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Oologists, of whom there are many in the ranks of the 

 B. O. U., will be pleased to hear that much progress has lately 

 been made with the arrangement of the vast series of birds' 

 eggs in the British Museum^ which has been conducted under 

 Mr. Seebohm's superintendence, and that it is expected that 

 the whole will be shortly in working-order and accessible to 

 students. The second cabinet of British birds' eggs was 

 placed in the British Gallery in August last, so that an 

 excellent series of these beautiful and interesting objects 

 is now accessible to the public. 



It may interest the Members of the B. O. C. to learn that, 

 being on the Continent in the last week of September this 

 year, I gladly embraced the long-wished-for opportunity 

 of attending the Anniversary Meeting of the " Allgemeine 

 deutsche ornithologische Gesellschaft,^' which commenced 

 at Cassel on the 23rd of that month. I need hardly say that 

 I met with a most friendly reception. Our much esteemed 

 Honorary Member, Graf von Berlepsch, was in the chair, 

 and I had the pleasure of passing several days in company 

 with him, Dr. Reichenow, Herr Nehrkorn, Herr Schalow, 

 Herr Matschie, and other well-known German naturalists. 

 The most important point of discussion was the future of the 

 * Journal fiir Ornithologie,' which, as we all know, has been 

 edited for more than forty years by Dr. J. Cabanis. Many 

 interesting specimens of birds and eggs were also exhibited, 

 and the question of a new Catalogue of German Birds was 

 discussed. 



Lastly, in concluding these remarks, I may venture to 

 call attention to our own ' List of British Birds.' It is 

 now ten years since this useful Catalogue was prepared and 

 published. After ten years' increase of our knowledge of 

 the subject, it is evident that certain modifications in nomen- 

 clature and alterations and additions to the List have become 

 necessary, and I think that the question of the best mode of 

 preparation of a second edition of ' The Ibis List of British 

 Birds ' should before long be taken into consideration. 



