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had sustained by the untimely death of Dr. E. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, who had been virtually its founder. The life of 

 their late lamented colleague had already been so well 

 chronicled in the previous number of the ' Bulletin ' that he 

 did not see that he could add very much to what had been 

 said; but he would like to call special attention to the long 

 list of Dr. Sharpens works published in the same number, 

 which was a marvellous record of industry and would remain 

 a lasting memorial of what one man had achieved during his 

 lifetime. 



The Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain exhibited two clutches of 

 eggs of Falco milvipes, Hodgs. ( = F. hendersoni, Hume), 

 hitherto undescribed. They had been obtained by Herr 

 Ruckbeil at Yarkand, and more recently in the Atyn Dagh 

 range in Chinese Turkestan. The eggs, 3-4 in number, were 

 laid on rocks about the last week in April, and resembled 

 those of allied species, being in some cases thickly and in 

 others sparingly marked with brownish-red, and averaging 

 in size (13 measured) 55*97 x 42 - 23 mm. 



A clutch of 3 eggs of the Eastern Grasshopper-Warbler 

 (Locustella navia straminea, Severt.), from the Tian Shan 

 range, obtained with the bird by the late Dr. Ottosson's 

 collector, was also shown. The eggs closely resembled those 

 of the western form, and averaged 17'86 x 13" 7 mm. in size. 



Mr. Jourdain also exhibited some of the more interesting 

 eggs obtained by Mr. A. G. Tomlinson during three years' 

 stay in the Bussorah district, at the head of the Persian 

 Gulf. Among these were two clutches of Menetries's 

 Warbler (Sylvia mystacea, Men.), the only ones procured 

 since Mr. H. P. Witherby obtained two sets in Farsistan. 

 Another interesting exhibit was a clutch of two eggs of 

 the Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus cegyptius, Licht.). 

 Authentic eggs of this bird were exceedingly rare : the 

 St. Petersburg Museum possessed one set from Seistan * , 



* See Bull. B. 0. C. xxi. r. 52. 



