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brunnescentibus nigro anguste striolatis, et pectore 
evidenter nigro striolatim maculato distinguenda. Long, 
tot. 5*5 poll., culm. 0*7, alse 3*5, caudae L75, tarsi 0*8. 
Hab. Athi River, Nov. 17, 1899. 
Estrilda delamerei, sp. n. 
E. similis E. erythronota , et subcaudalibus abdomineque 
nigris, sed omnino pallidior, et fasciis alee dark marga- 
ritaceis nee cineraceis ; notseo pallide cinereo-vinaceo : 
gutture imo et prsepectore pallide roseis : hypochondriis 
rosaceis, nec coccineis, distinguenda. Long. tot. 4 - 7 
poll., culm. 0*4, a he 2*1, caudse 2*25, tarsi 06. 
Hab. Athi River, Nov. 8, 1899. 
Dr. Sharpe gave a short account of the history of the 
B. O. C. and the work performed by the members since the 
foundation of the Club eight years ago. 
Mr. Meade-Waldo called the attention of the Union to 
the way in which rare birds were still being persecuted 
and destroyed in Great Britain. He felt sure that no 
member of the Union would willingly assist in bringing 
about this lamentable occurrence, but that in consideration 
of the persistency with which all our rare breeding birds 
were annually harried by British egg-collectors, and on that 
account of the great difficulty, if not impossibility, experienced 
by landed proprietors in preserving them, he considered 
that the time had come to make a supreme effort. He 
proposed the following resolution, which was seconded by 
Mr. H. M. Upcher, and carried unanimously :— 
“ That any member of the Union, directly or indirectly 
responsible for the destruction of nest, eggs, young, or 
parent-birds of any of the species mentioned below 
—Osprey, Kite, White-tailed Eagle, Honey-Buzzard, 
Common Buzzard, Hoopoe, Golden Oriole, Ruff, Bittern, 
and Chough—should be visited with the severest censure 
of the Union.” 
A discussion ensued, in which the President and other 
members took part. 
