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" In India and Siam active work is being carried out by 

 Colonel Harington and Mr. Williamson, while large 

 collections have been made in Siam and Sumatra by Count 

 Gyldenstolpe, and Messrs. Robinson and Kloss, which have 

 been and are being worked out by them. 



" In America the most important fact of the year was the 

 death at a great age of the last living individual of the 

 Passenger-Pigeon [Ectopistes migratorius) . 



" Numerous articles have appeared on fossil and recent 

 birds of the United States, as well as numerous notes. 

 Among German articles of note are the ' Fauna Eaeroeiisis ' 

 by Laubmanii; 'Bernard Hantzsch^s Ornithological Collec- 

 tions in Baffinsland ' by Dr. Erich Hesse, and several 

 articles on the 'Ornithology of the Caucasus' by Laubmann. 



" Among miscellaneous articles may be mentioned one on 

 ' Mortality among Waterfowl around Great Salt Lake, 

 Utah ' by A. Wetmore, ' The Penguins of South Georgia ' 

 by R. C. Murphy, and 'The Wren of St. Kilda, its Status, 

 Plumages, and Habits ' by Mr. Eagle Clarke. 



"Many large collections have been made in Mexico, 

 Central America, and South America, among others, by 

 Messrs. S. M. Klages and Walter Goodfellow. 



", Mr. Fleming describes a new subspecies of Turnagra 

 capensis { = C7'assirostris auct.) from Stephen's Island, New 

 Zealand, and incidentally again raises the question of the 

 extermination on that island of the little. Traversia lyalli. 

 It has been said that it was exterminated by collectors ; 

 while I wish to emphasize once more that it was exterminated 

 by the lighthouse-keeper's cat, and the eleven specimens 

 known to science were rescued by the Lighthouse-keeper 

 Lyall from between the claws of the cat. 



"The stupendous w^ork by Mr. Gregory Mathews on 

 * The Birds of Australia ' is progressing steadily, volume iv. 

 parts 2 & 3, and volume v. part 1, having appeared in 1915. 

 ' The Austral Avian Record,' ' The Emu,' and 'The Journal 

 of the S. African Ornithologists' Union' continue to 

 flourish and bring much of interest. At the Tring Museum 

 work is progressiog, though little of importance has come 



