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and Whitehead's Nuthatch (Sitta whiteheadi) . The trees 

 used by the Nuthatches were tall^ dead pines in a very- 

 advanced stage of decay and riddled with holes made by 

 "Woodpeckers^ &c. He also showed the nesting-hole in the 

 ground of a Bee-eater {Merops apiaster) and a set of seven 

 eggs taken from it. 



Mr. Read also exhibited a few Spanish slides showing the 

 marisma and its surroundings ; nests of the Avocet (Recurvi- 

 rostra avocet ta) , placed in the hoof-prints of cattle on the 

 sun-baked mud ; a nest of the Black-necked Grebe {Podicipes 

 nigricollis) amongst a colony of Whiskered Terns ; trees 

 with nests of the Red Kite (Milvus milvus), Black Kite 

 {M. korschun), Booted Eagle [Eutolmaetus pennatus), and 

 Spanish Imperial Eagle {Aquila adalberti). 



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

 the 12th of April, 1911, at PAGANI'S RESTAURANT, 

 42-48 Great Portland Street, W. j the Dinner at 7 p.m. 

 Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to 

 inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C. 



[N.B. — Members who intend to make any communication 

 at the next Meeting of the Club are requested to 

 give notice beforehand to the Editor, also to supplj' 

 him with a written account of anything intended for 

 publication.] 



(Signed) 

 P. L. ScLATER, W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, H. F. Witherby, 



Chairman. Editor. Sec. ^ Treas. 



