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The outgoing President and Secretary were re-elected^ 

 and Lt.-Col. L. H. Irby and Mr. W. T. Blanford, F.E.S., 

 were chosen into the Committee in the places of Mr. Henry 

 Seebohm and Mr. Osbert Salvin^ M.A., F.R.S.^ who retired 

 by rotation. 



It was agreed that a new (seventh) series of ' The Ibis ' 

 should be commenced in 1895 with the 37th volume, and 

 that Mr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., and Mr. Howard Saunders 

 should be appointed as joint Editors of it. 



The question of a General Index for the fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth series of ' The Ibis ' was discussed, and it was decided 

 that the matter should be referred to the Committee. 



After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the Meeting 

 adjourned. 



The Annual Dinner, subsequently held at Limmer's Hotel, 

 was attended by 27 Members and guests. 



Rare Birds in the Museo Civico, Milan. — Sign. Martorelli, 

 Director of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale of Milan, 

 sends us an excellent original coloured figure of the rare 

 Fruit-Pigeon Ptilopus huttoni, Finsch, from the island of 

 Rapa, Austral group [of. Salvad. Cat. B. xxi. p. Ill), 

 taken from the unique specimen formerly in the Turati 

 Collection, which is now incorporated in the Museo Civico. 

 Sign. Martorelli also informs us that there is an example of the 

 scarce Peruvian bird Myiaclectes leucotis {cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. 

 vi. p. 377) in the same Museum, sent home by Raimondi 

 many years ago. 



Meeting of the Ge^^man Ornithological Society. — The Annual 

 Meeting of the AUgemeine Deutsche Ornithologische Gesell- 

 schaft will take place this year in Berlin on Sept. 29th. 

 We can (from personal experience) assure any British orni- 

 thologists who may be able to attend this Congress that they 

 will meet with a most hearty reception, and will find our 

 German friends very glad to see them in Berlin. 



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