132 Occasional JVotes. 



The matter was referred to at some length on several 

 previous occasions in this Journal, and it remains but to say 

 that, with the exception of the one or two examples already 

 recorded, no more English Sparrows have been procured at 

 Pretoria. 



[It may be of interest to our Members to know that 

 Dr. D'Evelyii is an old Pretorian, having been in the siege 

 of 1881, when he left one of his legs behind him, as the 

 result of a wound received from one of the besieging 

 Boers.— A. H.] 



XIV. A Marked Stork in South Central Africa. 



In the April number of the ' Ornithologische Monats- 

 berichte' we see that, according to 'The Field ^ of 25th 

 January, 1908, a letter appeared dated from Fort Jameson, 

 N.E. Rhodesia, announcing the capture of a White Stork 

 marked with a ring bearing the words : " Vogelwarte 

 Rossitten 163, Germania." This bird was marked by 

 Mr. Franz Bahr of Streitz,Koslin, Germany, and was liberated 

 with two others on the 25th August, 1907. The date of the 

 letter, which was signed by Mr. Thornicroft, is 16th 

 December, 1907, and the exact date on v/hich the bird was 

 shot has been written for. This is an extremely interesting 

 case, and We would ask our readers to keep this matter before 

 them, as it is only by co-operation (North with South) that 

 we can ever hope to obtain closer acquaintance with the 

 phenomenon of migration. 



XV. Mr. John A. Bucknill, M.A. (the King's Advocate, 

 Cyprus), President of the S.A.O.TJ. for 1907, and Chief 

 Editor of this Journal from June 1905 to April 1907, 

 expresses his gratification and pleasure at the honour done 

 him by the Union in electing him an Honorary Member, and 

 wishes to tender his sincere thanks to the Members. 



