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  Notices, 
  ^c. 
  477 
  

  

  a 
  nest 
  and 
  commenced 
  sitting 
  on 
  two 
  eggs, 
  this 
  being, 
  so 
  far 
  

   as 
  is 
  known, 
  the 
  first 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Bustard, 
  which 
  is 
  

   notoriously 
  a 
  shy 
  bird, 
  breeding 
  in 
  captivity. 
  The 
  cock 
  

   appears 
  to 
  take 
  no 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  incubation. 
  — 
  P. 
  L. 
  S., 
  

   June 
  I3th, 
  1893. 
  

  

  Ornithologists 
  on 
  their 
  Travels. 
  — 
  We 
  are 
  pleased 
  to 
  be 
  

   able 
  to 
  announce 
  that 
  arrangements 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  

   Mr, 
  R. 
  Lydekker 
  to 
  visit 
  the 
  museums 
  of 
  the 
  Argentine 
  

   Republic 
  this 
  autumn, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  extraordinary 
  

   series 
  of 
  fossil 
  bird-bones 
  which 
  have 
  lately 
  been 
  discovered 
  

   there. 
  In 
  the 
  preface 
  to 
  ' 
  The 
  Ibis 
  ■" 
  for 
  1892 
  we 
  expressed 
  a 
  

   hope 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  found 
  possible 
  to 
  obtain 
  the 
  judgment 
  

   of 
  an 
  experienced 
  palaeontologist 
  upon 
  these 
  specimens. 
  No 
  

   one 
  in 
  England 
  is 
  more 
  qualified 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  than 
  the 
  

   author 
  of 
  the 
  recently 
  -published 
  ' 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Fossil 
  Birds 
  

   in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum,^ 
  and 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society 
  have 
  done 
  

   right 
  well 
  in 
  granting 
  the 
  necessary 
  expenditure 
  on 
  this 
  

   object 
  from 
  their 
  Donation 
  Fund. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  O. 
  V. 
  Aplin's 
  return 
  from 
  his 
  expedition 
  to 
  Uruguay 
  

   is 
  expected 
  immediately. 
  We 
  hope 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  give 
  some 
  

   account 
  of 
  his 
  results 
  in 
  our 
  next 
  number. 
  

  

  As 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  letter 
  amongst 
  our 
  correspondence, 
  

   Mr. 
  A. 
  H, 
  Holland 
  has 
  not 
  forgotten 
  the 
  birds 
  in 
  his 
  new 
  

   residence 
  at 
  Estancia 
  Sta. 
  Elena. 
  We 
  have 
  just 
  received 
  

   from 
  him 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  skins, 
  with 
  accompanying 
  field- 
  

   notes, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  published 
  in 
  our 
  next 
  number. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  F. 
  Withington, 
  whose 
  change 
  of 
  quarters 
  we 
  have 
  

   already 
  noted 
  (above, 
  p. 
  284j, 
  has 
  now 
  settled 
  at 
  Rancho 
  

   Salisipuedes, 
  near 
  Tuxpan, 
  in 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  hopes 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  

   to 
  commence 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  birds 
  very 
  shortly. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Hose, 
  with 
  whose 
  successful 
  ornithological 
  

   explorations 
  in 
  Northern 
  Borneo 
  all 
  readers 
  of 
  'The 
  Ibis^ 
  

   are 
  well 
  acquainted, 
  is 
  now 
  returning 
  to 
  his 
  residency 
  at 
  

   Claude 
  Town, 
  on 
  the 
  Baram 
  River, 
  where 
  he 
  will 
  not 
  fail 
  to 
  

   continue 
  the 
  researches 
  which 
  have 
  alreadv 
  made 
  his 
  name 
  

  

  