36 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE 



The sixth vohimc of the Third Series of 'The Ibis *^ 

 (which was completed in August 187G) contained 522 pages, 

 illustrated by 14 plates, mostly prepared by Keuleraans, iu 

 his best style. Amongst other important papers, Newton 

 contributed an article " On the Assignation of a Type to 

 Liuuean Genera/' \yhich deserves special attention, and 

 Canon Tristram favoured us Avitli a paper " On the Birds of 

 the New Hebrides/' Besides the ordinary Index, a General 

 Subject-Index to the whole of the Third Series (1871-1876) 

 was published -v^itli this volume. 



Subsequently Salviii, who was much devoted to index- 

 making, a most useful but very laborious kind of Avork too 

 often neglected, prepared a General Index of the names of 

 the Genera and Species of Birds referred to in the first three 

 Series (1859-1876), which was printed and published iu 

 1879. 



At the termination of the Third Series of ' The Ibis ' in 

 1876 it will be seen by the List of Members in the last 

 volume that the Roll of the B. O. U. at that period contained 

 the names of 89 Ordinary Members, 1 li^xtra-Ordinary 

 Member, 8 Honorary IMembers, and 17 Foreign Members. 



v.— The Fourth Series of 'The Ibis' (1877-1882). 



" Ibis avis robusta et multos vivit iu aunos.'' 



[Editors : Osbert Salvin and Philip Ll'tley Sclater.) 



1877. 



The Annual General Meeting of the Union for 1877 was 

 held at 6 Tenterdeu Street, Hanover Square, on the 16th of 

 May, 1877, Arthur, Marquis of Tweeddale, in the Chair. 

 The accounts for 1876 were examined and passed, and 12 new 

 Ordinary Members were elected. There was a Dinner after 

 the Meeting at the Pall Mall Restaurant. 



On the 7th of November, 1877, a Special General Meeting 

 of the Union, called b}' the Committee at the request of ten 

 Members, was held at 6 Tenterdeu Street to consider the 

 rules relating to the election of new Members. P. L. Sclater 



