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iclater exhibited a coloured drawing, taken from the 



specimen by Mr. Hamilton, of the head of this bird, 



/ing the extraordinary development of the pale bine 



.ties of the neck, which had never been correctly repre- 



ited or described, and were so different in appearance from 



.-dinary specimens of this bird that Mr. Sclater had, at first, 



3en inclined to regard the Ecuador bird as a distinct species. 



The second bird exhibited was an example of the little-known 



Myiadestes cor acinus, Berlepsch, from the forests of the Upper 



Napo. 



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

 the 25th of April, 1900, at the Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford 

 Street, at 8.30 p.m. ; the Dinner at 7 o'clock. 



(Signed) 



P. L. Sclater, R. Bowdler Sharpe, W. E. de Winton, 



Chairman. Editor. Sec. fy Treas. 



SPECIAL NOTICE. 



The next Meeting of the Club will be entirely devoted to 

 the exhibition of albino and other colour- variations of Birds. 

 The Hon. Walter Rothschild, who probably possesses the 

 finest collection of " varieties " of birds in this country, will 

 on this occasion exhibit some of the most notable examples 

 from his Museum. Members of the B. O. C. and their 

 friends are also requested to bring every available specimen 

 of colour-variation, so that the exhibition may be rendered 

 as successful as have been the previous ones held under the 

 auspices of the British Ornithologists' Club. 



