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oribus, et fasciis notsei et gastrsei magis distincte indi- 

 catis, cauda fere dorso concolore, vix rufescentiore. 

 Long. tot. circa 37 poll., culm. 55, alas 2'8, caudse 1*3, 

 tarsi 065. 

 Hub. Troodos, Cyprus, Oct. 4, 1902 (D. M. A. B.). 



Mr. Robert H. Read exhibited the following specimens 

 found by himself during the past season : — 



1. Nest of Blackbird (Merula merula) , or rather eggs, 

 laid on the ground without any nest, at Claygate. 



2. Nest of Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) with scveu eggs 

 of two distinct types laid in the same nest, evidently the 

 produce of two females. 



3. Nest of Pied Wagtail (Motacilla lugubris) built in a 

 nest of Song-Thrush. (Turdus musicus), from which a brood 

 of young Thrushes had just flown. The Wagtails hatched 

 off safely, leaving two infertile eggs. 



4. Deserted nest of Reed-Warbler (/Icrocephalus arundi- 

 naceus) containing an egg of Cuculus canorus woven into 

 the bottom of the nest-lining; also an egg of the Reed- 

 Warbler found on the ground under the nest. 



5. Nest of White Wagtail {Motacilla alba) with five 

 eggs and one Cuckoo's egg. This was found by Mr. Read 

 in Sweden on a small island in a lake under a comparatively 

 small flat stone lying close to the water's edge and not an 

 inch above water-level. 



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

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

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



P.S. — The Members are reminded that the next Meeting of 

 the Club will be devoted to an exhibition of lantern-slides. 



(Signed) 



P. L. SCLATER, R. BoWDLER SHARPE W. E. DE WlNTON, 



Chairman. (Editor). Sec. £f Treas. 



