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Personalia. 



The marriage of Col. Richard Meinertzhagen, D.S.O., 

 and Miss Annie C. Jackson, 'oliich took place on March 3 

 last, unites two well-known ornithologists and Members of 

 the British Ornithologists' Union, and is an event nnique in 

 our history. We offer onr heartiest congratnlations and best 

 wishes to the newly married pair, in which we are sure all 

 our members will join us. 



Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston, M.B.O.U., has been appointed 

 naturalist and medical officer to the Mt. Everest Expedition, 

 which is being organized under the joint auspices of the 

 Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club. We 

 hope he will not forget the claims of ornithology, and that 

 he will devote some of his spare time to observing and 

 collecting the birds of Tibet and the high country sur- 

 rounding Mount Everest. 



Our late President, Dr. W. Eagle Clarke, who has been 

 Keeper of the Natural History Department of the Royal 

 Scottish Museum since 1906, retired under the Civil Service 

 age limit on March 15 last. W'e understand that the post 

 of Honorary Supervisor of the bird collections has been 

 offered to Dr. Eagle Clarke by the Secretary for Scotland, 

 and has been accepted by him, so that his connection with 

 the Royal Scottish Museum will not be entirely severed. 

 We congratulate the Royal Scottish Museum on being able 

 to retain Dr. Eagle Clarke's valuable services for a further 

 period. 



W^e learn that Mr. Frank M. Chapman, Curator of Birds 

 of the American Museum of Natural History, is shortly 

 arriving in England for a visit. 



