The Society's Medal.



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THE SOCIETY’S MEDAL.



RULES.


The Medal may be awarded at the discretion of the Committee, to

anj T Member who shall succeed in breeding, in the United Kingdom, any

species of bird which shall not be known to have been previously bred in

captivity in Great Britain or Ireland. Any Member wishing to obtain the

Medal must send a detailed account for publication in the Magazine within

about eight weeks from the date of hatching of the young and furnish such

evidence of the facts as the Executive Committee may require. The Medal

will be awarded only in cases where the young shall live to be old enough

to feed themselves, and to be wholly independent of their parents.


The account of the breeding must be reasonably full so as to afford

instruction to our Members, and should describe the plumage of the young

and be of value as a permanent record of the nesting and general habits of the

species. These points will have great weight when the question of awarding

the Medal is under consideration.


The parents of the young must be the bond fide property of the

breeder. An evasion of this rule, in an}’ form whatever, will not only dis¬

qualify the breeder from any claim to a Medal in that particular instance,

but will seriously prejudice any other claims he or she may subsequently

advance for the breeding of the same or any other species.


In every case the decision of the Committee shall be final.


The Medal will be forwarded to each Member as soon after it shall

have been awarded as possible.



The Medal is struck in bronze (but the Committee reserve the right

to issue it in silver in very special cases), and measures 2\ inches in

diameter. It bears on the obverse a representation of two birds with a nest

containing eggs, and the words “The Avicultural Society—founded 1S94.”

O11 the reverse is the following inscription : “Awarded to ( name of donee)

for rearing the young of ( name of species ), a species not previously bred in

captivity in the United Kingdom.”



