'686 Letters, Announcements, S^c. 



55 years^ therefore, its exact habitat has remained unknown^ 

 and no second specimen has been obtained. 



Anniversary Meeting of the British Ornithologists' Union, 

 1886. — The Annual Meeting of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union was iield at 6 Tenterden Street, on Wednesday, the 

 19th May, at 6 p.m., Mr. Sclater in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting having been read and 

 confirmed, the Committee presented the following Report : — 



" The Committee are glad to be able to point out that, in 

 spite of the existing widespread depression, the British Orni- 

 thologists^ Union maintains its prosperity. During the past 

 year, owing to the exercise of rigid economy, the expenses 

 connected with the publication of the Journal have been kept 

 v»ell within bounds, the remainder of the debt incurred 

 through the publication of the ' List of British Birds ' has 

 now been entirely liquidated, and there is now a balance in 

 hand. Moreover, the stock in hand of the above-mentioned 

 list is an asset that must not be lost sight of. The sale of the 

 List having recently been small, your Committee suggest that, 

 in order to assist in clearing oft* the stock, any Members of 

 the B.O.U. should be permitted to purchase one copy of 

 the List for 5s., or three copies for 10*\ 6d. 



" At the last Anniversary Meeting the number of Members 

 of the B.O.U. amounted to 174: viz. 146 Ordinarj^, 1 Extra- 

 ordinary, 8 Honorary, and 19 Foreign Members. At the 

 present Anniversary it has been increased to 183 : viz. 

 155 Ordinary, 1 Extraordinary, 8 Honorary, and 19 Foreign 

 Members. 



" The Candidates for admission at this Anniversary are 

 17, of which 15 are proposed as Ordinary, 1 as an Honorary, 

 and 1 as a Foreign Member.'^ 



The Report having been agreed to and adopted, the fol- 

 lowing new Ordinary Members were balloted for and declared 

 to be duly elected : — Lieut. Harold Stuart Ferguson, of 

 16 Albemarle Street, W. ; The Earl of Gainsborough ; William 

 Graham, Esq., Manor House, Crayford, Kent ; Harold Little- 



