502 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
whole story of the additions made down to the present 
epoch. Nearly all the best known English naturalists have 
contributed more or less to the famous Collection of Birds. 
We read of the names of Willughby, Ray, Montagu, Latham, 
G. R. Gray, Gould, Swinhoe, Wallace, Hose, Sclater, Salvin 
and Godman, and numerous others who have advanced the 
good work. Many, if not most, of the private collections 
of birds made of late years have by bequest, presentation, 
or purchase become National property, and have largely 
increased the value and importance of this great Collection. 
It will thus be seen, says Dr. Sharpe in concluding his 
address, “that nearly every private collection in England 
has passed with the willing consent of the owners into 
the British Museum, while the donation of the great 
collections of Mr. Allan Hume, the Marquess of Tweeddale, 
Dr. Godman, Mr. Salvin, Mr. Seebohm, Mr. Philip Crowley, 
and so forth, have contributed to its renown.” 
After the Presidential Address the rest of the volume of 
‘ Proceedings ’ is occupied by the papers read at the General 
Meetings of the Congress and at the various Sections. 
The Sections adopted were five in number :—1i. Systematic 
Ornithology; 1. Migration; in. Biology; iv. Economic 
Ornithology; and vy. Aviculture. The forty papers read 
before the Congress are arranged nearly in this order, and 
are illustrated by eighteen plates. We cannot afford space 
to give even the titles of them, but they relate to Bird-life 
in its different aspects and deserve the careful study of 
all ornithologists. 
Three important communications of Count Berlepsch, of 
which he has favoured us with separate copies, have been 
noticed under that author’s name (see above, pp. 483-4). 
79. Reports of the U.S. National Museum. 
((1) Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution for the Year ending June 80th, 1905. Report of the U.S. National 
Museum. Washington, 1905. 
(2) Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution for the Year ending June 30th, 1906. Report of the U.S. National 
Museum, Washington, 1906. ] 
Some years ago the Reports of the Smithsonian Insti- 
