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bird best left alone — an idea which the recent conviction 

 no doubt strengthened. As the Great Bustard was protected 

 throughout the year, and the police had in this instance 

 taken every care to secure a conviction, there was now 

 every chance that birds, if imported, would be unmolested. 



Mr. G. E. Lodge exhibited an example of a Lesser Grey 

 Shrike (Lanius minor) which he had shot in Norfolk in 

 October. 



An adult male of the White-spotted Blue-throat (Cyane- 

 cula leucocyana) was exhibited by Mr. M. J. Nicoll. The 

 specimen was picked up dead close to Dungeness Light- 

 house by a man named Gasson, on Monday, October 6th, 

 1902, and was sent by him to Mr. Bristow, the well-known 

 taxidermist of St. Leonard's-on-Sea, where Mr. Nicoll saw it 

 in the flesh on the 8th of October. Gasson stated that his 

 attention was attracted to the specimen by the bright blue 

 colour on its breast, as it lay on the beach ; its forehead 

 was bruised, evidently by flying against the light. 



Mr. Nicoll also exhibited a specimen of a Common 

 Nightingale (Daulias luscinia) which he had found dead 

 near Brightling, in Sussex, on the 8th of April, 1899, after 

 a slight fall of snow. The individual in question was 

 remarkable for being in moult, having evidently renewed 

 all its tail-feathers and nearly all its remiges. The bird was 

 rather larger than usual with the species. 



Mr. Ogilvie-Grant showed a female example of the 

 Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) , which had been procured 

 at Teesmouth by Mr. C. Braithwaite on the 11th of October, 

 1902. The only other British example was procured at 

 Brighton on November 2nd, 1864. On the same day many 

 Sky-Larks, Bock-Pipits, and a few Shore-Larks had been 

 observed on migration. The specimen had been forwarded 

 for exhibition by Mr. Leonard C. Harwood. 



Mr. N. F. Ticehurst exhibited a male White- winged Lark 

 (Alauda sibirica). This was the third of the birds mentioned 



