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examples of L.fuscus, and that the bird was no doubt an 

 accidental straggler to the islands. 



Mr. E. Bidwell pointed out that the inaugural Meeting of 

 the Club had been held on the 5th of October, 1892, so that 

 the June Meeting would complete the 21st Session. The 

 Club had been so useful, and so successful in carrying out 

 the objects for which it was founded, that he hoped every 

 member would agree that (C its coming of age " was an event 

 that should not be passed over without recognition. He 

 would therefore like to submit the following proposal : — 



"As the June Meeting will complete the Twenty-first 

 Session of the British Ornithologists' Club, the Committee 

 be requested to consider some means of celebrating its coming 

 of age and be asked to report on the matter at an early 

 meeting." 



The motion was seconded by Mr. Meade- Waldo and 

 unanimously agreed to. 



Mr. Witherby suggested that any proposals as to what 

 form the celebration should take should be forwarded to 

 him, so that he might place them before the Committee. 



Mr. P. F. Bunyard exhibited the eggs, down, and feathers 

 from the abdomen of various species of Grey Geese, including 

 Anser anser*, A. albifrons, A. finmarchicus, A. fabalis, and 

 A. brachyrkynchus. He called attention to the announce- 

 ment in 1 British Birds/ vol. vi. p. 320, in regard to the recent 

 discovery of the breeding-haunts of the White-fronted Goose, 

 A. albifrons, in Central Iceland, and read a communication 

 from Mr. R. Plumb, of Preston, to that effect. He remarked 

 that, as far as he was aware, this was the first authenticated 

 record of this Goose having bred in Iceland. The discovery 

 was made in 1911 by native collectors, who were struck 

 by the small size of the eggs, which were smaller than those 

 of any other Goose which they had previously collected. A 

 few eggs had apparently reached this country, but without any 

 down and feathers. In 1912 Mr. Plumb received a further 



