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work he bad done in American Ornithology, the Authorities 

 of the Smithsonian Institution had kindly agreed to publish, 

 in the Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum, a complete 

 Bibliography of his published writings from 1844 to 1894 

 inclusive. The MS. of this volume, which was already in 

 type, had been prepared under his superintendence by Mr. G. 

 A. Doubleday. The list contained the titles of 1239 publi- 

 cations, many of which, however, were short notes and 

 notices. 



Mr. Howard Saunders gave a brief sketch of the pro- 

 ceedings at the International Congress recently held at Paris 

 to consider the legislation necessary for the protection of 

 birds useful to agriculture, to which he had been accredited 

 as the delegate of the British Government, together with 

 Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., M.P. Sir Herbert, who was 

 present as a guest, gave an interesting account of the diplo- 

 matic work of the Congress. 



Professor Menzbier, of Moscow, forwarded, on behalf of 

 Mr. Sushkin, the diagnosis of a new species of Goose, which 

 Mr. Sushkin proposed to call 



Anser neglectus, n. sp, 

 A. ab A. brachyrhyncho statura majore, rostro longiore et 

 graciliore, secundariorum tectricibus atro-fuscis, tectri- 

 cibus carpalibus discoloribus : ab A. segetum pedibus 

 zonaque rostri incarnatis distinguendus. 

 The full description of this species will appear in ' The 

 Ibis.^ 



Dr. J. VON Madarasz, of the Hungarian National Museum, 

 sent for exhibition some photographs of a nest of the 

 Chimney-Swallow [Hirundo rustica) built in a curious posi- 

 tion among the hanging branches of a vine. 



Dr. W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., communicated a note on 

 the two Sarus Cranes of the Indian Region. He agreed 

 with Dr. Bowdler Sharpe that there were two distinct forms : 

 one found in the Indian Peninsula and the other in the 

 Burmese Provinces. The latter had been recognized by 



