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Mr. C. Ingram remarked that it might interest the 

 Members to learn that examples of the Greater Bird-of- 

 Paradise (Paradisea apoda) released on Little Tobago by 

 his father in September 1909 were apparently thriving. 

 It was, of course, impossible to estimate their numbers 

 amidst the tropical vegetation of the island, but as several 

 had been seen and heard, and as on one occasion four had 

 been observed together, it was reasonable to presume that 

 they had at least maintained their numbers. In all forty- 

 seven birds had been released on the island. 



Mr. H. Munt exhibited eggs of the following species, 

 hitherto unknown or rare in collections : — 



1. Black Lory. {Chalcopsittacus ater.) One egg laid in 

 captivity in 1908 in Mr. Brook's aviaries at Hoddam Castle, 

 Dumfries-shire. 31^x25 mm. 



2. Red-fronted Lory. (Chalcopsittacus scintillatus .) One 

 egg laid in captivity in 1908 in Mr. Brook's aviaries. 38 x 



25 mm. 



3. Black-throated Lory. (Trichoglossus nigrogularis^) 

 Laid in captivity in 1912 in M. Pauwel's aviaries in Belgium. 



26 x 24 mm. 



4. Pearl-spotted Fruit-Pigeon. (Ptilopus zonurus?) Laid 

 in captivity in 1912 in M. Pauwel's aviaries. 37 x 24 mm. 



Mr. R. H. Read made some remarks on the nesting- 

 habits of certain birds which he had observed during the 

 past year. He exhibited a nest of the Song-Thrush in which 

 the four eggs originally laid had probably become addled by 

 the hard frosts early in April. Instead of forsaking the 

 nest and building a new one, the birds had plastered these 

 eggs into the mud lining the bottom of the nest, leaving 

 about one-fourth of the surface exposed. Three fresh eggs 

 were then laid on the top of them. 



He also exhibited a nest of the Reed-Warbler with an 

 egg of the Cuckoo woven into the lining ; also one of the 

 Warbler's eggs which he had found at the root of the large 

 dock plant in which the nest had been built by the river-side. 



