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walksj we ascended one of the hills that borJered the south 

 side of the glacier. We found it a somewhat arduous climb, 

 which took us over two hours to accomplish. We reached 

 the summit at midnight ; the temperature was 40°, and we 

 threw ourselves, our clothes saturated with perspiration, on 

 the ground. I had forgotten my aneroid. Daniel estimated 

 the height at 2000 feet. I think 1400 feet would be within 

 the mark. Phanerogamic vegetation entirely ceased at 400 

 feet from the top, and was replaced by a rich growth of lichens 

 and mosses. Cardamine bellidifolia was the highest-growing 

 flowering-plant. We were well repaid for our climb, as we 

 looked upon a scene of rare beauty. Immediately below us 

 lay the glacier, some 3 miles across, but narrowing to about 

 a mile where it discharges. Looking inland, the glacier 

 seemed smooth, but at the contracted outlet it was greatly 

 crevassed transversely. 



" As this grand fiord is unnamed on the charts, and we 

 were the first to explore it, we desire to give to it the 

 name of Ziwolka, in remembrance of Pachtussoff's able 

 lieutenant ; and to name the glacier the * Ibis Glacier,' in 

 compliment to our brethren of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union.'' 



News from Ornithologists in Foreign Lands. — Mr. Stanley 

 Flower, of the Royal Museum, Bangkok, whose interesting 

 notes on the birds of Bangkok are given above (p. 319), has 

 been visiting Singapore and Penang, and finds the change 

 from the flat plains of Slam to "The Crag" on Penang 

 Hill, 2200 feet above the sea-level, very refreshing. Here he 

 sees and hears the great Rhinoceros Hornbill {Dichoceros 

 bicornis) daily, besides many other birds of great interest. 



Mr. WiglesAVorth is leaving Dresden, where he has been 

 working with Dr. Meyer for several years, and will soon return 

 to England. The joint work of these two authors on the 

 Birds of Celebes and the adjacent Islets is finished, and will 

 be issued very shortly. 



Mr. J. D. D. La Touche writes to us from Swatow (Feb. 

 10th, 1898) as follows : — " I have to tell you that my 



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