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more serious than the loss of any invention, because an idea, being 

 born of other ideas, can be lost but temporarily, while the destruction 

 of an organized being is irreparable." 



' Hull Museum Publications,' No. 10, contains an account of the 

 discovery of a nearly complete skeleton of Ichthyosaurus thyreospondylus 

 from the Kimeridge clay of East Yorkshire. We also read that Mr. 

 George Swailes, of Beverley, has presented the collection of eggs of 

 British breeding birds formed by his brother, the late Mr. Johnson 

 Swailes. " This represents twenty years' collecting by an enthusiast, 

 and includes several interesting and rare specimens, besides being of 

 great local value. It is to be hoped that Mr. George Swailes's excellent 

 example will be followed by others in the district owning collections of 

 this nature, and that the Hull Museum will be looked upon as their 

 proper home." 



Two recent records have created no inconsiderable interest among 

 British ornithologists. What is apparently the fourth example of 

 White's Thrush (Turdus ivhitei) recorded for Yorkshire has just been 

 placed in the Halifax Museum, having been shot in Luddenden Dean, 

 near Halifax, on Dec. 18th last. A full and illustrated account has 

 appeared in the ' Halifax Naturalist ' for February. A reproduction 

 of this figure will also be found in ' The Naturalist' for March. 



The second record relates to the breeding of the Red-necked Phala- 

 rope (Phalaropus hyperhoreus) in Ireland. An account of this inter- 

 esting occurrence from the pen of Mr. Edward Williams will be found 

 in the ' Irish Naturalist ' for last February. 



The • Concilium Bibliographicum,' to whose excellent work we 

 have previously referred, has just issued its general statement for 

 1902. The ' Concilium ' has surmounted many difficulties, and be- 

 comes yearly a still greater boon to zoologists. A conflagration 

 destroyed towards the end of the summer 61,250 printed cards, which 

 were ready for distribution to subscribers. The full value being covered 

 by insurance, no financial loss was incurred ; but the number of cards 

 issued in the course of the year was correspondingly reduced. We 

 extract the following paragraph relating to Supplementary Cards : — 



" 1. Minor notes. Ever since the foundation of the ' Concilium,' 

 two incompatible desiderata have been expressed by various subscribers 



