1919-] Letters. Extracts, caul Xotes. 3^1 



1 took eggs Irom iiu evrie :it Fort Muiiro iu JJalucliistau, 

 svitli certainty ideiitifyiui;- ilic birds iiud their light heads, 

 as they passed within twenty yards of and helow me, uliile 

 the eggs were being taken. 



1 again saw a nest with \oung near Jlielnni that was 

 certainly Falcu p. t)uhiiloirictis. These birds wei'e at Fort 

 Sandcnian, Bahichistan, dnring the breeding-season, though 

 1 did not find the eyrie. 



From this I can safely say that 1 have found l'\itco p. 

 [leregrlnator the couimon breeding-bird in the northern part 

 of the Punjab and the Nortli-West Frontier Province, and 

 J-alcu p. babylunicus south of Koliat and in Baluchistan. 



Yours truly, 



Tonbiidge, Kent. K. H. Rattray (Colonel), 



12 January, 1919. M.B.O.U. 



Gannet Settlements in Newfoundland. 



Dear Sir, — It is good news to hear from Mr. P. A. 

 Taverner of the Geological , Survey, Ottawii, that he has 

 received information of anothej" Gannetiy, not heretofore 

 lecorded. It lies off Cape St. Mary, southern Newfound- 

 land, whej'c the Gannets are said to have clioseu an isolated 

 rock, of some three or four acres extent. This, however, 

 may not, after all, be the first Gannetry for Newfoundland, 

 as long ago there appears to have been one on Funk Island. 



Yours truh^, 



Keswicli, Nori'oik. J. H. GuRNEV. 



11 January, 19J!>. 



Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



The 36th Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists^ 

 Union was held in New York City, 11 November, 1918. 

 Owing to the epidemic of influenza the public meetings for 

 the presentation of papers were omitted and the sessions 

 were limited to business meetings of the Council and 

 Fellows and Members. The election of officers resulted 

 in the choice of the following officers for the ensuing 



