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authorities, and no fewer than forty of these were published 
in the volume. And when it is remembered that the: work is 
printed with clear type on excellent paper, and is illustrated 
by numerous blocks in the text and several plates (some of the 
latter being coloured), it will be seen that not only is it a charm- 
ing memento of this successful Congress, but it represents a 
sound and substantial contribution to ornithology. 
AND ITS REPORT. 
An idea of the variety of these papers may be obtained by the 
following titles, taken at hazard :—‘ What constitutes a Museum 
Collection of Birds?’ ‘The Migration of Birds,’ ‘The First Bird 
List of Eber and Peucer,’ ‘On Extinct and Vanishing Birds,’ 
‘Monographie de la Sterne de Dougall,’ ‘ Description of New 
Species of Neotropical Birds,’ ‘On the Origin of the Differences 
between Nestling Birds,’ ‘Sequence in Moults and Plumages,’ 
‘Bird Protection,’ ‘On the Colour Variation in the Eggs of 
Palearctic Birds,’ ‘The Food of Birds,’ ‘The Sparrow,’ etc. 
Needless to say, amongst the authors are many of the leading 
naturalists of the day. As his presidential address Dr. Bowdler 
Sharp took for the subject, as might have been anticipated, the 
history of the ornithological collections in the British Museums 
and in this he refers to the great benefit to ornithological science 
that would accrue were the officers of the various important 
museums throughout the world to give a history of the collec- 
tions under their charge. 
FLAMINGOES. 
Whilst many of the articles are of altogether exceptional 
worth, there is one which strikes the writer as of unusual 
interest and importance. This is by Mr. F. M. Chapman, and 
deals with the method of exhibiting birds in museums. The 
illustrations to these, indicating the way in which our American 
friends can show their specimens, are very fine indeed, and 
might be well taken as models to such other museums as 
have the space and funds necessary for such exhibits. The 
flamingo case, for instance, ‘is twenty feet long and eight feet 
wide, and contains twenty-nine birds.’ The background (birds) 
is painted by one artist, the landscape by another, and the birds 
are mounted by a third individual. The effect, however, is 
extraordinary, and the case appears to be nothing else than a 
huge flamingo colony (see Plate XX., which we are kindly per- 
mitted to reproduce). Methods of storing skins, etc., etc., are 
1907 May I. 
