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London. It is much to be regretted that he had not time 

 and opportunity of visiting the other islands of the Group, 

 one of which, Comoro, has never, so far as is known, 

 been visited by a natm-aHst, and as, from what little is 

 known of it, its geological formation appears to be very 

 different from the neighbouring islands of the Archipelago, 

 it is only reasonable to suppose that a very rich harvest 

 might be reaped by any naturalist who had the good for- 

 tune to land on its shores. 



I regret I have not had the opportunity of reading 

 Mr Daruty's paper on the disappearance of the original 

 fauna from this island, but, with reference to that ques- 

 tion, our learned President asked me a few days ago to 

 prepare a list of these birds which day by day are becoming 

 more scarce, and •^•hieh seem likely to be altogether exter- 

 minated if a helping hand is not put out to them. We 

 propose that these birds should be protected under the 

 provisions of the Game Ordinance (Ord, 8 of 1869). 

 There are only six which I conceive require protection. 

 The killing of two of them should be altogether prohibited, 

 as the species are not good for food and are only inte- 

 resting from the fact they are found in Mauritius and 

 no where else ; the selling of the remainder should not 

 be allowed during their breeding season which I believe 

 extends from the 15th October to 15th March. 



The Secretary has alluded to the project of further 

 investigating the contents of the " Mare aux Songes " of 

 Dodo celebrity. I think it would be most desirable to do 

 in order to recover more remains of those species now 



