)IG A SHORT HISTORY OF THK 



Great Bustard," and George Gray sent us a Revised Jjist of 

 the Birds of New Zealand. 



1863. 



In 1863 the Annual General Meeting of the Union was held 

 at 11 Hanover Square, London, on the 9th of December, 

 Mr. W. H. Hawker in the Chair. The accounts for 1862 

 and the estimate for 1863 having been examined shewed a 

 probable deficit at the close of 1863 of .€100. The Editor 

 announced that under these circumstances he would decline 

 to receive the sum of £50 for his " editorial expenses " in 

 1864', and it was agreed that a subscription of £o from each 

 Member be required for that year. It was also agreed that 

 the First Series of ' The Ibis ' should be brought to a close 

 in 1864, and that the best mode of continuing the Journal 

 should be specially considered at a General ^Meeting to be 

 held in May 1864. 



The fifth volume of the First Series of ' The Ibis ' (1863) 

 was published in October of that year. It contained 

 498 pages, illustrated by 13 plates. Among other papers of 

 special interest was Swinhoe's first article on Formosan 

 Ornithology, which was illustrated by a plate of (atcus 

 spilonotus drawn by Wolf. Swinhoe included 201 species in 

 the list of Formosan Birds then known to him. 



1864. 



In accordance with a motion carried at the Annual General 

 Meeting of ]863, a Special Meeting of the B. O. U. was 

 held at 11 Hanover Square, London, on the 20th of May, 

 1864. Col. Drummond-Hay^ the President, was in the 

 Chair, and twelve other Members were present. The pre- 

 liminary business having been transacted, the Editor stated 

 that, in accordance with the notice that had been given at 

 the previous Meeting in 1863, he could not undertake to 

 carry on the Editorship of ' The Ibis ' after the completion 

 of the volume for 1864. It Avas then proposed by Lord 

 Lilford, and carried unanimously, that a Second Series of ' The 



