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  Notices, 
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  typical 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  collection. 
  Col. 
  Godwin-Austen's 
  

   address 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  List 
  of 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  B. 
  O. 
  U. 
  

  

  Birds 
  of 
  Antigua, 
  W.I. 
  — 
  In 
  a 
  paper 
  read 
  before 
  the 
  

   Zoological 
  Society 
  of 
  London 
  on 
  the 
  14th 
  June^ 
  189.2 
  "^^ 
  I 
  

   remarked 
  that^ 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  knew, 
  no 
  ornithological 
  collector 
  

   had 
  previously 
  been 
  in 
  Antigua, 
  and 
  that 
  its 
  ornis 
  was 
  

   '' 
  entirely 
  unknown." 
  In 
  making 
  these 
  statements 
  I 
  much 
  

   regret 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  I 
  had 
  overlooked 
  one 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Cory's 
  

   papers 
  on 
  West 
  Indian 
  birds, 
  published 
  in 
  ' 
  The 
  Auk 
  ' 
  for 
  

   1891 
  (p. 
  4G). 
  From 
  this 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  Anguilla 
  was 
  

   visited 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Winch, 
  Mr. 
  Cory's 
  collector, 
  in 
  1890, 
  and 
  

   that 
  examples 
  of 
  13 
  species 
  of 
  birds 
  were 
  procured 
  there. 
  

   Of 
  these 
  8 
  are 
  identical 
  with 
  8 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  my 
  list 
  of 
  

   those 
  obtained 
  by 
  Mr, 
  Elliot, 
  and 
  5 
  are 
  different. 
  Adding 
  

   these 
  5 
  to 
  my 
  list 
  of 
  16, 
  we 
  have 
  21 
  birds 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  

   occur 
  in 
  Anguilla. 
  These 
  are 
  all 
  well-known 
  West-Indian 
  

   species, 
  and 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  of 
  special 
  interest. 
  — 
  P. 
  L. 
  S. 
  

  

  The 
  Preservation 
  of 
  Native 
  Birds 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  — 
  In 
  

   'Nature' 
  of 
  September 
  22nd 
  lastf 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  a 
  memo- 
  

   randum 
  drawn 
  up 
  by 
  Lord 
  Onslow, 
  the 
  late 
  Governor 
  of 
  

   New 
  Zealand, 
  and 
  presented 
  to 
  both 
  Houses 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  

   Assembly, 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  interest 
  to 
  ornithologists. 
  It 
  

   relates 
  to 
  a 
  proposal 
  for 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  birds 
  

   of 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  so 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  threatened 
  with 
  

   extermination, 
  not 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  population, 
  but 
  

   still 
  more 
  by 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  cats, 
  stoats, 
  Aveasels, 
  and 
  other 
  

   animals 
  lately 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  colony. 
  Lord 
  Onslow 
  

   comes 
  to 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  the 
  only 
  way 
  to 
  preserve 
  the 
  

   indigenous 
  birds 
  against 
  such 
  ravages 
  is 
  to 
  set 
  apart 
  suitable 
  

   islands 
  for 
  the 
  purpose, 
  and 
  to 
  place 
  them 
  under 
  very 
  strict 
  

   protective 
  regulations. 
  After 
  careful 
  enquiries 
  upon 
  the 
  

   subject, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  ascertained 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  most 
  readily 
  

   available 
  islands 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  are 
  Little 
  Barrier 
  Island 
  in 
  

   the 
  north 
  and 
  Resolution 
  Island 
  in 
  the 
  south. 
  As 
  regards 
  

   the 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  islands, 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Hauraki, 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  148. 
  

  

  t 
  See 
  ' 
  Natiu-e/ 
  vol. 
  xlvi. 
  p. 
  502. 
  

  

  