BULLETIN 



OF THE 



BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB, 



Wo. LXXXVI. 



The eighty-fifth Meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Restaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, 

 the 19th of February, 190.2. 



Chairman: P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 



Members present: — E. Bidwell, Lt.-Col. C. T. Bingham, 

 W. Rusktn Butterfield, B. A. E. Buttress, Major A. H. 

 Cowie, R.E., F. Curtis, W. E. de Winton (Treasurer), 

 H. E. Dresser, F. D. Drewitt, M.D., F. W. Frohawk, 

 C. Garnett, H. Goodchild, F. H. C. Gould, W. R. Ogilvie- 

 Grant, E. Hartert, G. E. Lodge, J. G. Millais, H. C. 

 Munroe, H. Munt, E. Neale, H. Noble, H. J. Pearson, 

 F. Penrose, M.D., E. Lort Phillips, T. Digby Pigott, C.B., 

 W. P. Pycraft, Col. R. G. Wardlaw Ramsay, R. H. Read, 

 Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., Howard Saunders, 

 H. Scherren, R. Bowdler Sharpe, LL.D. (Editor), 

 W. B. Tegetmeier, Major H. Terry, A. Thorburn, 

 N. F. Ticehurst, C. Whymper. 



Visitors : Dr. Cowie, Col. C. Swinhoe. 



Mr. J. G. Millais exhibited a series of specimens of the 

 Mallard (Anas boscas), to illustrate the changes of plumage 

 undergone by this species. 



An interesting discussion ensued, and Dr. Sharpe pointed 

 out that some of the facts propounded by Mr. Millais were, 

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