ISG Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 



Wall-Eow, J. A.B., Royal Naval Air Service, Auti-Air- 



craft Section. 

 Walton, H. J. Lt.-Col., I. M.S., serving with the 25th 



Cavalry on the N.W. Frontier, India. 

 Watt, H. B. Private, 1st (Humpstead) Battalion North 



London Volunteer Regt. 

 Wells, C. H. Serg., 12th (Service) Bat. York & Lanes. 



Regt. 



Oological Dinner. — A dinner, to which many naturalists 

 specially interested in Oology were invited, was held on 

 Tuesday, Sept. 7th, at Pagani's Restaurant, London. 

 The dinner committee consisted of: — Lord Rothschiki, 

 E. Hartert, E. C. Stuart Baker, Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, 

 P. F. Bunyard, and C. Borrcr, 



Among those present were the following gentlemen : — 



Lord Rothschild ; E. C. Stuart Baker; Staines Boorman ; 

 Clifford Borrer; A. C. H. Borrer ; P. F. Bunyard; Dr. H. 

 Coltart ; C. W. Colthmp ; H. Gronvold ; Ernst Hartert ; 

 Cyril Hopwood ; Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain ; Herbert Langton ; 

 H. Munt ; R. H. Read ; W. E. Renaud ; J. Wall-Row ; 

 Percy Smyth; R. E. Yaughau ; G. Witheriugton ; J. J. 

 Baldwin Young. 



Lord Rothschild took the chair at 7.30 o'clock. 



The Chairman, in his opening remarks, stated briefly the 

 objects of the present meeting. He said that hitherto the 

 study of oology had scarcely received the attention which it 

 deserved at the hands of scientific naturalists, and that 

 many field-naturalists felt that annual (or possibly more 

 frequent) gatherings like the present one, would give them 

 opportunities of discussing oology, exhibiting rare eggs, and 

 generally stimulate investigation in this branch of science. 



Mr. Clifford Borrer proposed a vote of thanks to the 

 chairman for presiding at the dinner, which was unani- 

 mously carried. He added that a large number of field- 

 naturalists had expressed their keenest regrets at being 



