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Mr. P. F. Bunyard exhibited and made remarks on 

 abnormally marked eggs of the following species : — 



Wheat ear. (Saxicola cenanthe Linn.) A clutch o£ six 

 eggs from Sussex, distinctly marked with small spots of 

 pale reddish-brown. 



Nightjar. (Caprimulgus europceus Linn.) A clutch of 

 two eggs from Suffolk, one of which had an unusually 

 large black-brown blotch measuring one inch in length by 

 half an inch in width, the second egg being quite normal. 



Redbreast. (Erithacus rubecula Linn.) A clutch of five 

 eggs from Kent, abnormally marked round the larger end 

 with rich chestnut-red forming a cap. 



Whitethroat. [Sylvia communis Lath.) Two clutches 

 of five eggs of the rare erythristic variety — one British, the 

 other Continental. 



Peregrine Falcon. (Falco peregrinus Tunstall.) A 

 clutch of four eggs from Pembrokeshire, with pale pinkish 

 ground-colour, large shell-markings of lavender-grey, and 

 surface-markings of orange-red. 



Darttord Warbler. (Melizophilus undatus Bodd.) A 

 nest lined almost entirely with dodder and a few feathers. 

 England. 



Mr. Bunyard also exhibited a variety of the Kingfisher 

 from Haywards Heath, the property of Mr. J. Brooman of 

 that town. The crown of the head was pale blue-green with 

 the normal mottlings ; the lores and ear-coverts pale chest- 

 nut j the sides of the throat white ; the back greyish-white, 

 tinged with azure-blue; the upper tail-coverts greenish-blue ; 

 the tail greyish, tinged bluish-green; the underparts pale 

 chestnut; the wings greyish-white, tinged with pale blue. 

 Bill normally coloured ; feet orange. 



Mr. Rothschild remarked that, as far as he was aware, 

 very few specimens of the Kingfisher in abnormal plumage 

 were known. 



