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become fi single broader band, while it appears to me that 

 the total breadth of tlie two and the red space between them 

 corresponds to the size of the single band in the adult. I 

 believ'e, moreover, that this is the last-assumed mark of full 

 development, and that it is generally found after the streaked 

 appearance on the neck and head is lost ; there are, however, 

 exceptions to this rule {cf. the male specimen from Mai di 

 Ventre in my Collection). According to what I could 

 observe, and with the material that I had at my disposal, I 

 certainly consider that the two bands and the black blendings 

 scattered here and there over the bill are marks of immaturity. 



XXIX. — Proceedings at the Anniversary Meeting of the 

 British Ornithologists' Union, 1902. 



The Annual General Meeting of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union was held in the rooms of the Zoological Society of 

 London, 3 Hanover Square (by permission of the Council 

 of that Society), on Wednesday, the 14th of May, at 6 p.m. 

 In the regretted absence of the President, owing to illness. 

 Dr. P. L. ScLATER, F.R.S., took the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting having been read 

 and confirmed, the Report of the Committee was read. They 

 were glad to be able to state that the prosperity of the Union 

 had continued undiminished during the past year. 



The anr.ual volume of 'The Uns^ for 1901 had been 

 pubbshed in regular course. It was the first of the Eighth 

 Series, under the joint Editorship of Dr. P. L. Sclater, 

 F.R.S., and Mr. A. H. Evans, M.A., and consisted of 

 782 pages, illustrated, by 15 plates. 



The Committee regretted to report the loss by death of 

 seven Ordinary Members of the Union since the last Anni- 

 versary, namely: the Rt. Hon. Lt.-Col. E. H. Cooper, 

 Mr. H. M. Courage, the Rev. II. A. Macphersou, Lord 

 Malcolm of Poltalloch, Capt. Eric Streatfeild, Mr. Lionel 

 W. Wiglesworth, and Mr. John Young. The resignation of 

 Mr. Arthur II. Holland had been accepted; but it had not 

 been found necessary to remove any Member under Rule 6. 



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