48 A SlIOKT HISTORY Ol' THE 



by liim in the Island of Palawan, and Newton described 

 and figured the young of Pallas's Sand-Grouse from a 

 specimen obtained in Britain. Dr. R. B. Sharpe concluded 

 his series of papers on the Ornithology of Northern Borinio 

 by the issue of Part 10. 



1891. 



In 1891 the Annual Meeting of the British Ornitho- 

 logists' Union Avas held at the rooms of the Zoological 

 Society of London on May the 9th. In the absence of the 

 President from ill-health, the Chair was taken hy Mr. Osbert 

 Salvin. Nineteen new Ordinary Members were ballotted 

 for and elected, and the accounts for 1890, having been 

 examined and found correct by Mr. J. E. Harting, and 

 shewing a balance in favour of the Union of ^103, were 

 passed. The Annual Dinner, subsequently held at the Cafe 

 Eoyal, was attended by twenty-six Members and guests. 



The third volume of the Sixth Series of ' The Ibis/ issued 

 in 1891, contained 664 pages, illustrated by 13 plates, 

 mostly drawn by Keulemans. Among the articles pub- 

 lished in this volume are Mr. Lydehker's memoir on Possil 

 Birds, and an essay by Mr. W. Evans on the period of 

 time occupied ])y Birds in the incubation of their Eggs. 

 Mr. E. W. Styan also contributed a valuable paper on the 

 Birds of the Lower Yangtse Basin. 



1892. 



The Annual General Meeting of the British Ornithologists^ 

 Union in 1892 was held at the rooms of the Zoological Society 

 of London on iNIay 18th. In the absence of the President 

 from ill-health, the Chair Avas taken by P. L. Sclater. The 

 accounts for the year 1891. examined and found correct by 

 Mr. Salvin, were passed, and 18 new Members were elected. 



The Annual Dinner, held at the Cafe Royal, was attended 

 by 28 Members and guests. After the dinner a proposition 

 was made that an Ornithological Club should be established 

 for the purpose of holding monthly meetings at Avhich 



