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elected. The lease of the house, 6 Tenterden Street^ Hanover 

 Square, having expired, tlie Committee announced that the 

 official headquarters of the Union for the present would be 

 18 Princes Street, Cavendish Square. Tiie election of a 

 new Secretary in place of Mr. H. E. Dresser, who was 

 absent from England, but, as it was believed, wished to 

 retire, was left in the hands of the Committee, who met 

 subsequently and selected Mr. F. D. Godinan for that 

 office. The usual Dinner after the Meeting was held at the 

 Cafe Royal and attended by thirty Members and guests. 



The first volume of the Sixth Series of ' The Ibis,' whicli 

 was completed in October 1889, contained 608 pages, illus- 

 trated by 16 plates, mostly drawn by Keulemans. Amongst 

 the papers in this volume will be found Dr. R. B. Sharpens 

 account of the Birds of Northern Borneo, and two articles 

 by Dr. Guillemard and Lord Lilford on tiie Birds of Cyprus. 

 A remarkable new species of Dendiocolaptine bird from the 

 Lower Amazons is figured (by Keulemans) and described as 

 Berlepschia rikeri. 



1890. 



The Annual General Meeting of the B. O. U. for 1890 was 

 held on May the 21st at the rooms of the Zoological Society, 

 3 Hanover Square, P. L. Sclater being in the Chair in con- 

 sequence of the absence of the President. The Report of the 

 Committee was read and the accounts were passed. Thirteen 

 new Ordinary Members were elected, likewise two new 

 Honorary Members (Graf von Berlepsch and Count Tomraaso 

 Salvador!) and three Foreign Members (jNI. Emile Oustalet, 

 Dr. Emin Pasha, and Mr. J. A. Allen). The Committee 

 alluded with much regret to the recent death of Mr. John 

 Henry Gurney, one of the original Members of the Union 

 and a constant contributor to ' The Ibis.' 



The second volume of the Sixth Series of ^ The Ibis' 

 (1890) contained 491 pages, illustrated by 14 plates, mostly 

 executed by Keulemans. To this volume Whitehead made 

 a valuable contribution on the Birds collected and observed 



