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bill Stork (Bakeniceps rex) lately received from the White 

 Nile. 



At Cairo Dr. Sclater had met with Mr. W. L. S. Loat, 

 F.Z.S., who was passing the winter and spring in 

 Lower Egypt, and was collecting birds, first in the Wady 

 Natron, and subsequently on Lake Menzaleh, and hoped to 

 be able to furnish an account of the results to 'The Ibis/ 

 Dr. Sclater also had the pleasure of meeting Dr. and Madame 

 Koenig, of Bonn, on their return from a very successful 

 expedition through Dongola from "Wady Haifa to Khartoum, 

 during which a series of upwards of 400 specimens had been 

 collected. It was understood that Dr. Koenig was also 

 contemplating a general work on the birds of Egypt. 



On the return voyage the ' Cuzco ' had put into Lisbon for 

 a few hours, and the opportunity had been taken of inspecting 

 the well-known Museum of Zoology there which adjoins the 

 Botanical Gardens. There were three series of birds in it : the 

 General Collection ; the African Collection (to which Prof. 

 Barboza du Bocage had devoted special care and attention 

 for many years) ; and the Portuguese Collection. In all of 

 them the birds were mounted in the old style, but it was stated 

 that there was also a considerable number of specimens in 

 skin. The pearl of the General Collection was a fine mounted 

 specimen of the Great Auk (Alca bnpennis) which had been 

 presented by King Victor Emmanuel of Italy some twenty years 

 ago, and there was an egg of the bird in the same case. 

 Dr. Sclater was unfortunate in not meeting Prof. Bocage, 

 but had received a good report of his health from one of his 

 Assistants, who had most courteously showed Dr. Sclater 

 round the Museum, and had given him all facilities required 

 for the examination of the specimens. 



Mr. de Winton exhibited, on behalf of Mr. W. Eagle 

 Clarke, a specimen of an adult male of Motacilla borealis. 



Mr. Eagle Clarke gave the following details : — " This 

 specimen was submitted to me for determination by my 

 friend Mr. J. H. Nelson, who is continuing my work on the 

 ' Birds of Yorkshire/ It was captured in a lark-net at 



