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the Uuion. There have been very few resignations on 

 account of the increase in the subscription, but, on the 

 other hand, the Committee regret that there have been a 

 considerable number of resignations due to the fact that 

 members have, owing to the present amount of taxation and 

 the general depression in money matters, cancelled their 

 membership from all Scientific Societies including our 

 own. 



"The Committee feel that it is still very necessary for 

 members to assist in bringing forward suitable candidates 

 for election, and it is only by increasing our membership 

 that we shall eventually be able to furnish the funds which 

 are necessary for so many desirable objects, chief amongst 

 which they would mention the publication of the ' Systema 

 Avium.' 



" The present volume of ' The Il)is ' is the sixty-third, 

 and is the third of the Eleventh Series. It contains only 

 799 pages as against 1022 in the previous year, and it is 

 illustrated with only two coloured plates, seven uncoloured, 

 and four text-figures. The comparative cost is, unfor- 

 tunately, even higher than in 1920, the actual reduction 

 being only about jg85. In 1922 we hope to see a real 

 reduction, although the cost of printing, both letterpress 

 and plates, is not following the general rapid decrease of 

 costs in other trades. 



" The Committee regret to report the deaths of the 

 following : — 



Ordinary Members : 



Dr. W. S. Bruce. Col. H. W. Feilden. 



H. M. Upcher. Col. W. W. C. Verner. 



Col. R. G. Wardlaw-Ramsay. 



Honorary Members : 



Dr. Y. Bianchi. Dr. J. A. Allen. J. Macoun. 



Foreign Member : 



S. Alpheraky. 



