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that, so far as at present known, the young on New Guinea 

 Avere always black, showed that we had to deal with at least 

 two distinct races. These birds had been sent to Mr. Roth- 

 schild by Mr. Herbert C. Robinson, of Liverpool, who wished 

 them to be exhibited to the Club. 



Mr. H. J. Pearson exhibited, on behalf of Mr. P. Musters, 

 a pair of Lesser White-f routed Geese (Anser erythropus), 

 with the eggs, taken by the latter gentleman in the north of 

 Norway. 



Mr. P. Crowley exhibited some photographs of interesting 

 eggs from his collection. 



The remainder of the evening was devoted to an exhibition 

 of lantern-slides, in which the following members and their 

 friends took part : — 



1. Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe. — Birds and nests from 



Northern Norway. 



2. Hon. Walter Rothschild. — Pictures of Bird-life on 



the Island of Laysan. 



3. Mr. H. J. Pearson. — Pictures illustrative of his memoir 



on the birds of Russian Lapland (Ibis, 1899, p. 520). 



4. Mr. F. Curtis. — Some pictures of Rough-legged Buz- 



zards, taken during Mr. Pearson's expedition to 

 Novaya Zemlya. 



5. Mr. Cherry Kearton. — A remarkable set of photo- 



graphs of bird-life, from the cliffs of the west of 

 Scotland, Ireland, and various localities in Great 

 Britain. 



6. Mr. Horace Monro. — Some very interesting pictures 



of birds and eggs from Holland and various parts 

 of Great Britain. 



7. Mr. R. Lodge. — A series of photographs of English 



bird-life and of scenes from Southern Spain. 



8. Mr. N. F. Ticehurst. — Photographs of English bird-life. 



9. Mr. Henry Stevens. — Photographs of the newly dis- 



covered Great Auk's egg, and of some other biological 

 subjects. 



