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Mr. Knowles on the coast of Antrim (Proc. R. I. Acad. (3) 

 iii. p. 650, 1895). Mr. R. J. Ussher, as we learn from the 

 ' Irish Naturalist' (vol. vi. p. 288, 1897), has now confirmed 

 this discovery by finding remains of the same bird in kitchen- 

 middens on the coast of Waterford. These specimens have 

 been examined and determined by Dr. Gadow and Prof. 

 Newton. Mr. Ussher believes that this new locality is 

 further south in Europe than any hitherto recorded for the 

 occurrence of this bird. 



Reserved Localities in Jutlatid. — H.E. the Danish Minister 

 has requested the Editors to insert in ' The Ibis ' a copy of 

 the following communication : — " The attention of the Danish 

 Government has been drawn to the fact that two localities, 

 which are the property of the Danish Crown, named ' Tipper ' 

 and ' Klcegbanken,^ in the Ringkjobing Fjord, on the west coast 

 of Jutland, have of late years been visited by a large number 

 of sportsmen and collectors, both native and foreign, during 

 the close-time, for the purpose of securing specimens and 

 eggs of the numerous Waterfowl which nest there, par- 

 ticularly of the rarer species. Great injury having been thus 

 done to these interesting centres of bird-life, the Danish 

 Government desires to bring it to the knowledge of all con- 

 cerned, that such acts are illegal, that the provisions of the 

 law of Denmark relating thereto will, in future, be strictly 

 enforced by special measures, and that persons unlawfully 

 visiting these localities for sporting or collecting purposes 

 must expect to be arrested and dealt with according to law. 



" November, 1897." 



Rearrangement of the Bird-gallery in the British Museum. 

 — The rearrangement of the Bird-gallery in the British Mu- 

 seum, under the superintendence of the Director, has been 

 commenced and is making good progress. The Passeres and 

 other highly-developed groups will be placed on the left- 

 hand side of the entrance from the hall, and the Ratitse and 

 lower groups on the right hand, so that, when the whole 

 series is finished, the student will be able to commence his 



