476 Anniversary Meeting of the B. O. U. 



Nos. 97, 100, 103. S ad v ? imm. Efulen, March 24, 27, 

 1903. 



Nos. 214, 216. $ ad., ? juv. Efulen, Nov. 1, 1903. 



No. 703. $ acl. River Ja, June 17, 1904. 



Specimens killed at different times of the year seem to 

 vary very little as regards colour, the sexes being practically 

 alike, with a little more or less olive on the upper parts. 

 Young birds in March have orange spots on the wing-coverts, 

 Avhitish throats, and a pale orange lower throat and fore-neck. 

 It is rather curious that this species should also occur on the 

 River Ja. 



57. Stiphrorxis xaxthogaster. (Plate IX.) 



stiphrornis xanthogaster Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. xiv. p. 19 

 (1903). 



No. 50. Juv. ; No. 62. J ad. River Ja, Feb. 1902. 



Nos. 518, 526. S ? ad. River Ja, May 17, 18, 1904. 



This species is easily distinguished from S. gabonensis by 

 its sulphur-yellow breast and abdomen, the tint being a 

 little paler in the young bird. 



[To be continued.] 



XXX. — Anniversary Meeting of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union, 1905. 



The Annual Meeting of the British Ornithologists' Union 

 for this year was held on May 24th. In the absence of 

 the President, who was abroad, the Chair was taken by 

 Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 



The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The Report of the Committee announced the continued 

 prosperity of the Union during the past year, both as to 

 Membership and as regards its finances. 



The volume of 'The Ibis' for 1904 was the fourth of 

 the eighth series, under the joint Editorship of Mr. P. L. 

 Sclater, D.Sc, F.R.S., and Mr. A. H. Evans, M.A. It con- 

 tained 701 pages, and was illustrated with 11 coloured plates 

 and 1 uncoloured plate. 



