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PHEFACE. 



On bringing to a close the third volume of the Seventh 

 Series of ' The Ibis,' the Editors again wish to offer 

 their best thanks to the friends and correspondents 

 who have favoured them with articles for the present 

 year. 



The contributions, it will be observed, are both 

 varied and numerous, and have enabled the Editors 

 to complete a volume which in size almost rivals 

 that of 1891. The coloured illustrations have been 

 slightly reduced in number, in view of the expenditure 

 consequent upon the preparation and publication of 

 the new General Index. This Index, which refers 

 to the genera and species mentioned in the Fourth, 

 Fifth, and Sixth Series of 'The Ibis,' and for the 

 superintendence of which the best thanks of the 

 Union are due to Mr. Osbert Salvin, F.R.S., was 

 issued to the subscribers in April last. 



As regards future prospects, the Editors are pleased 



