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(T. glareofa) with their young in down, obtained during his 

 recent visit to Russian Lapland. 



Mr. T. Digby Pigott stated to the Meeting that he 

 believed the reported appearance at Sheringham, Norfolk, 

 of a couple of Great Black Woodpeckers (Picus martins) in 

 the summer of 1903 to be well-authenticated. 



Two, probably the same, had been reported to him as 

 having been seen at Westwick, a neighbouring property, 

 shortly before the appearance of the birds at Sheringham. 



He stated that, on the publication of the letter to ' The 

 Times' recording the appearance of the birds at Shering- 

 ham, he had received letters stating that the Great Black 

 Woodpecker had also been seen this year in Sussex and in 

 Worcestershire. 



He had been assured by General the Hon. Sir Percy 

 Fielding that in 1851, when hunting in Warwickshire, he 

 had, in company with several others, while a covert was 

 being drawn, seen and watched for some time a Great Black 

 Woodpecker, which had lit on a tree at the edge of the 

 covert and remained for some time in full view. 



Mr. Digby Pigott, on behalf of Mr. Dorrien Smith, also 

 reported the capture at the end of September (or early in 

 October) 1903 of an American Bittern {Botaurus lenti- 

 ginosus). The bird, which had been caught in a bramble- 

 bush on Bryher, Scilly Islands, was at the time it was taken 

 in a starved condition and very thin. It had been fed on 

 eels and other fish, and' was now living in the aviary at- 

 Tresco and in excellent condition. It was very tame, and 

 would take fish from a feeder's hand. 



Mr. H. E. Dresser made remarks on the supposed breed- 

 ing of the Knot (Tringa canutus) in the Tamyir Peninsula. 

 He stated that the birds and their eggs had been sent for 

 examination to the St. Petersburg Museum, and were there 

 considered authentic. 



Mr. F. G. Cannon exhibited a clutch of Sparrow-Hawk's 

 eggs taken in Somersetshire. The nest was placed in an 



