56 A SHORT HISTORY OF THK 



Congress proposed to be held at Paris on June the 26th. 

 Twenty-six new Ordinary Members of the Uuiou were 

 ballotted for and elected. The name of Professor R. Collett 

 Avas transferred from the List of Foreign Members to that 

 of Honorary Members^ and the following three gentlemen 

 were eleeted Foreign Meml^ers of the Union : — Dr. V. Bianchi, 

 Dr. Othmar Reiser, and Mr. Leonhard Stejneger. 



The year 1900 being the last of the six years of the 

 Seventh Series^ the subject of the future editorship of ' The 

 Ibis' Avas discussed, and it Avas agreed that Messrs, P. L. 

 Sclater and A. H. Evans should be requested to undertake 

 the Editorship of the Eighth Series, to commence in 1901. 



At the close of the Seventh Series the roll of the B. O. U. 

 contained the names of 344 Ordinary Members, 2 Extra- 

 Ordinary Members, 10 Honorary Members, and 18 Foreign 

 Members — 374 Members in all. 



The volume of ^The Ibis' for 1900, being the sixth and 

 last volume of the Seventh Series, contained 728 pages, 

 illustrated by 14 plates, drawn by Keulemans, Gronvold, 

 Lodge, and Srait. Amongst the papers Avcre an article by 

 Mr. R. Hall on the Birds of Kerguelen Island, and a series 

 of Notes on the Birds of Mashoua-land prepared by Mr. Guy 

 A. K. Marshall. A good figure Avas given of both sexes of 

 the rare Merganser squamatus from China, of Avhich the 

 female only was previously known. 



IX.— The Eighth Series of ' The Ibis' (1901-1906). 



" Quam maguificata sunt opera tua, Domiue." 



{Editors : Philip Lutley Sclater and 

 Arthur Humble Evans.) 



1901. 



The Annual General Meeting of the B. O. U. for 1901 Avas 

 held at 3 Hanover Square on the IStli of May, F. DuCane 

 Godman, President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the 

 last General Meeting having been read and confirmed, the 



