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the Union, in the place of Mr. John Cassin, deceased ; and 

 Mr. Allan Octavian Hume, C.B., was elected an Ordinary 

 Member, The subscription for the year was fixed at £1, 

 and it was agreed that an entrance- fee of :t2 should be 

 required from all Members elected after that meeting. The 

 subsequent Dinner took place at the Pall Mall Restaurant. 



The volume of ' The Ibis ' for 1869, being the fifth of the 

 Second Series^ contained 478 pages, illustrated by 16 plates. 

 Amongst the articles was an important paper by von Heuglin 

 on the Malurinse of North-eastern Africa^ which was 

 illustrated by 3 plates. In this volume also the Editor gave 

 an account of the Strickland Collection of Birds, which 

 had been lately presented by Strickland's widow to the 

 University of Cambridge. 



1870. 



On the nth of May, 1870, Lord Lilford (the President) 

 took the Chair at the Annual General jNIeeting, which Avas 

 held at 11 Hanover Square, 15 jNlembers being present. 

 The accounts for 1869 showed a deficit of j667 10*., which, 

 how^ever, was more than covered by the subscriptions in 

 arrear, and it was agreed that the subscription for 1870 

 should be €1. Ten new Members were elected, amongst 

 whom were Howard Saunders, Capt. Shelley, Major Irby, 

 and Sir Victor Brooke. Prof. Newton gave notice of his 

 resignation of the Editorship of ' The Ibis ' at the end of the 

 current year, and Osbert Salvin was elected Editor in his 

 place, to commence a Third Series in 1871. 



Salvin, having accepted the Editorship, resigned the office 

 of Secretary at the close of the year, and Mr. F. D. Godman 

 was appointed in his place. 



A Committee, consisting of the President, the Secretary, 

 the late and the new Editors, and Lord Walden, was ap- 

 pointed to draw up a Code of Rules for the B. O. U. After 

 the meeting the usual Dinner took place at the Pall Mall 

 Restaurant. 



The volume of ' The Ibis ' for 1870 was duly completed in 



