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Finally^ I may remark that, as will be seen on turning 

 over the pages of contents in the last volume of ' The Ibis/ 

 we have correspondents interested in our favourite subject in 

 nearly every part of the world, and that the great difficulty 

 of the Editors is to compress so many valuable contributions 

 within the compass of an annual volume. 



Before resuming my seat, I wish to say one more word. 

 Our Government, in connection with that of Egypt, has just 

 taken possession of an enormous district in Afi^ica, probably 

 nearly equal to half Europe in extent. It sternly warns all 

 intruders off, even when they are alleged to be of " no poli- 

 tical influence." When it comes to regulate the administra- 

 tion of these new territories, it is to be hoped that the 

 interests of Natural History will not be entirely overlooked. 

 Although the Upper Nile districts have been traversed and 

 investigated by many well-known naturalists, there is still 

 very much to be done in these teeming regions of animal- 

 life. We Englishmen are ready and willing to undertake, 

 by individual efforts, much work that in other countries is 

 provided for by State-Explorers ; but it is not too much to 

 expect that our Government should at least help us by 

 providing adequate facilities and occasional assistance, and 

 even, perhaps, by contributions to the expensive process of 

 bringing the results thus acquired completely before the 

 world. 



A complete copy of the twenty -sixth volume of the 

 * Catalogue of Birds ' was laid on the table by Dr. Bowdler 

 Sharpe. 



Mr, G. H. Caton Haigh exhibited and made remarks upon 

 a Warbler, Lusciniola schwarzi (Radde), which he had shot 

 on the 1st of October, near North Cotes, Lincolnshire. The 

 large bastard-primary easily distinguished the members of 

 this genus (and those of Herbivocula) from the Phylloscopi. 

 The summer-home of L. schwarzi appeared to be in South- 

 eastern Siberia, and reached about as far west as Tomsk, 

 according to Godlewski, who had mentioned the powerful note 



