436 Annual Meeting of the B. 0. U. 



XXXIII. — Proceedings at the Anniversarij Meeting of the 

 British Ornithologists' Union, 1897. 



The Annual General Meeting of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union was held at the rooms of the Zoological Society of 

 London, 3 Hanover Square (by permission of the Council 

 of that Society), on Wednesday, the 5th of April, at 6 p.m., 

 Mr. P. L. ScLATER, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.S., in the Chair. The 

 Minutes of the last Annual Meeting having been read and 

 confirmed, the Report of the Committee was read, which 

 stated as follows : — 



" Amongst the losses by death since the last Anniversary 

 we have to record that of our President, Lord Lilford, an 

 original Member of the Union, who had held the office for 

 19 years. Besides this three other Ordinary Members have 

 died, viz. Arthur Dowsett, Esq., Sir Edward Newton, 

 K.C.M.Gr., and Hugh Neville, Esq. One Member has with- 

 drawn, vi25. Sir T. D. Gibson Carmichael, Bart., and two 

 have been removed under Rule VI., viz. D. S. W. Nicholl, 

 Esq., and W. C. Shaw, Esq. 



" The number of the Members of the Union is now 314, 

 consisting of 283 Ordinary, 1 Extraordinary, 10 Honorary, 

 and 20 Foreign Members. 



''There are 24 Candidates for the Ordinary Membership. 

 *' The General Index for the last three series of ' The Ibis ' 

 has been completed and will shortly be ready for dis- 

 tribution."" 



The accounts for the year 1896 were then presented by 

 the Secretary, and ajiproved of by the Meeting. 



The following Candidates were then balloted for and 

 declared to be duly elected Ordinary Members : — 



The Rev. Hubert D. Astley, F.Z.S., Chequers Court, 



Tring. 

 John Benson, Holly How, Coniston. 

 William Berry, B.A., LL.B., Tayfield, Newport, Fife. 

 The Hon. Ivo F. Bligh, Southfields Grange, W^ands- 



worth, S.W. 

 The Rev. Horatius N. Bonar, Free Church Manse, 

 Salton, Pencaitland, E. Lothian. 



