The Society's Medal.



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14.—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 y 7 ear.



THE SOCIETY’S MEDAL.



The Medal maybe awarded, at the discretion of the Committee, to any

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 to the Secretary, for publication in the Magazine,

within about eight weeks from the date of the hatching of the young, and

furnish such evidence of the facts as the Executive Committe may require.

The Medal wiil be awarded only in cases where the young shall live to be

old enough to feed themselves, aud 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 oj value as a permanent record of the nesting and general habits of the

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

ing the Medal is under consideration.


The parents of the young must be the bona fide property of the breeder.

Any evasion of this rule, in any form whatever, will not only disqualify the

breeder from any claim to a Medal in that particular instance, but will

seriously prejudice any other claims he or she may subsequently 7 advance

for the breeding of the same or other species.


In every case, the decision of the Commit f ee shall be final.


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

have been awarded as circumstances will permit.


The Medal is struck in bronze, 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 1894.” O11 the


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

rearing young of (mime of species) a species not previously 7 bred in captivity

in the United Kingdom.



Members to whom Medals have been awarded.


Vol. III., p. 210. Mr. R. A. Todd, for breeding the Long-tailedGrassfinch,

I'oephila acuticauda, in 1897.


„ IV., pp. 45 & 77. Mr. Georgk E. Bouskidd, for breeding the Golden-

crowned Parrakeet, Cyanorhamphus auriceps, in 1897.



