338 Letters, Extracts, and Notes. [II)is, 



seventy-five years ago established the E-ules for Zoological 

 Nomenclature that were subsequently accepted by the 

 founders of 'The Ibis.' The latter never could have foreseen 

 such vagaries as have arisen at the present day. I would 

 go further, and say that, since experience has shown that 

 iiotliing but confusion has resulted from the use of the 

 lOtli edition of Linnaeus, we are never likely to attain 

 uniformity in nomenclature until we return to the use of 

 the ] 2th edition as revised by the author; and the longer 

 we delay the correction of the mistake that has been made, 

 the greater will be the confusion bequeathed to posterity. 

 Your obedient servant, 



Weybridge, James EdMUND Harting. 



March, 1918. 



Annual General Meeting of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union. 



The Annual General Meeting of the B. 0. U. for 1918 

 was held on 13 March at the Offices of the Zoological 

 Society of London, Col. R. G. Wardlaw-Ramsay, the 

 President, in the Chair. There were fifty-four Members 

 present. 



The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting were 

 read and confirmed. 



The Statement of Accounts for the year 1917, which had 

 been circulated, were submitted and passed. 



The Annual Report of the Committee was read as 

 follows : — 



"The Committee have much pleasure in being able to 

 report that during the year 1917 the deficit of ^£40 on the 

 1st January has been turned into a credit balance of i^20-t 

 15s. 5</. The accounts for the past year^ which have been 

 kindly audited by Mr. H. Muut, show what we trust will 

 be deemed a satisfactory result. The total receipts in 1917 

 have been £851 15,s\ 6(/. as compared with £9i]. \7s. Id. 

 in the previous year, the decrease being due to the smaller 

 number of the Jubilee Supplement and the List of British 

 Birds sold. The total payments have been £615 6s. 7d. 



