f>4 Meeting of Permanent Committee. 



A number of resolutions were passed in Paris for work to be 

 done by the P.I.O.C. It appears that none of them have been 

 attended to. They stand on paper, and that is all. Nor do 

 the officers of the Committee see much chance to carry out 

 proposals in future which demand much time and outlay of 

 money. They are all busy men, who cannot devote all their 

 time to the P.I.O.C, and they cannot expect to have large 

 funds. They hope to continue the " Ornis," and will 

 hardly be able to do much more. On the other hand, they 

 have resolved to jmt the affairs of the P.I.O.C. on a more 

 business-like footing. Formerly the various back volumes 

 of the " Ornis " had been kept in the different towns where 

 they had been published ; during the next five years all the 

 stock will be united in London. As Messrs. Masson and Co.,. 

 in Paris, the last publishers of the " Ornis," have declined 

 to continue the publication, the " Ornis " will henceforth be 

 printed and published in London. It was now the business 

 of the present members of the Committee to elect to itself 

 new members, and to decide where the next Congress should 

 be held. Some members of the Committee had died since 

 1900, but an exact list was so far not available, as no 

 communications had taken place with the members since 

 1900. 



After some discussion by Prof. Blasius, Prof. Giglioli, 

 Prof. Oustalet, Mr. Otto Herman, The Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild, Dr. E. Hartert, and others, the report was 

 agreed to, and it was proposed to hold the next Congress in 

 Germany in 1910, Prof. Reichenow being the President, Count 

 Berlepsch and Dr. Blasius the Vice-Presidents, and in case 

 it was not possible to hold this Congress in Germany, that 

 it should be organised in Belgium, Prof. Dubois acting as 

 the President. Dr. Penrose was appointed to examine the 

 accounts. 



At the suggestion of the President and Secretaries the 

 following members were added to the P.I.O. Committee : — 



R. M. Barrington. Dr. J. Dwight, Junr. 



Dr. Valentin Bianchi. C. E. Fagan. 



Frank M. Chapman. Dr. F. Du Cane Godman. 



H. E. Dresser. Prof. Dr. Emil Goeldi. 



