. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. Club Notices 145^^^5sAlTHS6/C9^^^ac- 2001 121(3) Bulletin of the BRITISH ORNITHO. Vol. 121 No. 3 Published 17 September 2001 CLUB NOTES The 901st meeting of the Club was held on Tuesday 1 May 2001 at , following the Annual General Meeting. 19 Members and 8 guests attended. Members present were: Dr MANN {Chairman), Miss H. BAKER, BISHOP, Cdr CASEMENT RN, Dr. CHANDLER, FISHER, GAUNTLETT, The Rev. GLADWIN, D. GRIFFIN, K. HERON, S. LOWE, JOBLING, MONTIER, Mrs MULLER, PALING, PRI
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Birds. Club Notices 145^^^5sAlTHS6/C9^^^ac- 2001 121(3) Bulletin of the BRITISH ORNITHO. Vol. 121 No. 3 Published 17 September 2001 CLUB NOTES The 901st meeting of the Club was held on Tuesday 1 May 2001 at , following the Annual General Meeting. 19 Members and 8 guests attended. Members present were: Dr MANN {Chairman), Miss H. BAKER, BISHOP, Cdr CASEMENT RN, Dr. CHANDLER, FISHER, GAUNTLETT, The Rev. GLADWIN, D. GRIFFIN, K. HERON, S. LOWE, JOBLING, MONTIER, Mrs MULLER, PALING, PRICE, Dr PRYS-JONES, SALAMAN, and SELLAR. Guests attending were: Ms G. BONHAM, Mrs CASEMENT, Mrs GAUNTLETT, Mrs GLADWIN, Mrs JONES, Mrs M. MONTIER, Dr. PC. RASMUSSEN, and M. WALTON. After dinner, a series of short talks was given by Members on subjects of topical interest; the following is a brief synopsis of the main points presented: Recent discoveries from Serrania de San Lucas, northern Colombia - Paul Salaman gave a brief summary of the highlights of his recent work, illustrated with high quality slides: Serrania de San Lucas is an isolated and biologically-unknown mountain range, rising from sea level to 2,500m in the departments of Antioquia and Bolivar, northern Colombia. As part of the Colombian Evaluation of Biodiversity in the Andes (EBA) Project, ornithological surveys were conducted in the subtropical forest in March 2001. The expedition recorded over 200 bird species with 481 bird captures, which included several threatened and endemic species: White-mantled Barbet Capito hypoleucus, Sooty Ant-Tanager Habia gutturalis, and Saffron-headed Parrot Pionopsitta pyrilia. Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus captures may relate to a new subspecies for science, whilst a Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus capture represents a new species (monotypic family) for Colombia. The San Lucas massif is unprotected and has been heavily defores
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