Vol. xiv.] 6.2 



Mr. F. M. Ogilvie exhibited an adult pair of Red-crested 

 Pochards (Netta rufina), shot on the Thorpe Mere, Alde- 

 burgh, Suffolk, on January 16th, 1904, by Mr. Frank G. 

 Garrett, Jun., on whose behalf he had brought them. The 

 mere at that time was full of the Common Pochards, which 

 were unusually wild, possibly from the number of punts 

 continually " setting " at them. As far as he knew, these 

 were the only birds of this species on the mere at the time, 

 as they were secured quite by chance by a double shot with 

 a fowling-gun, as they flew overhead at a distance of 50 or 

 60 yards. 



Although the bird had been obtained on a good many 

 occasions in England, he had thought it worth while to 

 exhibit this pair of Suffolk birds. Excluding specimens 

 killed at Breydon, the only authenticated Suffolk specimen, 

 as far as he knew, was a bird (year not recorded) shot on 

 Eastern Broad by Mr. Spalding, which fetched, at his sale, 

 six guineas. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited a series of specimens of the Common 

 Lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus) to show the sexual variation in 

 the form of the wings. In the expanded wing of the male the 

 primaries were long and broad, giving a curved outline; 

 the secondaries, being considerably shorter, added to the 

 rounded appearance of the wing. In the expanded wing of 

 the female the primaries and secondaries formed a continuous 

 line, and the wing was much narrower. 



The male had the following wing-formula : — 

 $ . 3rd primary longest. 



2nd and 4th primaries equal. 

 1st primary = 7th. 



7th, 8th, and 9th primaries 1£ in. longer than $ . 

 7th primary 1£ in. wide (this being the average 

 width of the inner primaries). 

 $ . 2nd and 3rd primaries equal and longest. 

 1st and 4th primaries equal. 

 7th 1 in. shorter than 1st. 

 7th 1 in. wide. 



The female had the bill longer than that of the male. 



