Letters , Extracts, and Notes. 
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Potyplectron schleiermaclieri, new to the collection; they were 
presented by Dr. W. L. Abbott. There were two contribu¬ 
tions of birds from the island of Luzon, one of 64 specimens 
from Dr. H. C. Curl, United States Navy, the other of 
33 skins and 2 eggs from Mr. D. B. Mackie, of the Bureau 
of Agriculture, Manila. Mr. Henry D. Baker, American 
Consul at Hobart, Tasmania, transmitted 24 Australian 
birds. Thirty-four Chinese birds, including a Pheasant, 
Crossoptilon tibetanum , were received in exchange from the 
Hon. J. E. Thayer. One hundred and six African birds, 
chiefly from Mount Ruwenzori, needed for comparison, 
were purchased. 
The reserve collection of Birds was removed to the new 
building in August 1909. The eggs had been previously 
transferred, but were not permanently arranged until 
December of the same year. The overcrowding of the skins 
in the old building had been so great that it was found 
necessary to order immediately more than 70 additional cases 
to provide for a reasonable spreading of the collection, and 
soon after half as many more to accommodate the current 
accessions, including those from East Africa. Delays in 
securing all of the drawers and fittings for the new cases, 
however, prevented the completion of the arrangement of the 
specimens within the year. 
Mr. E. C. Chubb. —We learn from the Ninth Annual 
Report of the Rhodesian Museum, Bulawayo, that Mr. E. C. 
Chubb, E.Z.S., has resigned his position as Assistant Curator 
and Zoologist of that Museum in order to take up the 
Directorship of the Durban Museum, Natal. The thanks 
of the Committee of the Buluwayo Museum to Mr. Chubb 
for his efficient work, and their regret at his leaving had 
been recorded on the Minutes. 
Mr. G. L. Bates. —Mr. Bates, having paid a short visit to 
his friends in the United States this summer, has returned 
to his former residence at Bitye in the German Colony of 
Cameroon, and is continuing his collections in every branch 
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