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Crowley as President of the Club for the ensuing year. Mr. 
Lone having seconded the motion, it was carried unanimously, 
and Mr. Crow ey expressed his thanks to the members for 
the compliment which they had paid him. 
Dr. THompson proposed that Mr. John Flower be elected to 
the office of Treasurer, vacated by Mr. Crowley. 
This proposal was seconded by Mr. CutsHo.m, and carried. 
The PRESIDENT next announced the resignation by Mr. 
E. B. Sturge of the office of Honorary Secretary of the Club, 
and in doing so regretted that Mr. Sturge was prevented by 
indisposition from being present at that meeting. Mr. Sturge 
had acted for five years as Honorary Secretary of the Club, 
and during that time had discharged the onerous duties of the 
office most ‘admirably and conscientiously. He had now 
resigned because he felt that he should not be able, in the year 
to come, to devote sufficient time to enable him properly to 
discharge the duties of Secretary. 
Upon the motion of Mr. Manners, seconded by Dr. THomp- 
son, Mr. K. McKean was elected Honorary Secretary in the 
place of Mr. Sturge. 
The PReEsIDENT read a letter from Mr. Henry Lee, an- 
nouncing his wish, in consequence of his removal from Croydon, 
to retire from the Committee, but expressing his unabated 
interest in all that related to the Club. He also pointed out 
that as Mr. K. McKean had been elected Honorary Secretary 
there were thus two vacancies on the Committee. 
It was proposed by Mr. H. M. KraasseEn, and seconded by 
Mr. Lona, and carried unanimously, that Dr. Carpenter, Mr. 
J. Chisholm, Mr. T. Cushing, Mr. J. S. Johnson, Mr. G. 
Manners, Mr. A. D. Taylor, and Mr. H. Turner (members of 
the old Committee), and Mr. H. T. Mennell and Mr. E. 
Lovett be appointed the Committee for the ensuing year. 
Cordial votes of thanks were accorded to the retiring Presi- 
dent and Honorary Secretary, and on the motion of the Prest- 
DENT, a vote of thanks was also accorded to the Local Press 
for their reports of the proceedings of the Club. 
Mr., John Drage exhibited a white variety of the common 
Thrush (Turdus musicus) which was shot near the Lizard 
Point, Cornwall, in the autumn of 1880, and a specimen of 
the purple Sand-piper (Tringa striata) shot in the winter of 
1880, in the same locality. The thrush was a remarkably 
white specimen, having only a few very faintly coloured 
feathers on the head and on the left wing. 
