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XXIV. — Proceedings at the Annual General Meeting of the 

 British Ornithologists'' Union, 1910. 



The Animal General Meeting of the British Ornithologists* 

 Union for 1910 was held at the house of the Zoological 

 Society of London, 3 Hanover Square (by permission), on 

 May 25th. The Chair was taken by the President, Dr. F. 

 DuCauc Godman, F.R.S. 



The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting were 

 read and confirmed. 



The Report of the Committee, which was then read, 

 announced the continued prosperity of the Union during 

 the past year. The Annual Volume of ' The Ibis ' for 1909 

 (the fifty-first of the whole and the third of the Ninth 

 Series) had been edited by Dr. P. L. Sclater, D.Sc, F.R.S., 

 and Mr. A. H. Evans, M.A. It contained 741 pages and 

 was illustrated with 8 coloured plates, 2 maps, and 11 text- 

 figures. 



The Jubilee Supplement Volume had also been published 

 early in the year. It contains 268 pages and is illustrated 

 with 43 photographic plates and one facsimile plate. 



With much regret the Committee reported the deaths of 

 the following Members since the last Annual Meeting : — 



A. Y. Lethbridge, P. D. W. Newcome, Dr. R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, Thomas Southwell, Dr. E. P. Wright, and Dr. H. H. 

 Giglioli. 



The following gentlemen had resigned : — Hon. Ian M. 

 Campbell, Col. W. H. M. Duthie, E. W. II. Holdsworth, 

 R. S. Keep, H. H. J. Nicholls, Robert Service, and Colin 

 West ; and the names of Major Cliarles Donovan and K. C. 

 Macdonald had been removed from the List of Members 

 under Rule 6. 



At the date of the Meeting the Union consisted of 424 

 Ordinary Members, 3 Extra-Ordinary, 9 Honorary,9 Colonial, 

 and 20 Foreign Members. 



The Statement of Accounts for the year ending December 

 31st, 1909, was then submitted and approved, and a vote of 

 thanks was accorded to Mr. H. E. Dresser, the Auditor. 



