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affluent of Lake Chad, at about 4500 feet. Here native 

 straw huts have been constructed for the party, and the 

 surrounding country is varied and likely to prove a rich 

 collecting-ground. The rains are heavy and last about four 

 months. Both Capt. Lynes and Mr. Willoughby Lowe 

 appear to be in good health and spirits, and the collections, 

 both of bird-skins and in other branches of Natural History, 

 are accumulating rapitUy. 



The Godman-Salvin Medal. (PI. IX.) 



It will be remembered that at the Annual Meeting of the 

 B. O. U. ill March 1^19 it was unanimously resolved that 

 the Union should found a medal to be called the Godman- 

 Salvin Medal, which should be given from time to time for 

 distinguished ornithological work^ and that subscriptions for 

 this purpose should be raised among Members of the Union. 



A sum of j£163 has since been collected, and a list of 

 those who subscribed will be found on p. 787 of ' The Ibis '' 

 for 1919. 



The design was prepared by Mr. Allan G. Wyon and a die 

 has been cut, and as soon as a suitable occasion presents 

 itself an award can be made. On PL IX. will be found a 

 photographic representation of the obverse and reverse of 

 the medal. The total cost of the design and the cutting 

 of the die amounts to £105 ; postcige, stationery, etc.^ etc., 

 £^ ; leaving a balance of £53 to defray the cost of striking 

 the medal when it is required. 



The Plumage Act. 



From the ' Times ' we learn that the Advisory Committee 

 provided .for by the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) 

 Act will be constituted as follows : — 



Lord Crewe (Chairman) ; Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker and 

 Dr. W. Eagle Clarke (experts in Ornithology) ; Mr. C. P. 

 Downham, Mr. W. G. Dunstall, and Mr. L. Joseph (experts 

 in the feather trade) ; Lord Buxton, Capt. E. G. Fairholnie, 

 Mrs. Reginald McKenna, and Mr. H. J. Massingham. 



