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Letters , Extracts, and Notes. 
the Editor of the ‘ Avicultural Magazine,’ that Sir William 
Ingram’s experiment in attempting to preserve for posterity 
one of the most beautiful of living creatures is worthy of our 
highest commendation. 
The Expedition of the B. 0. U. into Central New Guinea .— 
Since we last wrote on this subject (above, p. 186) we are 
glad to say that Mr. Walter Goodfellow, who, as we an¬ 
nounced, had been compelled to give up the leadership of the 
Expedition in consequence of renewed attacks of severe fever, 
has returned safely to England. He has nearly recovered his 
health and was able to be present at the Meeting of the B.O. C. 
on March 15th, where, we need hardly say, he met with a 
very cordial reception. He has brought back with him the first 
collection of bird-skins, altogether about 1000 in number. 
This collection, having been formed at a comparatively low 
level, could hardly be expected to contain many novelties. 
But in it are several males and a single female of the magni¬ 
ficent Xanthomelus ardens *, and other specimens that when 
examined will probably turn out to be new to science. 
Under its present commander the Expedition is making 
good progress up the IwakaEiver, which, it is positively stated, 
draws its w r ater from the snows of Mount Carstensz. A 
strong and reliable reinforcement of carriers has been 
made by the accession of forty Dyaks from Borneo, under 
the command of Mr. Bernard Kloss, Curator of the Kuala 
Lampor Museum in the Federated Malay States, wdio has 
obtained four months’ leave in order to join the Expedition. 
The Annual General Meeting of the B. O. U .—We are re¬ 
quested to call attention to the approaching Annual 
General Meeting of the Union, which has been fixed by the 
Committee for Wednesday, May the 10th, and will be held 
(by permission) in the Zoological Society’s Office, Regent’s 
Park, at 4.30 p.m. The usual dinner after the Meeting will 
be held at 7 p.m., at Pagani’s Restaurant, Great Portland 
Street, in conjunction with that of the British Ornithologists’ 
Club. 
* See above, p. 353. 
