342 Letters, Extracts, and Notes. [lijis^ 1918. 



Dr. Forbes then spoke in defence of liis conduct, liavin<( 

 accepted the decision of the Meeting to hear and adjudicate 

 on his case. He was prepared to withdraw only one of the 

 expressions to which exception had been taken. The 

 Chairman then said that the Committee considered that 

 the whole tone of Dr. Forbes's letters was grossly insulting 

 and that no seU'-respecting Committee could possibly rest 

 satisfied with the partial apology offered by Dr. Forbes. 



Mr. D. A. Bannerman then moved and Mr. C. B. Rickett 

 seconded the following motion : — 



" That after consideration of the correspondence 

 between Dr. H. O. Forbes and certain Members of 

 the Committee, this Meeting is of opinion that the 

 conduct of Dr. Forbes has been most improper and 

 unworthy of a Member of the Union, and calls upon 

 him to offer an ample apology and to withdraw his 

 letters or to resign his Membership of the British 

 Ornithologists' Union.^' 



No Amendment being proposed, this Motion was put to 

 the Meeting and carried, with three dissentients only. 



With regard to two further motions of Dr. Forbes, having 

 for their object changes in Rule VII. and Rule XIV. of the 

 Union, the first was negatived and the second withdrawn. 



Mr. D. Seth-Smith proposed and Mr. ('base seconded 

 a vote of thanks to the Auditor, Mr. H. Munt. This was 

 duly carried. 



Mr. Sclater proposed a vote of thanks to the Zoological 

 Society for the use of their (jffices and rooms duiing the 

 past year. This was carried unanimously. 



Mr. Gladstone proposed and Mr. Elwes seconded a vote 

 of thanks to the Chairman, which was carried. 



Erratum. 

 In Mr. T. Carter's paper, ' Ibis,' 1917, pp. 564 611 :— 



p. 573, first Hue, for 1877 read 1887. 

 The telegraph-line was not opened until 1885. 



