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Mr. D. Seth-Smith showed photographic slides of the 

 following birds, taken from living specimens in his aviaries: — 

 Burrowing Owl (Speotyto canicular ia) , Sacred Kingfisher 

 (Halcyon sancta), Bronze-wing Pigeon (Phaps chalcoptera) , 

 Brush Bronze-wing (Phaps elegans, adult and nestling), 

 Waxwing (Ampelis garrulus), Diamond Dove (Geopelia 

 cuneata), Senegal Turtle-Dove {Turtur senegalensis) , Ring- 

 tailed Pigeon (Columba caribbeea), White-throated Pinch 

 (Spermophila albigularis), White-crowned Pigeon (Columba 

 leucocepjhala), White-fronted Dove (Leptoptila jamaicensis), 

 Australian Painted Quail (Excalf actor ia lineata), Jungle 

 Bush-Quail {Perdicula asiatica), White-headed Munia 

 (Munia maja), and Yellow Sparrow {Passer luteus) ; and a 

 nest with eggs of the Tataupa Tinamou (Crypturus tataupa). 



Mr. E. S. Montagu exhibited some beautiful pictures of 

 Lapwings on the nest, also approaching the latter, taken by 

 Mr. W. Parren, of Cambridge: — (1) a Skylark on nest; 

 (2) a Skylark standing by the nest ; (3, 4) a Ring-Plover 

 sitting; (5) a Ring-Plover about to cover young ones; 

 (6) Stone-Curlew approaching nest ; (7) Stone-Curlew about 

 to settle on egg ; (8) Stone-Curlew sitting. 



Mr. Robert H. Read showed slides from various localities. 

 Among the Scotch views were nests of the Osprey, Eyrie of 

 the Golden Eagle, Heron's nest on a low haw thorn- bush, 

 Great Skua with young and egg, &c. His Somersetshire 

 slides included nest of Yellow Hammer with Cuckoo's egg. 

 Views on the Thames included fine nests of the Sedge- 

 Warbler, Reed- Warbler with Cuckoo's egg, Reed-Bunting, 

 Wild Duck, &c. A few interesting Swedish slides taken by 

 Mr. Read last year included a nest of the Red-throated 

 Diver by the margin of a small pool, nest of the Osprey on 

 the top of an exceedingly tall pine, nest of the White 

 Wagtail with Cuckoo's egg under a stone on the margin of 

 a lake, and an old nest of theRing-Dove built on a squirrel's 

 drey from which eggs of the Green Sandpiper had been 

 taken the previous year. 



