of Dromas ardeola, the Crab Plover, elsewhere referred to in these columns. Our very 

 prettiest thanks are tendered to Mr. Skinner for this valued remembrance. 



Ac. No. 198. — Hoplopterus spinosus 1/3, and Rhynchaea capensis 1/4, from Egypt 

 by K. L. Skinner, Esq. 



Ac. No. 199. — 4 sets with nests from Dr. B. R. Bales. 



Ac. No. 200. — 3 sets from the Pribilof Islands by G. Dallas Hanna, Esq. Includes 

 a handsome set, 1/5, of the Aleutian Rosy Finch (Leucosticte griseonucha). 



Ac. No. 201. — 14 sets from India and Egypt by Col. P.. Sparrow, advance exchange 

 account. Includes six new Raptors and Sarcogrammus indicus. 



Ac. No. 202. — 7 sets, chiefly Japanese from T. V. Sherrin, Hampton Wick, Middle- 

 sex. 



Ac. No. 203. — 11 sets by Ralph W. Jackson, Esq., Cambridge, Md. Includes a 

 Maryland set of Black Duck, (Anas rubripes), 1/11. 



Ac. No. 204. — 39 sets, courtesy J. G. Gordon, Esq., of Corsemalzie, Wigtownshire, 

 Scotland. A valuable shipment which includes nine sets of British ducks with down, a 

 beautifully selected series of 17 sets of the Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), and 

 several exotic rarities in gulls' eggs, notably Larus cirrhocephalus from Victoria 

 Nyanza. The ridibundus series includes some of the darkest examples of gulls' eggs 

 we ever saw, and it makes a fine showing on a background of Santa Barbara beach 

 sand (Annex, Case XXIII, Drawer 23.). 



Ac. No. 205. — 32 sets, 141 eggs, courtesy of Philip C. Dutton, Esq., Stone, Staffs, 

 England. Several small series showing variations, especially notable in case of Mag- 

 pie (Pica pica). A set of the British Song Thrush, Turdus philomelus clarkei, of the 

 unmarked type, has an honored place in one of our drawers showing reversions. The 

 eggs are indistinguishable from those of our American Robin (Planesticus migratorius). 

 Member fee 1920(?). 



Ac. No. 206. — 10 sets from the aviary of Wm. Shore Baily, Esq., Westbury, Wilts, 

 England. We are especially pleased to add these new species to our limited repre- 

 sentation of Conures. 



Ac. No. 207. — 16 sets and six nests from West Australia. Presented by C. E. 

 Orton, Petworth Park, Moora. This elegant shipment includes several rarities, notably 

 Anellobia lunulata and Calyptorhynchos baudini, of whose nests Mr. Orton was the 

 virtual discoverer. Two sets of the Australian Raven (Corvus australis) are especially 

 welcome to our drawers. 



THE ALTERED PROGRAM FOR 1920. 



At the Annual Meeting of the Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Oology, 

 held at the Museum on the 19th of January, 1920, a motion was introduced by Miss 

 Caroline Hazard (ex-President of Wellesley College) to the effect that the institution 

 should not indulge in field or exchange activities for the ensuing year, and that the 

 funds usually devoted to these purposes should be tendered to the Director, Mr. Daw- 

 son, as salary, with instructions to devote himself to the early completion of "The 

 Birds of California". After suitable provision for the upkeep and the "open door", 

 and stipulations by other trustees that the Journal should be issued as planned, and 

 that the Director should' be relieved of the responsibility for raising funds, the sugges- 

 tion was unanimously adopted. | Trustees Ripley, Hazard, Hale, Edwards, Schauer, 

 and Dean Weld in attendance — Dawson present, but not voting.] 



This decision was a "facer" in view of the elaborate budget submitted by 4 the 

 Director for the ensuing season, and especially in view of the exchange undertakings 

 both at home and abroad. But that the decision was generous as well as just, there 

 can be no question, in that it involved a measure of financial underwriting of a long 

 overdue venture — an enterprise of which much was and is hoped. Mr. Dawson's first 

 pledges had been made to the public with regard, to the execution of an elaborate work 

 upon the birds. The museum was launched at the time it was for the express purpose, 

 among others, of conserving this important project, then endangered by the oncoming 

 of the war. When it was found that the revival of interest in oology which followed 

 the armistice was making unexpectedly heavy demands upon the author's time, it 

 seemed best to call a halt in the program of museum expansion, and to enable Mr. Daw- 

 son to finish the task first undertaken — to clear the boards as soon as possible — in 

 order that he might devote his entire time thereafter to the congenial task of helping 

 to guide and to focus the world's interest in birds' eggs. Accordingly, arrangements 

 have been concluded whereby the entertainment program of the Museum of Com- 

 parative Oology may be carried out for the ensuing year, and the Director be freed 

 from the responsibility of supervising field work and conducting exchanges. 



This arrangement does not mean a suspension of Museum functions. The doors 

 of the Museum will be open as usual twice a week, and the voluntary activities of the 

 Members of the M. C. O. will be supervised and developed along lines already laid out. 



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