viii. Report of the Council.


have been placed before the public, and which is so frequently

confused with the much more common Cape Crowned-Crane,

B. regulorum. Three good specimens of the latter may be seen

at the London Zoological Gardens, in their nice new home near

the Insect House.


The finances of the Society are as satisfactory as is

possible under the circumstances. In order that no good objects

for our plates may be missed, and that we may always be ready

with coloured plates, large sums of money have to be expended

months before the plates are actually issued, and are conse¬

quently not available for paying current expenses. This causes

inconvenience, and hinders the development of the Magazine,

for it is occasionally found necessary to curtail the size of a

monthly number and to reject kindly offers of photographs, etc.

The nature of the work demands this, and it is unavoidable.

Nevertheless our bills are always paid, our business is sound and

healthy, and the Magazine has attained to a position far ahead

of any it has held in the past, and may now be regarded by our

Members as a valuable property ; and it is for the Members

generally, not for a limited few, to render assistance by

increasing the Membership and thus increasing the means by

which further improvements may be made in the Magazine—

and also by contributing to its pages.


We have to thank Mr. Arthur Girl for the assistance he

has kindly rendered to our Members by his Post mortem Reports.


The help rendered by the Officers of the Society and

Members of the Executive Committee we most gratefully

acknowledge.


( Signed)


David Seth-Smith.


Arthur Gardiner Butler.


J. Lewis Bonhote.


Oswald Ernest Cresswell.


W. H. St. Quintin.


Rosie Alderson.


C. D. Farrar.



Arthur Gill.


James B. Housden.

Russell Humphrys.


E. G. B. Meade-Waldo.

Wesley T. Page.


John Sergeant.

Reginald Phillipps.



