30 A SH(JUT HISTORY OF TH K 



elected President in liis place. Two new Members Avere 

 elected at this meeting. 



The volume of ' The Ibis '' for 1867^ Avhich Avas completed 

 in October of that year, contained 490 pages and 10 plates. 

 In it Blyth continued his valuable commentary on Jerdon's 

 ' Birds of India/ and Edward Newton Avrote an important 

 paper on the Birds of the Seychelles Archijjclago, Avhich he 

 had then lately visited and of which previously very little 

 Avas knoAvn. Tristram and Swinhoe AAcre both contributors 

 to this volume. The coloured plates Averc mostly drawn by 

 Wolf, in his usual excellent style. 



1868. 



The Annual General Meeting of the B.O.U. for 1868 was 

 held at 11 Hanover Square, Loudon, Avhere, in the absence 

 of the President, P. L. Sclater Avas requested to take the 

 Chair. Six new Members Avere elected. The accounts 

 shewed a deficit of only £17, and it Avas agreed that 

 a su])scription of £\ should be called for from each 

 Member. It was also agreed that the number of copies 

 of ' The Ibis ' to be printed after that year should be 275 

 instead of .250. After the Meeting a Dinner of the Members 

 and their friends took place in the Pall INIall Restaurant. 

 This is the first Dinner of the B. O. U. that I can find 

 recorded in the Minutes. 



The A^olume of 'The Ibis ' for 1868 was completed by the 

 issue of the fourth number in October of that year. There 

 were 550 pages in the volume, which Avas illustrated by 

 10 plates. Amongst the more important papers Avere those 

 by Wallace on the Raptorial Birds of the Malay Archipelago 

 and by the Rev. A. C. Smith on the Birds of Portugal. 



1869. 



In 18G9 the Annual General Meeting of the B, O. U. was 

 again held at 11 Hanover Square, London, Avith P. L. Schiter 

 in the Chair, in tlic absence of the President. Dr. A. von 

 Pelzeln, of A ienna, Avas elected an Honorary Member of 



