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Personalia. 
The marriage of Col. Richard Meinertzhageri, D.S.O., 
and Miss Annie C. Jackson, which took place on March 3 
last, unites two well-known ornithologists and Members of 
the British Ornithologists’ Union, and is an event unique in 
our history. We offer our heartiest congratulations and best 
wishes to the newly married pair, in which we are sure all 
our members will join us. 
Mr. A. F. R. Wollaston, M.B.O.U., has been appointed 
naturalist and medical officer to the Mt. Everest Expedition, 
which is being organized under the joint auspices of the 
Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club. We 
hope he will not forget the claims of ornithology, and that 
he will devote some of his spare time to observing and 
collecting the birds of Tibet and the high country sur¬ 
rounding Mount Everest. 
Our late President, Dr. W. Eagle Clarke, who has been 
Keeper of the Natural History Department of the Royal 
Scottish Museum since 1906, retired under the Civil Service 
age limit on March 15 last. We understand that the post 
of Honorary Supervisor of the bird collections has been 
offered to Dr. Eagle Clarke by the Secretary for Scotland, 
and has been accepted by him, so that his connection with 
the Royal Scottish Museum will not be entirely severed. 
We congratulate the Royal Scottish Museum on being able 
to retain Dr. Eagle Clarke’s valuable services for a further 
period. 
We learn that Mr. Frank M. Chapman, Curator of Birds 
of the American Museum of Natural History, is shortly 
arriving in England for a visit. 
