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Mr. Sclater exhibiterl a coloured drawing, taken from the 
fresh specimen by Mr. Hamilton, of the head of this bird, 
showing the extraordinary development of the pale blue 
wattles of the neck, which had never been correctly repre- 
sented or described, and were so different in appearance from 
ordinary specimens of this bird that Mr. Sclater liad, at first, 
been inclined to regard the Ecuador bird as a distinct species. 
The second bird exhibited was an example of the little-known 
Mtjiadestes coracinns, Berlepsch, from the forests of the Upper 
Napo. 
The next Meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, 
the 25th of April, 1900, at the llestaurant Frascati, 32 Oxford 
Street, at 8.30 p.m. ; the Dinner at 7 o^clock. 
(Signed) 
P. L. ScLATEK, R. Bowdler Sharpe, W. E. de Winton, 
Chairman. Editor. Sec. ^ Treas. 
SPECIAL NOTICE. 
The next Meeting of the Club will be entirely devoted to 
the exhibition of albino and other colour-variations of Birds. 
The Hon. Walter Rothschild, who probably possesses the 
finest collection of “ varieties ” of birds in this country, will 
on this occasion exhibit some of the most notable examples 
from his Museum. Members of the B. O. C. and their 
friends are also requested to bring every available speeimen 
of colour- variation, so that the exhibition may be rendered 
as successful as have been the previous ones held under the 
auspices of the British Ornithologists’ Club. 
