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X. — Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 

 Nos. XI. & XII. 



No. XI. (Oct. 30th, 1893.) 



The tenth meeting o£ the Club, being the first meeting of 

 the Second Session, was held at the Restaurant Frascati, 

 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 18th of October, 1893. 



Chairman: P. L. Sclater, F.R.S. 



Members present : — E. Bidwell, Philip Crowley, H. O. 

 Forbes, W. Graham, E. Hargitt, F. J. Jackson, L. H. 

 Irby, a. p. Loyd, F. Penrose, T. Digby Pigott, C.B., 

 R. H. Read, Howard Saunders {Treasurer) , W. L. Sclater, 

 R. Bowdler Sharpe, C. Stonham, F. W. Styan, H. A. Terry, 

 H. T. Wharton, C. A. Wright. 



Guests : Messrs. Castle and C. E. Fagan. 



The Treasurer reported upon the present condition o£ 

 the Club, and announced that the number of members was 

 now 96. He proposed " that Members joining the Club after 

 November 1, 1893, should pay an entrance fee of 5s." This 

 resolution was carried unanimously. 



Mr, Philip Crowley was elected a Member of the 

 Committee, in the place of the Earl of Gainsborough, who 

 retired in accordance with the Rules. 



The Chairman gave the following Address : — 



I PROPOSE to open the Second Session of the B. O. C. by 

 offering a few remarks on recent events in the ornitho- 

 logical world. Before doing so, however, I cannot avoid 

 alluding to a sad loss that we have recently experienced. 

 Since our last meeting our list of Members has become one 

 less by the death of Mr. John Tristram Tristram- Valentine, 

 who had been an active Member of the Club since its 

 foundation and had charmed us all by his genial and pleasing- 

 company. Tristram- Valentine, although he contributed 



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