214 Proceedings of the Union. 



Editorial Committee. 



Mr. B. C, E. Langfobd was placed on this Committee 



vice Mr. Bucknill departed. 



Council. 



John Wood, Cape Colony. 



Dr. J. E. Briscoe, Natal. 



A. Duncan, Transvaal. 



C. MoG. Johnston, Orange Eiver Colony. 



P. MuBRAY, Basutoland. 



Gr. A. K. Marshall, F.Z.S., Ehodesia. 



C. PoGGE, Grerman S.W. Africa. 



P. A. Sheppari), Portuguese S.E. Africa. 



6. Rules. — Rules 6 and 11 were amended to meet the 

 above enlargement of the Council. 



Rule 15 : the followino- rider was added : — 



" That proposed Members, when elected, shall not be 

 placed upon the roll of Members until their first subscrip- 

 tion has been paid ; neither shall the Journal be delivered 

 to anyone more than a year in arrear.^' 



7. He.vt Meeting. — This was fixed upon for Grahamstown, 

 CO., in June or July 1908, in conjunction with the Mepting 

 of the South African Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. 



8. General. — Dr. Gunning exhibited two specimens, ^ and 

 ? , of a remarkable new form of Fringillidaj from Rusten- 



burg, TvL, and made the observation that it was strange that 

 such a well-marked new genus and species should now be 

 discovered in a district like Rustenburg, which has been 

 so well-worked in the past, amongst others by our veteran 

 ornithologist " Uncle " Tom Ayres. 



A full description will be found in this number. 



Mr. A. K. Haagner exhibited a S specimen of Sunbird 

 similar to (Jinni/ris olivaceus (Olive Sunbird), from Pondoland. 

 It difl:ers from the typical (Natal) form in several respects : 

 the bill is longer, the forehead is darker, and the yellow 



