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bill black ; feet pale brown. Exposed culmen 9 mm. ; 

 wing 52, middle pair of rectrices 43 ; tarsus 19. 



Hab. Perak-Paliang Frontier^ Malay Peninsula. 



Type: (J, No. 25. Upper Batang - Padang Valley, 

 3000 ft., 1.x. 10. E. Stresemann coll. 



Obs. That this bird cannot be the young of A. s. schwaneri 

 or of A. s. vordermanni is shown by a young bird of the 

 former from Borneo in the Tring Museum, collected by 

 A, H. Everett. The nesting-plumage of A. s. schivaneri 

 is of the same colour as that of the adult bird, except that 

 the yellow colour on the breast and the underparts is less 

 brilliant. 



Mr. P. F. BuNYARD exhibited eggs of the following 

 species : — 



Golden Eagle. [Aquila chrysaetus.) Two rather small 

 and handsomely-marked eggs from the Kola Peninsula. 



Merlin. {Falco ae salon.) Two rather remarkable clutches 

 of five eggs each from Yorkshire and Orkney. 



Greenshank. {Totanus nehular'ms.) A clutch of five 

 eggs from Inverness. 



Brambling. [Fringilla montifriMgilla.) A series of 

 clutches showing great variety, and among them three sets 

 of eight eggs each. 



Mr. BuNYARD also exhibited two clutches of eggs of the 

 Golden-eye {Clangula glaucion) and two of Barrow's Golden- 

 eye (C islandica) with the down and flank-feathers. He 

 called attention to the characteristic differences between the 

 eggs and down of the two species, the eggs of the former 

 being smaller and greener, while the down was much paler 

 and the flank-feathers smaller. He pointed out that with 

 regard to the colour of the down Mr. Dresser had stated 

 that the paler down and smaller flank-feathers were charac- 

 teristic of C. islandica, but his conclusion was based on an 

 examination of one nest only of each species. 



