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accounts for the year 1900, which had been audited by 

 ^Ir. Howard Saunders, Avere passed. The Committee 

 reported that the state of the finances Avas satisfactory, 

 and that the remaining debt upon the Subject-Index had 

 been finally disposed of. Thirteen candidates were ballotted 

 for and elected Ordinary Members. Mr. Howard Saunders 

 was elected Secretary in place of Mr. E. W. Gates, who 

 retired from that post. The usual Dinner, held at Limmer's 

 Hotel, was attended by twenty -nine Members and guests. 



The volume of ' The Ibis ' for 1901 contained 782 pages, 

 illustrated by 15 plates, mostly drawn by Keulemans, 

 Lodge, and Smit. Among the more important papers are 

 Mr, H. F. Witherby's account of his ornithological expe- 

 dition to the White Nile, Mr. W. Goodfellow's journey 

 through Colombia and Ecuador, and Colonel Rippon's 

 memoir on the Birds of the Southern Shan States, in which 

 431 species are enumerated. 



1902. 



The Annual General Meeting of the B. 0. U. in 1902 was 

 held at 3 Hanover Square on the 14th of May, the Chair 

 being taken by P. L. Sclater, in the absence of the President. 

 The accounts for the year 1901, audited by Mr. H. E. 

 Dresser, were passed, and a vote of thanks was accorded to 

 the Auditor. The Committee reported a favourable state 

 of the finances of the Union for the year 1901, a sum of £76 

 having been carried over for the benefit of 1902. Twenty- 

 eight new Ordinary Members were elected. It was agreed 

 that a new class of members, to be called " Colonial Mem- 

 bers," should be instituted ; such Members to be eminent 

 ornithologists residing in the British Colonies and India, and 

 not to exceed ten in number. The name of Professor S. F. 

 Radde was transferred from the list of Foreign Members to 

 that of Honorary Members, and Mr. F. M. Chapman, U.S.A., 

 Dr. P. Sushkin, of Moscow, and Dr. H. von Ihering, of Sao 

 Paulo, Brazil, were elected Foreign Members of the Union. 

 The usual Dinner after the Meeting was held at Limmer's 

 Hotel, and attended by twenty-one Members and guests. 



