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Mr. H. J. Pearson exhibited some pictures of bird-life in 

 Russian Lapland, showing the nests and eggs of the Shore- 

 Lark, Velvet Scoter, Red-necked Phalarope, Turnstone, and 

 Red-throated Diver, as well as some interesting illustrations 

 of life in the Arctic Regions. 



Mr. T. Digby Pigott, C.B., showed two photographs of 

 the nest of the Long-eared Owl {Asia otus) as observed 

 last year on Sheringham Common in Norfolk: one repre- 

 senting the old bird on the nest, and the other the two young 

 birds and an egg. The photographs were of value, as 

 there appears to be but one other record of the nesting of 

 the Long-eared Owl on the ground in Britain. 



On behalf of Mr. Horace Munro, C.B., pictures of the 

 nests and eggs of the Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus) and 

 the Stock-Dove (C. oenas) were shown by Mr. Digby Pigott. 



Mr. Bernard A. E. Buttress showed some capitally 

 executed photographs taken by himself, portraying the nests 

 of Red Grouse (Lag opus scoticus), Teal (Nettium crecca), Wild 

 Duck (Anas boscas), and a nest of a Brown-headed Gull 

 (Larus ridibundus), the last having been taken possession 

 of by a Coot. 



Mr. Harry F. W t itherby exhibited a series of slides 

 showing a method of catching Quails by means of a call 

 and a net, which he had seen practised very successfully at 

 Shiraz in Persia. He also showed a photograph of a large 

 collection of nests of the House-Martin (Chelidon urbica) in 

 a caravanserai between Bus hire and Shiraz. 



A series of photographs representing principally the 

 nesting-habits of birds in the Cambridgeshire fens, taken by 

 himself and by Mr. Farren of Cambridge, was shown by 

 Mr. E. S. Montagu. 



