides illustrating the 

 scenery of Corsica and views of ornithological interest. The 

 latter included a nest of the Cirl Bunting [Ember iza cirlus) 

 ill a bush of bruyere; nesting-trees of the Red Kite (Milvus 

 milvus) ; Greater Spotted Woodpecker {Bendrocopus major) ; 



