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Dational Congress of Zoology has just held its seventh 

 meeting at Boston^ where everything, I am told, went off 

 most successfully. Before long we are sure to receive an 

 accurate account of the Proceedings of the Ornithological 

 Section, and I much regret that I was unable to attend the 

 Congress myself. 



I may, however, announce that the fourth volume of 

 Mr. Ridgway's great work on the birds of North and Middle 

 America has been lately issued. 



The Neotropical Region. 



Nor have I much to say to you about the Neotropical 

 Region on the present occasion. I may, however, express 

 my regret that Dr. Goeldi, who, during his rule of the 

 Museum at Para which bears his name, has done so much 

 work for our branch of Science, has been compelled, after a 

 long service, to give up his Directorship and return to 

 Europe. It will be difficult to find an equally energetic and 

 able man to succeed him in his post, although Dr. Sneth- 

 lage, a lady of undoubted talent, whom several of us have 

 met during her recent visit to England, is working with 

 energy at the collection of birds in the Para Museum. 



The Chairman announced the death of Mr. C. A. Wright, 

 an original member of the Club, and a valued contributor 

 to the pages of the ' Ibis.' The news of his death, which 

 took place on the 15th of July, was received by the members 

 of the Club with great regret, and sincere sympathy was 

 expressed for Mr. Wright's family. 



Mr. T. H. Nelson exhibited the specimen of the White- 

 spotted Blue-throat {Cyanecula loolfi) which had been j)icked 

 up under the telegraph-wires at Seamen, near Scarborough, 

 in Yorkshire, on the 12th of April, 1876. This specimen 

 was now in the possession of Mr. A. Young, gamekeeper 

 at Blankney. (C/. 'Field,' May 6, 1876; 'Zoologist,' 

 1876, p. 4956, 1902, p. 464, 1903, pp. 23, 431, 455, 1904, 

 pp. 31, 264.) 



