﻿PREFACE. 
  

  

  on 
  this 
  much-esteemed 
  group 
  manifestly 
  " 
  up 
  to 
  

   date." 
  The 
  appointment 
  of 
  Herr 
  Ernst 
  Hartert 
  to 
  

   the 
  responsible 
  post 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  as 
  Curator 
  of 
  the 
  

   Tring 
  Museum 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  welcomed 
  by 
  Ornitho- 
  

   logists, 
  as 
  bringing 
  a 
  most 
  able 
  and 
  active 
  recruit 
  

   into 
  a 
  position 
  where 
  he 
  will 
  have 
  great 
  opportunities 
  

   for 
  doing 
  valuable 
  service 
  to 
  our 
  beloved 
  Science. 
  

   Our 
  best 
  thanks 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Rothschild 
  for 
  this 
  

   admirable 
  selection. 
  

  

  Lastly, 
  we 
  must 
  call 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  establishment 
  

   of 
  the 
  British 
  Ornithologists' 
  Club, 
  which 
  has 
  taken 
  

   place 
  since 
  we 
  last 
  addressed 
  our 
  readers, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  

   very 
  successful 
  accomplishment 
  of 
  its 
  First 
  Session. 
  

   Nearly 
  all 
  the 
  working 
  Members 
  of 
  our 
  Union 
  have 
  

   already 
  joined 
  the 
  new 
  Association, 
  and 
  its 
  prosperity 
  

   fully 
  justifies 
  those 
  who 
  planned 
  the 
  scheme 
  and 
  

   carried 
  it 
  out. 
  We 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  its 
  meetings 
  

   and 
  records, 
  which 
  we 
  propose 
  to 
  continue 
  to 
  

   chronicle 
  in 
  this 
  Journal, 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  material 
  

   advantage 
  to 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  Ornithology. 
  

  

  P. 
  L. 
  S. 
  

  

  3 
  Hanover 
  Square, 
  London, 
  W. 
  

   Sept. 
  28th, 
  1893. 
  

  

  