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Caledonia), Seebohm, and Blakiston. An important paper 

 in this volume is the '■' Catalogue of the Birds of Japan," 

 prepared by Captain Blakiston and Mr. Pryer. The breeding 

 of the Sacred Ibis in the Zoological Society^s Gardens in 

 1877 was duly chronicled by one of the Editors, and figures 

 of the young bird and egg were given to illustrate it. 



1879. 



In 1879 the Annual General Meeting of the B. O. U. was 

 held at 6 Tenterden Street^ Hanover Square, on May the 

 7th, P. L. Sclater in the Chair, and six new Members were 

 elected. The accounts were examined and passed. It was 

 announced by Mr. Salvin that the Index-volume to the 

 first three Series of 'The Ibis' (1859-1876) w^as ready for 

 issue, and it was agreed that copies of it should be sold to 

 Members at £\ each. The usual Dinner after the Meeting 

 took place at the Grosvenor Restaurant, Bond Street. 



The third volume of the Fourth Series of ' The Ibis/ 

 issued in 1879, forming the twenty-first volume of the whole 

 work, contained 506 pages, illustrated by 12 plates, mostly 

 drawn by Keulemans and Smit. In it will be found excellent 

 articles b}^ Gurncy, Seebohm, and Tristram, and an account 

 of the Birds of Ascension Island prepared by Mr. F. G. 

 Penrose. The map attached to Mr. Danford's " Further 

 Contributions to the Ornithology of Asia Minor" (plate ii. 

 p. 81) shews how widely that excellent Naturalist extended 

 his travels and exj)lorations in that country. 



1880. 



The Annual General Meeting of the B. O. U. for 1880 Avas 

 held at 6 Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, on May the 19th, 

 Lord Lilford, President, in the Chair. Nine new Ordinary 

 Members were elected. Herr H. Gatke, of Heligoland, was 

 made an Honorary Member of the Union, and Mr. 11. Ridgway, 

 U.S.A., a Foreign Member. The accounts, examined and 

 found correct by Henry Seebohm, were passed ; they shewed 

 a balance in hand of nearly £100. The Dinner after the 



