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the under parts and most of the upper parts being primrose- 

 yellow, with the normal pattern fairly defined on the head 

 and more faintly on the wings. The bird had been seen on 

 Lord Boston's estate at Sligny, Anglesey, since November 

 1901, and was very tame; it was shot last October. The 

 bird had dark eyes. 



Mr. H. J. Pearson exhibited some young in down of the 

 Bar-tailed Godwit, obtained by Mr. Chaworth Musters and 

 himself during their recent visit to Russian Lapland. The 

 young birds appeared to have been hatched about twelve 

 hours, and the old birds were stated to have behaved at 

 the nest in a similar manner to the Black-tailed Godwit. 

 Mr. Pearson stated that birds generally were less numerous 

 in the country this year than usual ; also that Mr. Musters 

 obtained three male specimens of Eversmann's Warbler 

 (Phylloscopus burealis) between June 26th and July 5th. 



Mr. Seth-Smith gave the following account of the nesting 

 of Crypturns tataupa : — 



A pair of this Tinamou has just bred in my aviary. The 

 nest was made in the corner of a shed, and composed of hay, 

 straw, leaves, and feathers. Three eggs were deposited in the 

 nest, but two others had been laid some few weeks previously 

 in the grass. Incubation was performed by the smaller bird, 

 which appears to be the male, and lasted twenty-one days, 

 all three eggs hatching on the 27th of October. Two of the 

 young remained in the nest until the 29th, the third was 

 found dead outside the nest on the 28th, having evidently 

 left too soon and perished from exposure. 



The male took charge of the young birds and drove off the 

 female if she approached, but he did not seem to take very 

 much interest in his offspring, running from them if in 

 any way alarmed. 



The young ate small earthworms, gentles, and seed, but 

 evidently required other food, such as live ants' cocoons and 

 minute insects, which, at this time of the year, it was 

 impossible to obtain. They progressed very well until a 



