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(2nd ser. vol. i. no. 1, 1907) gives us some remarkable reve- 

 lations concerning the Honey-Guides and other little-known 

 South African birds. One of its most active members, 

 Mr. Swynnerton, is with us this day. In addition to his 

 article already published, he has furnished the Editors of 

 * The Ibis ' with many supplementary notes on the birds of 

 Gaza-land, which will appear in the next number of that 

 Journal, and will add much to our knowledge of Rhodesian 

 Ornithology. 



In Northern Rhodesia another enterprising collector, 

 Mr. Sheffield Neave, has lately collected materials for a 

 preliminary paper on its birds, and has returned to the same 

 country in order to continue his researches. 



The Australian Region. 



Like our South African friends, the active Ornithologists 

 of Australia have long ago established a Union of their own, 

 and its organ, ' The Emu,' has attained its seventh volume. 



Mr. Dudley Le Souef, Director of the Zoological Garden, 

 Melbourne, who is present with us to-day as the Guest of 

 our Club, has recently been nominated President of the 

 Australasian Ornithologists' Union, and, as requested by 

 the Committee of that body, I have had great pleasure in 

 acquainting him with the honour that awaits him. He is 

 now on his way back to Australia after attending the 

 Meeting of the International Congress of Zoology recently 

 held at Boston, U.S.A., and brings us many greetings from 

 our American friends. 



British New Guinea, which clearly belongs to the Australian 

 domain, is still waiting further exploration, and I trust that 

 Mr. Le Souef will urge his friends in Australia to make a 

 special expedition to further investigate its rich Fauna and 

 Flora. 



The Nearctic Region. 

 It would be unwise, I think, of me on the present occasion 

 to trouble you with remarks on the progress of Ornithology 

 in North America. As I have already explained, the Inter- 



