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coverts like the back; under wing-coverts greyish white, 

 washed with yellow. Upper tiiil-coverts black, with broad 

 yellow-brown margins. Under tail-coverts pale yellow- 

 brown, some with dark shaft-streaks to the feathers like 

 some of the flank-feathers. Tail black, lighter towards the 

 outer rectrices, with pale yellow margins, lighter on the 

 underside. Upper mandible black, yellowish brown along 

 the lower edge ; lower mandible yellow, base and tip black. 



Length 138-148 mm.; wing G5-GC ; tail 40-42; bill 

 9-5-10; tarsus 17-17*5. 



The types — male and female — are in the Transvaal Museum, 

 Pretoria. 



Hah. Rustenburg, 1st Jan., 1007 i^Mrs. F. 0. JSoome). 



Pretoria, June 1907. 



XVII. — Proceedings of the Union. 



The Fourth Annual General Meeting of the S. A. 0. U. was 

 held in the Board Room of the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria, 

 on the ?)rd August, 1907, at 3.30 p.m. 



Present were : Dr. J. W. B. Gunning (Vice-President), in 

 the Chair, and Messrs. Newton Spicer (Hon. Treasurer), 

 B. C. P. Langford, C. W. Howard, B.A., Austin Roberts, 

 F. Thomsen, E. M. Skea, Drs. Theiler and Gough of 

 Pretoria, Messrs. E. H. U. Draper and A. Duncan, Johan- 

 nesburg, Max Coch of Rietfontein, and A. K. Haagner (Hon. 

 Secretary) of Modderfontein. 



After the Chairman had welcomed the Members present, 

 and the Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting had 

 been taken as read, he asked the Hon. Secretary to read the 

 Report. 



The following is a brief summary of this Report : — 



The Union continues in a satisfactory condition, numbering 

 115 Members at date, after adding the prospective names 

 and deducting the uinQ defaulters for non-payment of 1904 

 subscriptions. 



There were no resignations during the year, but the 

 Council regretted to have to record the loss by death of two 



