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but these reviews are all too brief. In this country 'Bird Lore' has pub- 

 lished brief summaries for 1901, 1902, and 1910, 1 and 'The Auk' one for 

 1917 2 , but summaries for the other years are lacking. At recent meet- 

 ings of the A. O. U. some time has been devoted to a discussion of orni- 

 thological progress during the year and it is hoped that members will 

 bear this feature in mind and contribute notes on any work which has 

 come under their observation in 1920. 



The excursion of the Swiss Society for Bird Study and Bird Protection 

 to the Swiss National Park occupied 9 days from July 20 to 28 inclusive. 

 The time was spent in tramps through the region from Scanfs to Zernez 

 in the upper Engadine. Scanfs is situated at an elevation of 1670 meters, 

 Zernez at 1497, and the highest point reached on the trip was about 3000 

 meters. The 57 species of birds observed were all land birds and included 

 several of the larger species characteristic of the Alps. 



The annual meeting of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union 

 will be held in October, 1920, in Perth, Western Australia. Reports 

 recently received indicate that a good attendance is expected. When it 

 is recalled that the journey from Sydney to Perth is comparable to that 

 from New York to Denver, the enthusiasm of members of the R. A. O. U. 

 in attending distant meetings is worthy of the highest commendation. 



The year 1920 marks the bicentenary of Gilbert White, who was born 

 at Selborne, England, July 18, 1720, O. S. According to the London 

 Field of June 26, 1920, p. 945, a memorial window of three lights has 

 been placed in the parish church at Selborne to commemorate his service 

 to ornithology. The subject of the design is "St. Francis preaching to 

 the Birds." 



Mr. Rollo H. Beck sailed from San Francisco on Sept. 4 for Tahiti, 

 where he will begin systematic collecting in the South Pacific in the inter- 

 ests of the American Museum of Natural History. 



Members intending to present papers at the next annual meeting to 

 be held in Washington, D. C, November 9-11, are requested to notify 

 the Secretary, 1939 Biltmore St., N. W., before November as to the titles 

 of their communications and the length of time required for their pre- 

 sentation. In order to allow time for discussion, which is one of the 

 principal objects of the meeting, papers which are not illustrated should 

 be limited to 30 minutes or less. As previous experience has shown many 

 papers require much more time than has been estimated and authors are 

 therefore requested to make actual tests of the time required for the pre- 



' Bird Lore, III, pp. 215-216, 1901; IV, pp. 204-205, 1902; XHI, pp. 8-11, 

 1911. 



2 Auk, XXXV, pp. 107-110, 1918. 



