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Mr. E. Bidwell exhibited an egg of the Great Auk 

 (Plaittus impennis), which had been at Ettington since 1820, 

 when it was purchased in a collection of birds' eggs, &c. 



The egg, which was one of the finest zoned specimens, 

 richly streaked with black, was the property of Mr. Evelyn 

 Shirley. 



It is with the deepest regret that we have to record the 

 death of Mr. Boyd Alexander, which took place in Wadai 

 on the 2nd of April. At the present time few details have 

 been received, but it appears that he was murdered by hostile 

 natives while endeavouring to pass through their territory 

 to the north-west of Abeshr. 



The death of this most popular Member of the Club will 

 be sincerely mourned by his many friends. His charming 

 personality and his character, so delightfully simple and so 

 extraordinarily brave, had endeared him to all who knew him. 



An obituary notice, with an account of his celebrated 

 journeys across Africa and of his talents as an ornithologist, 

 will appear in the forthcoming number of : The Ibis.' 



The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, 

 the 15th of June, 1910, at PAGANI'S RESTAURANT, 

 42-48 Great Portland Street, W. ; the Dinner at 7 p.m. 

 Members of the Club intending to dine are requested to 

 inform Mr. Witherby, at 326 High Holborn, W.C. 



[N.B. — Members who intend to make any communication 

 at the next meeting of the Club are requested to 

 give notice beforehand to the Editor, also to supply 

 him with a written account of anything intended for 

 publication.] 



(Signed) 



P. L. Sclater, W. II. Ogilvie-Grant, H. F. Witherby, 



Chairman. Editor. Sec. § Treas. 



