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and was in beautiful condition. At Dr. Sharpens request, 

 Mr. Hackett had taken pains to obtain full particulars of the 

 capture of the bird, of which two individuals were taken at 

 the same time, but one had died. This was the first record 

 of the capture of the Meadow-Bunting in Great Britain, aud 

 made an addition to the British list. 



Mr. F. H. Carkutheks (Joulj> exhibited a specimen of a 

 Goldfinch [Carduelis carduelis) with a deformed and decurved 

 bill. 



Mr. E. Bibwell exhibited, through the kindness of 

 Mr. George Evans, a Roller [Cor actus yarrula) shot at 

 Rushford, Suffolk, on the 9th of September, 1902. The 

 bird, whose plumage was in poor condition, was being mobbed 

 by small birds, when seen by the keeper. 



Mr. Tegetmeier exhibited and made remarks on a speci- 

 men of a female Common Pheasant [Phasianus colchicus) 

 which had partially assumed the plumage of the male. 



Mr. de Winton called the attention of the Members to the 

 excellent work on migration carried on by W. Eagle Clarke. 

 Essays on the Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) aud the Lapwing 

 ( Vanellus vulgaris) had been published in the Report of the 

 British Association, 1902. 



The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, 

 the 18th of February, 1903, at 8.30, at the Restaurant 

 Frascati, 32 Oxford Street ; the Dinner at 7 p.m. 



The Meeting on March 18th will be a lantern night. 

 Anyone wishing to exhibit slides of birds taken in the past 

 year should kindly communicate with the Editor or Secre- 

 tary, and give approximately the number of slides. 



(Signed) 

 P. L. Sclatek, R. Bowdler Sharpe W. E. jl»e Winton, 

 Chairman. [Editor). Sec. <Sf Treas. 



