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of all the rarities it contains I should be thought tedious : I may, however, mention 

 that, in addition to the noble specimen of Alca impennis, there are also examples of the 

 golden eagle (Falco chrysaetos), eagle owl (Strix bubo), all the rare British warblers, 

 five crested regulus (Regains ignicapillus) , shore lark (Alauda alpestris), shorttoed lark 

 (4. brachydach/la), pine grosbeak (Loxia enucleator), crossbill (L. curvirostra), white- 

 winged crossbill (L. leacoptera), nutcracker (Nucifraga Caryocatactes), great black 

 woodpecker (Picus martins), bee-eater (Merops apiaster), crane ( Grus cinerea), a beau- 

 tiful series of the eggs of the little ringed plover (Charadrius minor), Bartram's sand- 

 piper (Totanus Bartramii), and a great number of others of excessive rarity: all these 

 have been most carefully identified, and are in excellent preservation. The egg of the 

 nutcracker being so little known, it may perhaps not be out of place to observe that 

 the specimen I have examined bears great resemblance to that of the jay (Corvus 

 glandarius) ; it is, however, somewhat smaller, and the ground-colour is more uniform 

 than ill most eggs of the above-mentioned bird, being also strongly marked in various 

 parts by thick waving black lines ; it has a peculiar character about it, by no means 

 easy to describe. The egg of Totanus Bartramii is found in North America, and more 

 like those of the greenshank than of any other bird with which I am acquainted. — Id. 

 Occurrence of the Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta) and Rosecoloured Pastor (Pastor 

 roseus) near Rochester. — An avocet was shot in the marshes near Rochester, about five 

 weeks ago : it is now in my possession. I have also a rosecoloured pastor, which was 

 shot in Frindsbury, near Rochester: it was shot in the summer, in a cherry-orchard 

 out of a flock of starlings. — C. W. Shepherd; Trotter scliffe, Kent, January 26, 1857. 



Proceedings of Societies. 

 Entomological Society. 

 January 5, 1857. — W. W. Saunders, Esq., President, in the chair. 



Donations. 



The following donations were announced, and thanks ordered to be given to the 

 donors:— ' Entomological Papers,' by John Nietner, Nos. 3 and 4; presented by 

 the author. ' Revue et Magasin de Zoologie,' 1856, Nos. 10 and 11 ; by the Editor, 

 M. Guerin-Meneville. 'The Journal of the Society of Arts' for December; by the 

 Society. 'The Literary Gazette' for December; by the Editor. ' The Athenaeum' 

 for November and December; by the Editor. ' A Manual of Butterflies and Moths,' 

 No. 11 ; 'Elements of Entomology,' No. 4; 'The Substitute,' Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 ; 

 'The Entomologist's Annual' for 1857, Library edition ; by H. T. Stainton, Esq. 



Election of Members, SfC 



The Rev. D. J. Drakeford, M.A., Churton Mendip, Somersetshire, and H. S. 

 Digby, Esq., Fenstanton, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, were balloted for and elected 

 Members of the Society. 



Edward William Robinson, Esq., 42, Harmeson Street, Kentish Town, was 

 balloted for and elected a Subscriber to the Society. 



