528 An/u(u/ Mccii/it/ of Hit B. O. U. 



Tlie number of the Members of the Union was 319, 

 consisting of 322 Ordinary, 2 Extraordinary, 9 Honorary, 

 and 16 Foreign Members. There were 26 Candidates for the 

 Ordinary Membership. 



The Committee was glad to report that the prosperity of 

 the Union had continued unabated during the past year. 



The Annual volume of 'The Ibis' for 1899, forming the 

 fifth of the Seventh Series, had been issued in due course. 

 It contained 694) pages and 13 plates. 



The Subject-Index to 'The Ibis' from 1859 to 1894 (the 

 first six Series) lr;d been printed during the past year, and 

 issued to subscribers early in January of the present year. 

 It contained 140 pages. 



The Report having been adopted, the accounts for the 

 year, which had been audited by Mr. W . R. Ogilvie Grant, 

 were presented by the Secretary, and approved by the 

 IMeeting. 



Dr. R. Rowdier Sharpe and Mr. E. Hartert were elected 

 to represent the B. O. U. at the International Ornithological 

 Congress at Paris on June 26th next, and it was arranged 

 that a third Member should be selected by the Committee 

 for the same purpose. 



The consideration of the appointment of Members to 

 represent the B.O. U. at the German Ornithological Society's 

 Meeting at Leipzig in October next was left in the hands of 

 the Committee. 



M.r. F. DuCane Godman, F.R.S., was re-elected President, 

 and Mr. E. W. Oates Secretary of the Union for the ensuing 

 year. Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe was elected a Member of the 

 Committee in the place of Mr. A. H. Evans, who had retired 

 by rotation. 



It was agreed that a new (Eighth) Series of 'The Ibis ^ 

 should be commenced in 1901 with the 43rd volume, and 

 that Mr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., and Mr. A. H. Evans should 

 be joint Editors. 



The following 26 Candidates were then balloted for and 

 declared to be duly elected Ordinary Membei's of the British 

 Ornithologists' Union : — William S. Bruce, Zoological Labo- 

 ratory, Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh : Bernard A. E. Buttress, 



