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Then followed Dr. D wight's paper on " Some phases of 

 wear in feathers," also illustrated by lantern slides, and 

 Mr. Henry Scherren's notes on " The first bird-list of Eber 

 and Peucer (1549) and its relation to the 'Avium praecipu- 

 arum, quarum apud Plinium et Aristotelem mentio est, 

 brevis et succincta historia' (1544).." 



In the evening a conversazione was held at the Natural 

 History Museum, by kind permission of the Trustees of the 

 British Museum. 



Thursday, June 15th. 



This day was devoted to an excursion to Tring, the 

 Members of the Congress being the guests of the Hon. 

 Walter Eothschild, M.P. 



A special train left Euston station at 9 o'clock. The 

 Members of the Congress were conveyed from the station to 

 Mr. Rothschild's Museum in brakes. An hour was devoted 

 to a walk through the Museum, and then the party proceeded 

 to the Victoria Hall in Tring, where Mr. Eothschild delivered 

 his lecture on "Extinct and Vanishing Birds." The hall was 

 decorated with flowers and plants, and along the walls was 

 exhibited a large collection of birds either extinct or more 

 or less in danger of extinction, as well as skeletons, bones, 

 and drawings. 



Luncheon followed, after which photographs were taken 

 on the lawn, and the party divided, some to see the bird- 

 skins or eggs at the Museum, under the guidance of Dr. 

 Hartert and Mr. Hellmayr. Others, led by Mr. Eothschild, 

 visited the park, to see the Eheas, Emeus and Kangaroos, 

 others again driving to the " Tring Eeservoirs," where they 

 saw the numerous wild Ducks and other Water-fowl. At 

 5 o'clock tea and light refreshments were served at the 

 Bungalow, and at 7.10 the special train left Tring station 

 again for London. 



Friday, June 16th. 



At 10 a.m. — Dr. Louis Bureau showed an " Atlas des 

 Planches Coloriées de Brissoii," attributed to the painter 

 Martinet. Dr. Paul Leverkuhn spoke about the corres- 

 pondence of Professor Naumann, and Dr. Edward Wilson 



