1922.] Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 60vi 



Ringed Tern in South Africa. 



From the Report of the South African Museum at 

 Capetown for 1921, we extract the following item: — "An 

 interesting addition lias been that of an example of the 

 European Common Tern, Sterna jiuviatilis , ringed in Sweden 

 {Goteborg Museum), and shot at the Berg River, Cape Prov. 

 on the 24th oi' December, 1921. Tliebird turns out to have 

 been ringed in 1913 and was thus nine years old. The 

 species is not uncommon in Table Bay at the non-breeding 

 season." 



Personalia. 



Dr. E. Hartert has recently returned from Cyrenaica 

 (Tripoli), where he has been spending a few weeks collecting 

 for tlie Tring Museum. 



Rear-Admiral H. Lynes, C.B., and Mr. W'illoughbv 

 Lowe returned home from Darfur in May last, bringing 

 with them ver}' extensive collections in every branch of 

 Natural History, including a fine series of bird-skins. 

 We hope to publish a report on these before very long. 

 We also offer our congratulations to Admiral Lynes on 

 his promotion to Flag-rank. 



We learn that Dr. C. E. HiiLLMAYK, of Munich, has been 

 ap})ointed Associate-Curator of the division of birds in the 

 Field Museum of Natural History at Chicago, and will take 

 up his appointment this autumn. 



Capt. S. A. White, who has already done much exploration 

 work in Soutli Australia, is engaged on a journey across the 

 Australian continent from north to south by a new and 

 hitherto unexplored route. 



A good many ornithologists from overseas have recently 

 been paying a visit to England. Among them may be men- 

 tioned Dr. Jonathan Dwight of New York, a Fellow of the 



