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present was that the marks were not, or only partially, due 

 to the action of the Penguins' feet. 



Mr. H. Munt exhibited from his collection of eggs the 

 following rare species : — 



1 Tooth-billed Pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris) . 



2 Christmas-Island Dove (Chalcophaps natalis). 



3 Green-crested Touraco (Turacus persa). 



4 Dominican Amazon (Chrysotis augusta). 



The egg of the Tooth-billed Pigeon was one of two laid 

 on board ship by a bird which was being transmitted to 

 the Zoological Gardens. Both eggs were given to the late 

 Mr. A. D. Bartlett, who presented the second specimen to 

 the National Collection. 



The eggs of Nos. 2-4 had been laid in confinement in this 

 country, and it was believed they were now exhibited for the 

 first time. 



Mr. Howard Saunders called the attention of the mem- 

 bers of the Club to a very interesting article by Mr. Frank 

 M. Chapman in the 'Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine' 

 for December 1904, on the nesting of the American Flamingo 

 {Plmnicopterus ruber) in the Bahamas. He pointed out that 

 the photograph of the bird sitting on its nest (on p. 169) 

 agreed absolutely with Mr. Abel Chapman's sketch of 

 P. roseus incubating in Spain reproduced in ' The Ibis ' 

 twenty years previously. 



Mr. Bonhote said that it was he who had first discovered 

 this breeding-colony of Flamingos and shown it to Mr. Frank 

 M. Chapman. He regretted the attention which Mr. Chap- 

 man's article had drawn to this colony, as he feared it would 

 now shortly become non-existent. 



The Hon. N. C. Rothschild forwarded the following 

 communication : — 



" On Wednesday the 15th of June, 1904, 1 exhibited some 

 skins of rare birds from Egypt and the Soudan. Several of 



