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came about, and even into, the towns in search of food, in 

 large numbers (the Parrots singly, the Pigeons in small 

 parties), many of them in such an exhausted state as to be 

 easily caught by hand. 



Mr. Sclater called attention to the Report of the Society 

 for the Protection of Birds, of which he was one of the 

 Vice-Presidents, as adopted at the Anniversary Meeting on 

 26th February last. Mr. Sclater was quite in accord with 

 the general objects of this Society as explained in their 

 prospectus, although, as regards protective legislation, he was 

 of opinion that interference in this matter by Acts of Parlia- 

 ment might be sometimes carried too far. He thought, 

 however, that every lover of birds would do well to join the 

 Society. 



Mr. Sclater stated that Messrs. Goodfellow and Hamilton 

 (who were present as guests on this occasion) had lately 

 returned from a successful expedition in the Colombian and 

 Equatorian Ancles, during which they had made a collection 

 of upwards of 5000 bird-skins, comprising examples of many 

 rare species. The travellers had landed at Buenoventura on 

 the Pacific Coast in April 1898, and had thence crossed the 

 Andes into the valley of the Cauca. This was ascended, 

 and, passing through Popayan, Messrs. Goodfellow and 

 Hamilton had entered the Republic of Ecuador at Tulcan, 

 proceeding thence to Quito, where a lengthened stay was 

 made. From Quito excursions were effected to Pichincha, 

 and to the low country on the Pacific Coast near Santo 

 Domingo. Leaving Quito on March 1st last year, Messrs. 

 Goodfellow and Hamilton crossed the Andes to the upper 

 waters of the Napo, and descended that river in canoes to 

 Yquitos in Peru, whence the journey home was effected by 

 steamer. 



Mr. Goodfellow was preparing an account of the birds 

 collected during this remarkable journey for ' The Ibis.' In 

 the meanwhile Mr. Sclater called attention to two noticeable 

 specimens. One of these was an example of a male 

 Fruit-Crow (Gymnoderus fcetidus) in fully adult plumage. 



