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Polyplectron schleiermacheri, new to the collection ; tliey were 

 presented by Dr. W. L. Abbott. There were two contribu- 

 tions of birds from the island of Luzon, one of 64 specimens 

 from Ur. H. C. Curl, United States Navy, the other of 

 33 skins and 2 eggs from INIr. D. B. Mackie, of the Bureau 

 of Agriculture, Manila. Mr. Henry D. Baker, American 

 Consul at Hobart, Tasmania, transmitted 24 Australian 

 birds. Thirty-four Chinese birds, including a Pheasant, 

 CrossoptUon tibetanum , were received in exchange from the 

 Hon. J. E. Thayer. One hundred and six African birds, 

 chiefly from Mount Ruwenzori, needed for comparison, 

 were j)urchased. 



The reserve collection of Birds w\as removed to the new 

 building in August 1909. The eggs had been previously 

 transferred, but were not permanently arranged until 

 December of the same year. The overcrowding of the skins 

 in the old building had been so great that it was found 

 necessary to order immediately more than 70 additional cases 

 to provide for a reasonable spreading of the collection, and 

 soon after half as many more to accommodate the current 

 accessions, including those from East Africa. Delays in 

 securing all of the drawers and fittings for the new cases, 

 bowever, prevented the completion of the arrangement of the 

 specimens within the year. 



Mr. E. C. C/mbb.~We learn from the Ninth Annual 

 Report of the llhodesian Museum, Bulawayo, that Mr. E. C. 

 Chubb, F.Z.S., has resigned his position as Assistant Curator 

 and Zoologist of that Museum iu order to take up the 

 Directorship of the Durban Museum, Natal. The thanks 

 of the Committee of the Buluwayo Museum to Mr. Chubb 

 for his efficient Avork, and their regret at his leaving had 

 been recorded on the Minutes. 



Mr. G. L. Bates. — Mr. Bates, having paid a short visit to 

 his friends in the United States this summer, has returned 

 to his former residence at Bitye in the German Colony of 

 Cameroon, and is continuing his collections iu every branch 



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