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Crowley as President of the Club for the ensuing }'ear. Mr. 

 Long having seconded the motion, it was carried unanimously, 

 and Mr. Crowley 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. Chisholm, 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 President 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. Klaassen, and seconded by 

 Mr. Long, 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 Presi- 

 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 

 i88o, 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. 



