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HISTORICAL PART 
fessedly the first systematician of the day, appeared in person 
to present his report. 
All those who were asked to treat of the several questi- 
ons sent in their reports, viz. Cordeaux, Sclater and 
Newton, of Great Britain, as well as the celebrities from 
other countries, FuRBRirMGER, the German anatomist, Giqlioli, 
the Italian ornithogeograph, Palmen, the Finnish ornitho- 
biologist and Oustalet, the French ornithologist. 
Speeches were made in person by Sharpe, of London; 
Oustalet, of Paris; Wangelin, of Merseburg, and Reichenow, 
of Berlin; besides these there appeared in person. Bishop 
and Chadbourne (U. S. A.); Count Berlepsch, Rudolf 
and William Blasius, Otto Finsch, Baron Konig v. Wart- 
HAUSEN, Russ, ScHAFF, ScHALOW and Count Zeppelin 
(Germany); Baron d'Hamonville and Raoul (France); E. 
MiDDENDORFF and BuCHNER (Russia) ; TscHUSi, Palacky, 
Grobben, Glaus and Lorenz (Austria); Fatio (Switzerland); 
CoLLETT (Norway); Buttikoffer (Holland); Hartert (Great 
Britain); Ghiorgieff (Bulgaria), etc. 
Special addresses were delivered by Major Alexander 
HoMEYER („on the birds of Africa-*) and Robert Collett 
(„on the phenomena of the North"). 
President, by seniority, was Francis Pulszky: the Con- 
gress was opened by Count Andrew Bethlen, Minister of 
Agriculture, and closed by Count Albin Csaky, Minister of 
Public Instruction, both of whom, with Benjamin Kallay, 
Austro-Hungarian Finance Minister, were honorary presidents. 
Active Presidents of the Congress were Victor Fatio and 
Otto Herman, the General Secretary was Dr. Geza Horvath. 
Details of the rest of the organisation will be found in the 
Chief Report of the Congress (v. supra). The administrative 
details here mentioned only serve to mark the form and 
importance of the occasion. 
