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Nyroca peposaca x N. ferina. A male and female. 



Nyroca peposaca x N. fuligula. A male. 



Nyroca rufina x N. ferina. Three males and two 

 females. 



Galling. 

 Numida meleagris x Domestic Fowl. A male. 

 Numida meleagris x Pavo cristatus. A female. 

 Acryllium vulturinum x Domestic Fowl. A male. 



Mr. Rothschild drew special attention to the Macaw 

 hybrids and the cross between the Guinea-fowl and Peafowl. 

 He also said that it was evident that the Carolina and 

 Rosy-billed Ducks crossed more freely and were more 

 prolific than other species, since they had accounted respec- 

 tively for eight and seven of the hybrids exhibited. 



The parent species of the Macaw hybrids were also ex- 

 hibited for comparison. 



Mr. Rothschild said that they were all much indebted to 

 Mr. Eagle Clarke for sending for exhibition the cross between 

 the Mallard and Eider Duck. It was certainly one of the 

 most remarkable wild hybrids that had ever been procured. 



Mr. J. H. Gurney exhibited a copy of Major's ' Chronicle' 

 (1521) in black letter, which contained an early account of 

 the Gannet settlement on the Bass Rock. Major was born 

 at Gleghornie, a few miles from the Bass, in 1469, and had 

 probably visited it as a young man on more than one 

 occasion. 



Mr. Witherby exhibited a series of Scandinavian and 

 British Greyhens, and explained that in conjunction with 

 Prof. Einar Lonnberg he had described the British form as 

 distinct, under the name Lyrurus tetrix britannicus, in a 

 recent issue of ' British Birds' (vol. vi. pp. 270-1). No 

 difference could be found in the males, but the females 



