xxxiii [Vol. x. 



Crested Grebe (Podicipes cristatus) is a regular breeder 

 there. 



" Finally, I may mention that enormous flocks of the 

 Dominican Gull (Larus dominicanus) and the Cape Cor- 

 morant {Phalacrocorax capensis) frequent the harbour of 

 Table Bay, and are accompanied by small parties of the Cape 

 Penguin (Spheniscus demersus). Outside the harbour the 

 ships are likewise attended by numerous Giant Petrels 

 (Majaqueus (equinoctialis) and occasional Albatrosses (Dio- 

 medea melanophrys)" 



Mr. E. Bidwell exhibited an egg of the Great Auk 

 (Plautus impennis), which had been lent to him by Mr. Henry 

 Stevens, to whom it had that day been consigned for sale. 

 At the moment nothing was known of its history, but parti- 

 culars would shortly be forthcoming and would be contributed 

 to the ' Ibis.' This egg was undoubtedly the handsomest 

 example of the c zoned ' type in existence. Its discovery 

 brought the number of known eggs of the Great Auk to 72. 



Mr. E. Lort Phillips exhibited several interesting species 

 of birds obtained during his expedition to Somali Land in 

 the spring of 1899, among them being four examples of 

 Francolinus castaneicollis, Salvad., obtained on Mt. Wagga. 

 The egg of Spreo superbus was obtained during the expe- 

 dition and proved to be perfectly blue, without any spots. 



Mr. Charles Hose, whose reappearance, after six years' 

 absence in Borneo, was warmly greeted by the members of 

 the Club, exhibited some rare birds obtained by him. 

 Among them was a specimen of Botaurus stellaris, hitherto 

 unrecorded from Borneo ; a pair of Pitta ccerulea with the 

 nestling (showing that the species was indigenous to 

 Northern Borneo) ; and examples of Baza borneensis and 

 Spizaetus alboniger, affording an extraordinary instance of 

 mimetic colouring in the plumage of the two species. 



