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will come forward and undertake the task of cataloguing our 
valuable and interesting collection of Wiltshire birds on the lines 
laid down by Rev. A. C. Smith, and who would in addition make 
up a good collection of the eggs of Wiltshire birds, not in these 
days a difficult task to anyone who has the time and taste to bestow 
upon such an undertaking. 
The library continues to grow ; the third Appendix to the Library 
Catalogue contained some three hundred and thirty printed items 
acquired between July, 1897, and December, 1899, most of them 
the result of gifts of single pamphlets or books by Members. The 
most notable addition in the way of printed books during the past 
year was Lord Stourton’s privately printed ‘ History of the Noble 
House of Stourton.’ The Committee would venture to point ont 
that old deeds, court rolls, &c., can hardly find a more useful home 
than in the Society’s library, where they will come under the 
careful editing of Mr. A. Story-Maskelyne. 
‘“ Acain we must refer to the military works on Salisbury Plain. 
Enormous excavations are taking place for the purpose of levelling 
-and improving ranges and erecting butts. As these works are 
chiefly being carried on by contractors who know nothing of 
antiquities, we greatly fear that much of archaeological interest 
runs the risk of being lost for ever. We made an appeal to our 
Patron and Trustee last year, The Marquis of Lansdowne, the 
present War Minister, to uphold and preserve from destruction the 
earth works and other relics of antiquity with which the Plain 
abounds to an extent to which no other part of this country does, 
and received in return a courteous and valuable reply. 
“On the cover of the Magazine attention is drawn to the subjects 
of churchyard inscriptions and photographs. In some counties 
these subjects are being taken up in a serious and systematic way. 
_ It is hoped that workers with time and skill may be found among 
' our Members who will undertake the tasks indicated. We 
gratefully draw attention to the work done by Mr. T. H. Baker, 
_ our newly-appointed Local Secretary for Salisbury, who has done 
a great deal of hard work during the past year in copying the 
_ ehurch and churchyard inscriptions in that neighbourhood. He 
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