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affluent of Lake Chad, at about 4500 feet. Here native 
straw huts have been constructed for the party, and the 
surrounding country is varied and likely to prove a rich 
collecting-ground. The rains are heavy and last about four 
months. Both Capt. Lynes and Mr. Willoughby Lowe 
appear to be in good health and spirits, and the collections, 
both of bird-skins and in other branches of Natural History, 
are accumulating rapidly. 
The Godman-Salvin Medal. (PI. IX.) 
It will be remembered that at the Annual Meeting of the 
B. O. U. in March 1919 it was unanimously resolved that 
the Union should found a medal to be called the Godman- 
Salvin Medal, which should be given from time to time for 
distinguished ornithological work, and that subscriptions for 
this purpose should be raised among Members of the Union. 
A sum of .€163 has since been collected, and a list of 
those who subscribed will be found on p. 787 of 4 The Ibis 9 
for 1919. 
The design was prepared by Mr. Allan G. Wyon and a die 
has been cut, and as soon as a suitable occasion presents 
itself an award can be made. On PI. IX. will be found a 
photographic representation of the obverse and reverse of 
the medal. The total cost of the design and the cutting 
of the die amounts to €105 ; postage, stationery, etc., etc., 
€5 ; leaving a balance of €53 to defray the cost of striking 
the medal when it is required. 
The Plumage Act. 
From the 4 Times 9 we learn that the Advisory Committee 
provided for by the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) 
Act will be constituted as follows :— 
Lord Crewe (Chairman) ; Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker and 
Dr. W. Eagle Clarke (experts in Ornithology); Mr. C, F. 
Downham, Mr. W. G. Dunstall, and Mr. L. Joseph (experts 
in the feather trade); Lord Buxton, Capt. E. G. Fairholme, 
Mrs. Reginald McKenna, and Mr. H. J. Massingham. 
