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a sealed envelope, before the 14th of October. The Scrutineer shall prepare

a written return of the officers elected, showing the number of the votes

recorded for each candidate, and send it to the Secretary before the 21st of

October for publication in the November number of the Magazine. In the

event of an equality of votes, the President shall have a casting vote.


7. —It shall be lawful for the Council to delegate any of their powers

to a Committee of not less than three.


8. —The Council (but not a Committee of the Council) shall have

power to alter and add to the Rules, from time to time, in any manner they

may think fit.


9. —The Council shall have power to expel any member from the

Society at any time without assigning any reason.


10. — All members intending to resign tlieir membership at the end of

the current year of the .Society shall give notice of their intention to the

Secretray before the 14th of October, and all members who do not so give

notice shall continue to be members for the year following, and shall be

liable for their subscriptions accordingly.


11. — Neither the office of Scrutineer nor the office of Auditor shall be

held for two consecutive years by the same person.


12. —The Scrutineer shall not reveal to any person how any member

shall have voted.


13. — If any office shall become vacant at any time, other than at the

end of the Society’s year, the Council shall have power to nominate any

member of the Society to fill the vacancy until the expiration of the then

current year.



THE SOCIETY'S MEDAL.


The Medal is awarded to ever}’ member who succeeds in breeding any

species of bird which has not previously been known to breed in captivity

in the United Kingdom. Any member wishing to obtain the Medal must

send a detailed account to the Secretary, for publication in the Magazine,

within ten weeks from the date of hatching of the young, and furnish

such evidence of the facts as the Executive Committee may requre.

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 decision of the Committee shall be final.


The Medal is struck in bronze, and measures 2J 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 young of (name of species) a species not previously bred in captivity

in the United Kingdom.


Members to whom Medals have been azvaidcd.


Mr. R. A. T ODD, for breeding Poephila acuticauda in 1S97.


Mr. GEORGE E. BouSKIEE, for breeding Cyanorhamphus auriceps in 1897.

Mr. E. G. B. MEADE-WAEDO, for breeding Excalfactoria chinensis in 1898.

The Rev. C. D. Farrar, for breeding Lagonosinta minima in 1898.


Mr. R. PHIEEIPPS, for breeding Alelanocorypha yeltoniensis in 1S99.


Tim Rev. C. D. Farrar, for breeding Cyanospiza ciris in 1899.


The Rev. C. D. Farrar, for breeding Polytelis bartabandi in 1900.



