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Jabirus and Egrets (Ardea alba). 

 Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath). 

 White Egret (Ardea alba) . 

 Buff-backed Heron (Ardea bubulcus). 

 Sacred Ibis (Ibis athiopica). 



Dr. Sclater also exhibited a " slide " of the Shoe-bill 

 (BalanicejJS rex) taken from a tame specimen in the garden 

 of the Sirdar's Palace at Khartoum. It had been winged 

 by a rifle-shot on the Jur river by Col. Sparkes, and brought 

 down to Khartoum and presented by him to Lady Wingate. 



Mr. E. W. Wade exhibited the following photographs 

 taken by himself: — 



Young of Brown Owl. Hornsea Mere. 



Tengmalm's Owl, old cock bird and young from Surendal, 

 Norway. 



Woodcock sitting. North Lincolnshire. 



Guillemots on Bempton Cliffs. 



Female Peregrine Falcon at the nest. 



Also some beautiful pictures taken by T. A. Metcalfe, of 

 Pickering, viz. : — 



Peewit on nest. 



Peewit turning eggs. 



House-Swallows roosting. 



Titlark about to feed young Cuckoo. 



Titlark feeding young Cuckoo, the head of the foster-parent 

 being inserted in the Cuckoo's gape. 



Garden-Warbler sitting. 



Stone-Curlew sitting. 



Merlin, <$ , on nest. 



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 Nightjar on nest. 



Dr. Shaupe exhibited a series of "snapshots" taken with 

 a " binocular " camera during the session of the Zoological 

 Congress at Berlin in August last. These included portraits 

 of many of the leading Ornithologists who w r ere present on 

 the occasion. 



