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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 

 1903-4. 



^ ^^' HE past year has been a very eventful one in the history 



/S^ of the Club. The collaboration with the British Bird 



^-^ Club in the management of Bird Notes having been 



somewhat abruptly terminated by a notice from the 



other Club, it became necessary for us to take steps to meet the 



difiSculties which arose through the dissohition of partnership. 



In the belief that the large majority of the members 

 would prefer to pay a little more rather than that Bird Notes 

 should be checked in its hitherto uninterrupted advance, we 

 recast the rules and divided the Club into Members and 

 Associates, all of whom are asked to pay a subscription slightly 

 in advance of that previously charged. As far as we can tell at 

 present this policy has been a success. 



The hand-coloured plates, of which an example was pre- 

 sented to all our members with the February issue of Bird 

 Notes, are intended to be a permanent feature of the Magazine. 

 At least four of these will be issued in Volume III. Uncolonred 

 copies of the lithographs will be supplied to Associates. These 

 plates are all from drawings by Mr. H. Goodchild, and are 

 produced under his personal supervision. Each copy of the 

 February plate supplied to members was initialed by Mr. 

 Goodchild as a guarantee of its accuracy, and therefore 

 possesses a value of its own. 



One hundred and fifteen persons joined the Club during 

 the year, in spite of the fact that the year consisted of ten 

 months only. This was a considerable increase on the numbers 

 of the previous year. The alterations in the rules and other 

 changes have led to a good mau}^ resignations of membership, 

 and we look to the members to do all in their power to secure 

 recruits for the Club, so that our numbers may be not merely 

 maintained but largely increased. 



The best thanks of the Club are due to Mr. McDonagh 

 for his work as Scrutineer, and to Mr. Bui,i,OCK-Webster for 

 his services as Auditor. 



Cr.AUDiNE Anningson. W. p. Pvcraft. 



M. E. Baker. J, vStorey. 



REGINAI.D E. p. GORRINGE. J. A. SWAN, 



W. Geo. Creswei<i,. S. M. Townsend. 



Horatio R. Fii.t.mer, W. B. Wrottesi^ey, 



W. Oakey. 



