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  PllEFACE. 
  

  

  In 
  bringing 
  the 
  thirty-fifth 
  volume 
  of 
  ' 
  The 
  Ibis 
  ' 
  to 
  

   a 
  conclusion, 
  the 
  Editor 
  has 
  but 
  few 
  words 
  to 
  say 
  

   by 
  way 
  of 
  preface. 
  He 
  may, 
  however, 
  justly 
  con- 
  

   gratulate 
  his 
  brother 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Orni- 
  

   thologists' 
  Union 
  on 
  the 
  long 
  life 
  of 
  their 
  Journal 
  

   and 
  on 
  its 
  present 
  prosperous 
  condition. 
  Not 
  only 
  

   is 
  the 
  latest 
  number 
  a 
  full 
  one, 
  but 
  valuable 
  

   materials 
  are 
  already 
  in 
  hand 
  nearly 
  sufficient 
  to 
  

   fill 
  the 
  first 
  number 
  for 
  next 
  year, 
  and 
  other 
  con- 
  

   tributions 
  from 
  various 
  excellent 
  correspondents 
  are 
  

   promised 
  for 
  future 
  issue. 
  The 
  Editor 
  trusts, 
  there- 
  

   fore, 
  that 
  he 
  may 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  conduct 
  the 
  Sixth 
  Series 
  

   of 
  ' 
  The 
  Ibis,' 
  the 
  sole 
  Editorship 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  did 
  

   not 
  consent 
  to 
  undertake 
  without 
  very 
  serious 
  hesita- 
  

   tion, 
  to 
  a 
  successful 
  end. 
  

  

  Ornithology 
  has 
  made 
  much 
  quiet 
  progress 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  twelve 
  months, 
  although 
  there 
  is, 
  perhaps, 
  

   no 
  event 
  of 
  specially 
  transcendent 
  importance 
  to 
  

   be 
  chronicled. 
  The 
  publication 
  of 
  Count 
  Salva- 
  

   dori's 
  well-executed 
  volume 
  on 
  the 
  Pigeons 
  brings 
  

   the 
  great 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Birds 
  one 
  step 
  nearer 
  to 
  

   its 
  conclusion, 
  besides 
  supplying 
  us 
  with 
  a 
  manual 
  

  

  