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personally well known to many of us. The ' Journal fiir 

 Ornithologie^ is, I may fairly say, to a considerable extent 

 occupied with contributions relating to the Avifauna of 

 Central Europe, but, on glancing over its pages, excellent 

 articles will be found throughout tbe work which relate to 

 the birds of other parts of the world. The newly-founded 

 German colonies have naturally attracted a large share of 

 attention in the Fatherland, and Dr. Reichenow's memoirs 

 on the birds of Togo-land, on the avifauna of German 

 East Africa and on that of Kaiser-Wilhelrns-land, recently 

 published in the ' Journal,' may be mentioned specinlly as 

 being of very great importance. But the German ornitho- 

 logists by no means confine themselves to the range of 

 their own colonies. German collectors range over the 

 whole world, and German taxidermists are to be found in 

 nearly every museum as well of the New World as of the 

 Old, and not unfrequently become contributors to the 

 information collected in their national Journal of Ornitho- 

 logy. In other branches of our subject, such as Anatomy, 

 Pterylosis, Nomenclature, and Classification, the ' Journal 

 fiir Oruithologie ' will be found to be likewise replete with 

 information. 



"To sing our own praises is a somewhat delicate task, 

 but I think I may say tliat 'The Ibis,'' which was begun 

 by the B.O.U. in 1859, six years later than the ' Journal 

 fiir Oruithologie,' has, in some respects, had even a more 

 striking career than its predecessor. This of course is 

 maiidy owing to the unfailing support it has received from 

 the Members of the B.O.U,, now upwards of 300 in number, 

 who have grudged neither time nor money in promoting its 

 success. We have now published six series of ' The Ibis,^ 

 each extending over a period of six years, and two ' Index' 

 volumes, which greatly facilitate references to the work, 

 while of a seventh series the third volume is already 

 complete, bringing up the work to the close of the present 

 year. Glancing over the sets in our libraries we notice at 

 once that the more recent volumes have evidently increased 

 in bulk, and, we may also hope, have not diminished as 



