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truly useful work would not be a waste of the time of any 

 ornithologist of the standing required. 



But high as the requirements are^ there can be no hesi- 

 tation in declaring that the B. O. U. includes members who 

 could realize them worthily. 



In conclusion I would remark that^ if ichthyology, with its 

 comparatively few votaries, can command such a work, it is 

 fair to presume that if ornithology possessed a similar one 

 it would prove more than a success. 



Yours &c., 



Wm. Eagle Clarke. 



Proceedings of the Anniversary Meeting of the British 

 Ornithologists' Union, 1882. 



The Annual Meeting of the British Ornithologists' Union 

 was held at 6 Tenterdon Street, Hanover Square, on May 

 17th, 1882, Mr. P. L. Sclater in the chair. The following 

 Members were present : — P. L. Sclater, Osbert Salvin, G. C. 

 Taylor, W. A. Forbes, H. E. Dresser, E. C. Taylor, Edward 

 H. Cooper, C. Bygrave Wharton, F. S. Mitchell, H. Gadow, 

 J. Young, Henry T. Wharton, Howard Saunders, J. E. 

 Hartiug, Frank B. Simson, H. B. Tristram, C. G. Danford, 

 Edward Hargitt, H. Evelyn Rawson, Charles A. Wright, 

 T. Southwell, G. E. Shelley, William Borrer, and W. B. 

 Tegetmeier. 



The minutes of the last Meeting, held May 18th, 1881, 

 having been read and confirmed, the accounts relating to the 

 Volume of ' The Ibis 'for 1881, a copy of which had been 

 sent to every Member in the United Kingdom, were dis- 

 cussed and passed. 



The following Candidates were then balloted for and elected 

 Members of the B. O. U. : — Robert William Chase, South- 

 field, Edgbaston, Birmingham ; Charles B. Cory, 8 Arlington 

 Street, Boston, U. S. A. ; Philip Crowley, Waddon House, 

 Croydon; Philip M. Kermode, Seabridge Cottage, Ramsay, 

 Isle of Man; Rev. Edw. Ponsonby Knubley, M.A., Stavely 

 Rectory, Boroughbridge, Leeds ; Thomas Hudson Nelson, 



