550 Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 



Pallas's Sand-Grouse. — In a letter to the ^ Field ' (13tli 

 June, 1908, p. 982), Mr. Jean Stolzmann, of the Branicki 

 Museum, Warsaw, announces that numerous flocks of 

 Pallas^s Sand-Grouse [Syrrhaptes paradoxus^ appeared in 

 Eastern Galicia (Austrian Poland) in May last. 



Herr Th. Lorenz, writing in 'Ornith. Monatsb/ (1908, 

 p. 100), records the appearance of many of these Sand-Grouse 

 this year in European Russia. The first specimen was 

 obtained near Moscow on the 16th of April, and two others 

 in the Government of Rjusan on the same day. On the 

 18tli April a flock of 15 was observed near Twer, and one 

 example was shot. On the 18th a specimen was obtained 

 near Span-Tamhoff, and on the 19tli tAvo males near Tula, 

 where there was said to be large flocks. 



There would appear, therefore, to be a probability of a 

 fresh invasion of this curious vagrant into Western Europe. 



The Jubilee of the B. 0. U. — It has been decided that the 

 General Meeting of the B. O. U. (to celebrate the completion 

 of the fiftieth volume of ' The Ibis ') shall be held in London 

 on Wednesday, Dec. 9th. Further particulars will be sent 

 to all the Members of the B. O. U. 



The German Ornithological Societij. — It is announced in 

 the ' Ornithologische Monatsberichte ' that the Annual 

 Meeting of the Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschaft for 

 this year will be held at Danzig on Oct. 2nd-4th. On 

 the 5th and 6th, after the meeting, an excursion will be 

 made to Konigsberg and the Ornithological Observatory of 

 Rossitten, when the new building of the Observatory will 

 be formally opened. For further information application 

 should be made to Herr Prof. Dr. Lakowitz in Danzig 

 (Frauengasse, 26). We hope that some British ornitlio- 

 logists may be able to attend the meeting, and can assure 

 them (from past personal experience) that they will receive 

 a hearty welcome. 



