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Letters, Extracts, and Notes. [Ibis, 1921 . 
Notice to Members of the B. 0. C. 
A Special Meeting of the British Ornithologists’ Club will 
be held at the Meeting-room of the Zoological Society in 
Regent’s Park, on Wednesday, 9 November, at 5.30 p.m., 
when Mr. E. P. Chance will show a cinematograph film 
illustrating the life-history of the Cuckoo. The film, which 
was taken under the direct superintendence of Mr. Chance, 
illustrates many details of the habits of the Cuckoo hitherto 
unrecognized. Members of the Union who are not members 
of the Club are cordially invited. 
Russian Ornithologists. 
From the last number of the 4 Journal fur Ornithologie ’ 
received (p. 463), we learn on the authority of Dr. Reichenow 
that Dr. Y. Bianchi, Hon.M.B.O.U. died on 10 January, 
1920, and Mr. S. N. Alpheraky in 1918. Mr. S. A. 
Buturlin is living at Alotyri in East Russia, Prof. Menzbier 
in Moscow, and Dr. Suschkin has succeeded to the post in 
the Petrograd Museum formerly held by Dr. Bianchi. 
The late Lieut. G. Wyman Bury. 
Mrs. Bury writes in regard to the obituary notice of her 
late husband, Lieut. Bury, which appeared in the January 
number of 4 The Ibis’ (p. 151), that her husband was not 
attached to the Percival-Dodson expedition in 1899-1900 
as stated in the notice, but he established their camp at 
Abyan and then returned to Aden ; when he heard of the 
serious illness of Mr. Dodson, which subsequently resulted 
in his death, he obtained leave to return to Abyan and 
brought the expedition safely back to Aden. 
