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Editors. 



P. L. ScLATEB, Esq. 

 Howard Saunders^ Esq. 



Committee. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



E. Cavendish Taylor^ Esq. 



E. Bidwell, Esq. 



The Secretary then, on behalf of Mr. T. H. Nelson, of 

 Redcar, Yorkshire^ called the attention of the Members pre- 

 sent to a petition against the extension of the close-time 

 for sea-birds in the North Riding of Yorkshire, which that 

 gentleman sent, requesting the Members present, i£ they 

 approved of it, to sign it. After a long discussion it was 

 proposed by Canon Tristram, and seconded by Mr. G. C. 

 Taylor, " That, in the opinion of the Members of the British 

 Ornithologists' Union here present, an extension of the 

 close-time for sea-birds on the east coast of England to the 

 1st September would be highly advisable." On being put 

 to the Meeting this Motion was carried by a large majority. 

 A vote of thanks to the Chairman, as also to Captain 

 Shelley for the use of his room, was proposed by Mr. W. T. 

 Blanford, seconded by Canon Tristram, and carried by 

 acclamation. The Meeting then adjourned, and the Annual 

 Dinner, held at the Cafe Royal, was attended by thirty-two 

 Members and guests. 



/S^on^ 0/ Cyphorhinus. — In Mr. Simson^s lately published 

 * Travels in the Wilds of Ecuador ' (London, 1886) the song 

 of what is, we believe, a Wren of the genus Cyphorhinus, met 

 with between the Topo and the Pintuc, on the route from 

 Riobamba to the Napo, is described as follows : — " Here I 

 first heard the song of the ^Flautero' (flute-bird), among 

 birds the mellowest and most beautiful songster that I re- 

 member having heard. His song is not quite the same in 

 all individuals, but may be likened in tone to the most mel- 

 low sweet-sounding fluet ; and the musical correctness of all 



