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Dr. E. Hopkinson,



The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.


The Hon. Secretary (Dr. L. Lovell-Keays) announced that,

having offered his services to the army, he was obliged to retire from

the post of Hon. Secretary.


It was proposed by Mr. H. D. Astley and seconded by Mr.

Ezra that the Society expresses its gratitude to Dr. L. Lovell-Keays

for his valuable services rendered, and its great regret at his

resignation.


Miss Alderson accepted the vacant post of Hon. Secretary, and

was elected to fill the same.


A motion of regret was passed on the death of the late Colonel

Boyd Horsbrugh, for many years a valued member of the Council

and the Society.


Dr. L. Lovell-Keays was elected to the Council in the place of

Miss Alderson (who retires on becoming Hon. Secretary) and the Hon.

Mrs. Algernon Bourke was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the

death of Colonel Horsbrugh.


It was decided that the Hon. Secretary be instructed to

ascertain the names of members entitled to medals, and that the

medals be obtained and sent to them.


The Hon. Treasurer (Mr. B. C. Thomasset) announced that,

owing to two generous donations of £40 and £10 respectively to the

illustration fund, the finances of the Society are in a more favourable

condition, so long as members will pay their annual subscriptions

regularly.


The meeting then closed with a vote of thanks to the chair¬

man and the Zoological Society.



THE BROWN-NECKED PARROT.


(Pceocejohalus fuscicollis.)


By Dr. E. Hopkinson.


Some years ago I wrote for our Magazine an account of this

Parrot, or rather of what I believe to be this species, though its

range as given in the British Museum Hand-List does not include



