lion. TreaA-urer . . A. K. IIaa.gxer, F.Z.S., jM.B.O.U. 

 JJon. Secretarij . . A, K. IIa..vg\er, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



' JoHJf Wood (Cape Colony). 



L. E. Taylor, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (Transvaal). 



,r , j.^ J. Gr. Hatckaud, F.E.A.S. (Orange Eiver 



Members of Council r^ ■, , \ o 



•' \ Colon_y). 



A. D. Mir.LAR, Col.M.B.O.U. (Natal). 



G. A. K. Marshall, F.Z.S., F.E.S. (Rhodesia). 



Azotes of thanks were passed by the Meeting to the Editors 

 of the Journal and to the Hon. Secretary, 



Dr. P. L. ScLATER (for many years Secretary to tlie 

 Zoological Society of London and Joint Editor of ' The 

 Ibis^) then addressed the Meeting. He said that as a 

 foundation member of the British Ornithologists' Union it 

 gaye him very great pleasure to attend the 2nd Annual 

 Meeting of the South African Ornithologists' Union. Thi; 

 Members of the Association could congratulate themselves on 

 the success which had been attained by them during the first 

 two years of its life. The British Ornithologists' Union 

 commenced with a membership of only about 20 in its 

 first year, whereas the South African Ornithologists' Union 

 already contained in its ranks between 70 and 80 Members 

 in its second year of existence. Dr. Sclater laid great stress 

 on the importance and educational value of Museums, and 

 expressed the opinion that every chief centre of ])opulation 

 should have a properly equipped institution containing repre- 

 sentative collections of the local fauna, especially of birds. 

 He concluded by wishing the Union long life, prosperity 

 and continued success in the future. 



Mr. Harold Fry (Hon. Secretary to the Johannesburg 

 Field Naturalists' Clui)) proposed a vote of thanks to 

 Dr. Sclater for his address. He said that it was a great 

 honour and pleasure for the Union to have Dr. Sclater 

 amongst them and to hear his remarks. He (Mr. Fry), 

 being South African born himself, might probably never 

 have the chance of visiting England,and he and many others 

 looked upon this visit of the British Association as the event 



