Annual General Meel'uu/ of the B. O. U. 517 



where tlie snow first melts and there form almost nesting- 

 colonies^ as the nests are tolerably close to each other^ in 

 most cases only a few steps apart, and even closer if 

 tliose of the previous year are included. They are mere 

 depressions in the moss in places where the mosa or 

 grass from the previous year is most abundant, and not 

 unfrequeutly an old nest is made use of. Both the male 

 and female incubate. On the south coast of Taimyr Bay, 

 Avliere Mr. Biriilia was in July 1901, the Curlew-Sandpiper 

 was much rarer. He did not see any on New Siberia, but 

 Curlew-Sandpij)ers were met with on other islands of the 

 Archipelago. 



[To be continued.] 



XXIII. — Proceedings at the Annual General Meeting of the 

 British Ornithologists' Union, 1908. 



The Annual General Meeting of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union for this year was held at the house of the Zoological 

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

 May 20th. The Chair was taken by the President, 

 r. DuCane Godman, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S. 



The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting were 

 read and confirmed. 



The Report of the Committee announced the continued 

 prosperity of the Union during the past year as regards both 

 its membership and its finances. 



The volume of ' The Ibis ' for 1907 was the first of the 

 Ninth Series, under the joint Editorship of Dr. P. L. Sclater, 

 D.Sc, F.R.S., and Mr. A. H. Evans, M.A. It contained 

 685 pages and was illustrated by 10 coloured plates, 3 maps, 

 and 34 text-figures. 



With regret the Committee reported the deaths of the 

 following Members of the TTnion since the last Annual 

 General Meeting : — 



F. C. Crawford, Prof. A. Newton, T. M. Pike, Howard 

 Saunders, Earl Sondes, and C. A. Wright. 



