PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNION. 



Account of Seventh Annual Meeting. 



The Seventh Annual Meeting of the S. A. 0. U. was held in 

 Cape Town on Friday, 6th November, at 11 a.m., in the 

 South African Museum, by kind permission of the Director, 

 Dr. Peringuey (a Vice-President of the Union), who, in 

 the absence of the President (Dr. Gunning), kindly took the 

 Chair. The Meeting was very poorly attended, on account 

 of so many meetings and attractions having been arranged 

 within the space of a week. 



Amongst those present were, however, Messrs, W. G. 

 Fairbridge and Frank Bolus, of Cape Town ; Dr. Theiler, 

 Mr. Burtt Davy, and the Hon. Secretary, from Pretoria. 



After the Minutes of the previous Meeting (held in 

 Bloemfontein) had been read and confirmed, a discussion 

 took place on the difficult subject of 



Migration. — The Secretary informed the Meeting that 

 the idea, recommended at the Bloeinfontein Meeting, that 

 small sets of skins of the more important migratory birds 

 should be presented to all the more important schools, had 

 not been put into effect on account of Union coming in. 

 Dr. Peringuey thought this was not easily an-anged, as 

 loan collections were out of the question, being too badly 

 handled b}^ the average teacher, and to give each school a 

 set would require considerable outlay and time. Dr. Theiler 

 thought good, large wall-pictures would meet the case, 

 provided they were submitted to the S. A. 0. U. for a])proval 



