160 Library Xotcs. Tisfocr 



"Life History of Xorth .lincrican Culls and Terns." l)y Arthur 

 Cleveland I'ent. 



A valuable acciuisilion t(j our library, as the author has 

 most exhaustively treated with the subject. The illustra- 

 tions, which are very numerous, are of a high order. 



Annual Report of the United States Xational Mitseion, iq2i. 



The Auk, vol. 38, Xo. 4. 



Report of the Smithsonian Institute, njnj. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society of J'ictoria. vol. xxxiv. Tnew 

 series), part ii. 



rlustralian Zoologist, vo]. ii.. ])art i\-. 



Xotes on Tubinarcs, including records which aft'ect the A.O.U. 

 Check-list, by Robert Cushman Murphy (author's re- 

 print). 



A Critical Study of the Fossil Bird, Gallinuloides zvyoniingensis 

 rastniaii. by Dr. R. W. v^huteldt (author's reprint). 



About Members 



-Mr. II. K. WHITE, OF "BELLTREES," HONOURED. 



The June nunil)er of "Stamp Collecting," a weeklv news|)aper 

 for philatelists, published in Great Britain, contains a report of 

 the o])ening at Piath of the Ninth Philatelic Congress of Great 

 Britain, described as "the Parliament of Philatelists," at the tirst 

 session of which (on June 20th) the following names were 

 adopted for entry on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists, these 

 having been approved by the affiliated societies and by the con- 

 gress, namely: Dr. Ricardo D. Elicabe (Argentina), Mr. Bertram 

 McGowan (Great Britain), Captain H. R. Oldfield (Great 

 P.ritain), Mr. Nils Strandell (Sweden), and Mr. Henry L. White 

 (Australia). "These names," the recf)rd goes on to state, have 

 accordingly been duly inscribed on the Roll ; and recognition was 

 publicly accorded them at the closing session of the Congress on 

 Friday last. The Roll now contains the names of forty-five dis- 

 tinguished Philatelists, headed by his Majesty the King." For 

 many years Mr. White has made the collection of stamjis, and 

 especially rare stamps, one of his hobbies; and the presentation 

 of his fine and unicjue collection, valued at about £20,(XX), to the 

 Mitchell Library, some time back, has been the subject of much 

 eulogistic comment in the world of Philately. 



Mcml)ers arc pleased to note the honour conferred on •)ur 

 Honorary Life Meml)er. who is distinguished in (Ornithology 

 as in Philatelv. 



