Twelfth Annual Meet'iiKj. 115 



'6. ^ British Birds' 1915. 12 numbers. 



While there is little of special interest to South African 

 ornithologists in this magazine, it contains articles of great 

 general interest, especially those on the life-histories of 

 English Birds by Miss E. L. Turner, Maud Haviland, 

 E. J3. Dunlop, and others. These are invariably illustrated 

 by beautiful photographs. 



IX. — Proceedings of tlie South African Ornithologists' Union. 

 Report of tJie 2\velfth Annual Meeting. 



The Annual Meeting was originally held in the Transvaal 

 University College on Monday, July 5th, 1915, at -4.30 p.ji., 

 when Sir Arnold Theiler took the Chair. After the pre- 

 liminary business had been transacted, it was found necessary 

 to adjourn the meeting on account of other matters pertaining 

 to the Science Congress, and the adjourned meeting was 

 held in the Office of the Director of the Transvaal Zooloo-ical 

 Gardens on the following Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m., 

 when the Rev. Noel Roberts (Johannesburg) took the 

 Chair, in the unavoidable absence of the President. There 

 were present : — Messrs. Austin Roberts, D. Kehoe, C. E. 

 Gyde, and Ivan Ayres, of Pretoria ; Mr. F. W. Fitzsimmons, 

 of Port Elizabeth; and the Hon. Secretary (Mr. A. K. 

 Haagner). The Secretary's report and Treasurer's statement 

 are printed herewith. 



The subject of the protection of birds was again discussed^ 

 and a Sub-Committee was appointed to consider the matter. 

 This consists of the Rev. Roberts (Chairman), and Messrs. 

 C. E. Gj'de, A. K. Haagner, Austin Roberts, and Ivan 

 Ayres (Hon. Secretary). 



A new Sub-Committee was also appointed to discuss the 

 matter of bird-migration, and to try and infuse a little more 

 enthusiasm into the subject. This Committee includes 

 Messrs. A. K. Haagner (Chairman), Ivan Ayres, G. A. II. 



