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In addition to the circulars issued to Members, the 

 Secretary sent out about one hundred more to various 

 schoolmasters in the country, taking as a rough guide a 

 series of circles from a common centre. Of these 100 

 schoohnasters circularised not one took the trouble of posting 

 a single card ! A truly different result to that of Mr. Her- 

 man's appeal in Hungary, when over 5000 responded 1! 



With a few exceptions, even the Members of the Union — 

 many of whom are enthusiastic ornithologists — did not put 

 themselves out in the slightest degree. To those gentlemen 

 who did go to the trouble of rendering what assistance they 

 could, we tender our heartiest thanks. This survey — being 

 on such a small scale — was merely a test in order to discover 

 whether one on a wider plane would meet with the desired 

 response. 



Notwithstanding the disappointingly small number of 

 observations, we herewith issue another appeal, with the 

 hope that it will be responded to in a more hearty manner. 

 The importance of the work is probably scarcelj^ realised by 

 the majority of our Members, so we reproduce a translation 

 of Mr. Otto Herman's little article in the 1907 volume of 

 the ' Aquila.' The author is the recognised authority on 

 matters pertaining to migration, so that we hope our request 

 for increased activity on the part of our Members (and others) 

 will not be in vain. 



•' A Light from the South. By Otto Herman, Director of 

 tbe Hungarian Central Bureau of Ornithology. 



'' 1 have endeavoured during the last forty years (1867 to 

 1907) to explain the migration problem of the Palsearctic 

 Birds of Passage. This work I afterwards introduced into 

 the routine of the Hungarian Ornithological Central Office, 

 but we find ourselves continually brought to bay by the 

 non-solution of the question: Where do the bulk of our 

 migratory birds spend their winter ? General reports to the 

 effect that some species remain in Southern Europe, while 

 others winter in North Africa, and so forth, are not sufficient» 



