BHITISH OKXITHOLOGISTS UXIOX. ^O 



"work of editing ' The Ibis,' combined with tlie cares o£ the 

 Secretaryship of the Zoological Society, was more than I 

 could well manage, and I consequently gave notice that 

 I was not prepared to carry on the Editorship of ' The Ibis ■" 

 after the close of 1862. It was thereupon agreed that the 

 sum of fifty pounds should be annually appropriated to 

 editorial expenses, including the keeping of accounts, the 

 existing management being continued. 



The third volume of ' The Ibis' (for 1861) was completed 

 in August of that year. It contained 428 pages, illustrated 

 by 13 plates. Amongst the many interesting papers con- 

 tained in it were a full account of Wolley's discovery of the 

 breeding of the Waxwitig in Lapland, drawn up by Newton 

 from Wolley's papers, and an abstract of AA'oUcy's researches 

 in Iceland respecting the Great Auk, likewise prepared by 

 NcAvton from Wolley's memoranda. 



1862. 



The Meeting of the British Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science having been fixed to be held at Cambridge 

 in October 1862, it was thought convenient that the Annual 

 General Meeting of the B.O. U. should take place on the same 

 occasion. The meeting was accordingly held at Magdalene 

 College, Cambridge, on the 7th o£ October, the President, 

 Col. Drumm.ond-Hay, being in the Chair. At this meeting- 

 Mr. Wallace, having returned to England, was elected an 

 Extra- Ordinary Member of the Union, and Mr. Robert 

 Swinhoe, of Her Majesty's Chinese Consular Service, avIio 

 had recently commenced the long series of i)apers on 

 Chinese Ornithology which he pubUshed in ' The Ibis,' 

 Avas elected an Honorary Member. The accounts having 

 been examined and passed, it was found necessary to ask 

 for a subscription of thirty shilHngs from each Member in 

 order to meet the expenditure. 



The fourth volume of the First Series of '^ The Ibis' was 

 completed in August 1862. It contained 404 pages, illus- 

 tiatcd by 13 plates. Newton contributed to tins volume his 

 often-quoted paper " On the supposed Gular Pouch of tlie 



