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Club van Nederlandsche Vogelkundigen. Jaarbericht. 



Secretary Baron Rene C. E. G. J. van Snoukaert von Schau- 

 burg, Doom, Holland. 

 Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Founded Nov. 7, 1900. The 

 Emu. 

 Hon. Secretary W. H. D. Le Souef, Zoological Gardens, Mel- 

 bourne, Victoria, Australia. 

 Sociedad Ornitologica del Plata. Founded 1917. El Hornero. 



President, Dr. Roberto Dab bene, Museo Nacional Historia Natural, 

 Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

 South African Biological Society. Founded 1916. 



Secretary Chas. K. Brain, Box 513, Pretoria, Transvaal, 

 South Africa. 

 South Australian Ornithological Association. Founded 1899. South 

 Australian Ornithologist. 

 Acting Secretary F. M. Angel, 113 Grenfell St., Adelaide, South 

 Australia. 



The Royal Australian Ornithologists' Union is to be congratulated upon 

 the generous gift of $5,000 received from one of its members, H. L. White, 

 Esq. Mr. White is well known for his generosity and his splendid orni- 

 thological collection has only recently been given to the Australian National 

 Museum where he thought it would be of more use in advancing a knowl- 

 edge of Australian ornithology. 



Science certainly owes a debt of gratitude to such benefactors. After 

 all it is the ornithologists of the various countries who were originally 

 responsible for the development of the popular interest in birds which has 

 resulted in the Audubon Societies and kindred organizations, which are 

 doing such splendid work today. The patrons of this movement however 

 should keep Mr. White's example in mind and not forget the needs of the 

 parent organizations, like the American Ornithologists' Union, whose 

 activities in the lines of research and publication could be vastty increased 

 by adequate endowment. 



We are glad to welcome a new arrival in the field of ornithological 

 journalism in 'El Hornero' the Proceedings of the Ornithological Society 

 of La Plata, with headquarters at Buenos Aires. The first number which 

 appeared in October, 1917, deserves the highest commendation and we 

 wish the publication every success. The cover following the example of 

 most other ornithological journals bears a vignette of the bird after which 

 the publication is named — a pair of 'Horneros' (Furnarius rufus) and their 

 wonderful mud nest. 



The Members of the A. O. U.. — In 1901, under an amendment to the 

 By-Laws, provision was made for a class of Members intermediate between 

 Fellows and Associates. The number was limited to 75, nominations were- 



