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regards Ornitliology. In the same volume, also, will be 

 found Forbes's account of his eleven weeks spent in Northern 

 Brazil. 



1882. 



The Annual General fleeting of the Union in 1882 took 

 place at 6 Tenterden Street, Hanover Square, on jNlay the 

 17th, P. L. Sclater in tlie Chair, when nine new Members were 

 elected. The accounts for 1881, shcAving a balance in hand 

 of £73, having been examined and fovmd correct by Mr. J. E. 

 Harting, were passed. Some discussion took place concern- 

 ing the date of the Annual General Meeting, Avliich, however, 

 was left to the decision of the Committee. 



Salvin announced that the Fourth Series of ' The Ibis ' 

 being completed with the volume of 1882, he did not propose 

 to offer himself for re-election as one of the Editors for 

 another series, and Mr. Godman intimated his wish to resign 

 the Secretaryship. Under these circumstances, Howard 

 Saunders was requested to join Sclater in the Editorship 

 of the next Series, and Mr. H. E. Dresser was elected 

 Secretary. 



The sixth volume of the Fourth Series of ' The Ibis ' 

 (edited by Salvin and myself), being the twenty-fourtli of the 

 Avhole work, contained 629 pages, illustrated by \^ coloured 

 plates, mostly drawn by Keulemans. An important article 

 in this volume is that of Edgar Layard and his son on the 

 Birds of Nbav Caledonia, Avherc they had been resident for 

 more than five years. 



The Roll of the British Ornithologists' Union, printed in the 

 volume for 1882, shews that there were then 125 Ordinary 

 Members, 1 Extra-Ordinary Member, 9 Honorary Members, 

 and 19 Foreign Members in the List. 



