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Report of the Council.



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL



FOR 1910- 1 9 11 .



In the Repoit of the Council for 1909-1910 two important

changes in the administration of the Society were announced,

namely, the acceptance of the Editorship of the Magazine by

Mr. J. Lewis Bonhote and the appointment of Messrs. West.

Newman & Co. as its publishers. The success Mr. Bonhote

has achieved as Editor must be apparent to all readers of the

Magazine ; and the Council desires to take the opportunity,

afforded by the close of the year, of expressing its appreciation

of the benefit the Society has derived from the business-like

methods of the new publishers.


The grateful thanks of the Council are again due to all

those members who have kindly helped to keep the Magazine

up to its high standard by generous donations to the Society’s

funds ; and also to those who have so willingly responded to the

Editor’s appeal for articles and notes for publication. This

appeal they wish to support by inviting contributions of articles,

not only from those members who have in the past helped the

Society in that way, but also from those who have hitherto

refrained from writing their observations upon birds in captivity.


They also venture again to draw the attention of members

to the need of adding to the membership of the Society, so that

the Magazine may be still further improved, especially by an

increase in the number of its coloured plates and text figures.


Finally, the thanks of the Council are due to Dr. A. G.

Butler for kindly undertaking the Editorship of the present

number of the Magazine during Mr. Bonhote’s absence.


Signed for the Council,


R. I. POCOCK,


Hon. Business Secretary.



