THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



SODTH AFRICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, 



Vol. V. APRIL 1909. No. 1. 



I. — Fifth Annual General Meet'mg. 



The Fifth Annual General Meeting was held, in affiliation 

 with the meetings o£ the South African Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, at Grahamstown. The visitors 

 arrived on Monday the 6th of July, and in the evening were 

 accorded a reception, by the Mayor and Corporation of 

 Grahamstown, in the Town Hall. This was preceded by the 

 Address of the President of the S. A. A. A. S. (Sir Walter 

 Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of Cape Colony), and the 

 presentation to Dr. A. Theiler of the British Association's 

 Medal for scientific research. On Tuesday morning 

 (7th July) the Members of the Association and Union were 

 welcomed at the Rhodes University College by the 

 Hon. Mr. Justice Kotze, LL.B., K.C., Chairman of the 

 College Council, and in the afternoon a party of the Members 

 proceeded to Eagle-nest Kloof and viewed the nest of 

 Spizaetus coronatiis illustrated in Dr. Stark's ' Birds of 

 S. Africa,' vol. iii. p. 308. 



The cave in which Stark took shelter during his sojourn 

 in the kloof was also seen. In the evening Members 

 attended Professor Cory's lecture, illustrated by lantern- 

 views, on the history of the Eastern Province. — On 

 Wednesday the Members of both Societies and their friends 



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