42 A SHORT HISTORY OJ THE 



VI.— The Fifth Series of 'The Ibis ' (1883-1888). 



"Ibis avis robusta et multos vivit in annos." 



{Editors: Philip Lutley Sclater and Howard Saunders.) 



1883. 



I was very sorry to lose Salvin as my co-Eclitor o£ ' The 

 Ibis/ for, as I have already stated, he was highly qualified 

 for the post from every point of view. At the same time^ in 

 commencing work in 1883, I had the advantage of another 

 fully competent partner. Howard Saunders, with whom 

 Salvin had arranged to take the vacant post, was not only 

 a leading authority on the Birds of Europe, but also an 

 excellent writer of English and a well-known reviewer of 

 literary works connected with Natural History. 



The usual Annual General Meeting of the B. O. U. for 1883 

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

 30th^ Lord Lilford, the President of the Union, being in the 

 Chair. The accounts, examined by Howard Saunders and 

 shewing a balance in favour of the Union of £38 at the close 

 of the preceding year, having been passed, seven new Ordinary 

 Members were ballotted for and elected. Professor O. C. 

 Marsh, of jSFewhaven, U.S.A., was also elected a Foreign 

 Member of the Union. Henry Wharton, the Secretary to 

 the Committee appointed in 1877 to prepare a List of 

 British Birds, presented a Report on the work of that 

 Committee and laid copies of the new List upon the table. 

 The Report was adopted, and it was consequently agreed 

 that the Committee be authorized to settle with Mr. Van 

 Voorst as to the publishing price of the List of British 

 Birds. The usual Dinner, which was held at the Grosvenor 

 Restaurant, was attended by thirty Members of the B. O. U^. 

 and guests. 



The first volume of the Fifth Series of 'The Ibis^ (edited 

 by Sclater and Saunders) contained G05 pages, illustrated by 

 14 plates, mostly drawn by Keulemans and Smit. Amongst 



