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trust that they will take this matter in hand without delay, 

 as little appears to have been done to the Collection of Birds 

 for the last few years. 



The Chalkley Collection at Winchester College. — No orni- 

 thologist who goes to Winchester should fail to inspect the 

 collection of birds in the Memorial Buildings at the College, 

 which was formed by Mr. W. Chalkley and acquired by the 

 College three years ago. With the assistance of the Rev. J. 

 E. Kelsall, Dr. Fearon (the late Head Master) has prepared 

 and printed a catalogue of it, which contains the names of 

 115 species, arranged according to the B. O. U. List, with a 

 few terse remarks on each of them. " Care has been taken 

 that no single bird should be included that has not been 

 actually found in the County/' Fourteeu "Aves desiderata " 

 are specified, among which are some (Whinchat, Redstart, and 

 Tree-Pipit) that might be easily provided by residents in 

 Hampshire. 



Hart's Museum, Christchurch. — We are glad to be able 

 to state that a strong effort is being made to secure the 

 continued existence of Mr. Hart's well-known collection 

 at Christchurch, in Hampshire, as a public Museum. A 

 conditional arrangement has been made by the town of 

 Bournemouth, where a free site will be provided, and a very 

 influential Committee has been appointed to carry out the 

 plan. The Corporation of Bournemouth has also agreed 

 to contribute one-half of the price of its acquisition, and 

 the remainder is being raised by public subscription. The 

 Honorary Treasurer of the fund to be provided for this 

 purpose is Mr. Durance George, National Provincial Bank 

 of England, Bournemouth, who will be glad to receive con- 

 tributions. The scheme deserves the support of all orni- 

 thologists, as the principal feature of the Museum, although 

 it contains other objects of natural history, is the large 

 series of mounted birds, mostly obtained by Mr. Edward 

 Hart himself in the New Forest and adjoining districts, which 

 fills about 420 cases and contains some 1350 specimens. A 



