Canary Societies, and Close and Open Shows. 381 



I, , do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that the bird (or birds) 



entered by me for competition at the Ornithological Society's Show, of 



which society I am a duly appointed member, was (or were) bred by myself, and is 

 (or are) at this present time my bona fide property ; and, furthermore, that the 

 Raid bird (or birds) is (or are) under twelve months old. 



Witness, Signed, 



Any member making' a false declaration, or exhibiting a bird or birds contrary 

 to the spirit or intention of these rules, shall, on proof thereof, be expelled from 

 this society, and shall forfeit all prize money and claims of every description 

 against the society. 



18. If any member is more than three months in arrear of payments of any kind 

 he will be fined the sum of sixpence ; and if this sum, together with all other 

 arrears then dne, be not paid to the secretary or treasurer on or before the 

 following meeting night, then it shall be competent for the committee (unless a 

 satisfactory reason can be assigned) to expel the said member without further 

 consideration from the society. 



19. Any person who has been expelled from this society for an infringement of 

 any of its regulations shall not be eligible for re-election before the end of the 

 current year in which the expulsion takes place. 



20. The place of exhibition to be decided upon by the committee of management 

 at least one month before a show takes place, and all members will be required to 

 deliver their birds at or before 8.30 a.m. on the morning of the show to the person 

 appointed to receive them. Every member who has entered a bird or birds for 

 competition will be furnished with a card or label for each separate entry by the 

 secretary, naming the class, variety of bird, and number of such entry ; and he 

 will bo expected to affix these labels to the cages containing the birds answering 

 such particulars prior to his delivering the specimens on the morning of the show. 

 All birds must be shown in separate cages, and any birds entered in a wrong class 

 will be excluded from competing. A card or list, containing the names and 

 numbers of the different classes for which prizes will be awarded, must be hung 

 up in the " club room " on the nights of each meeting after the schedule has been 

 arranged and approved for the information of the member.*, and the secretary 

 sliall furnish to any member any further particulars he may reasonably require. 

 No member will be permitted to enter the show room except those who are engaged 

 in the arrangements^ until after the birds have been judged and the show is 

 declared open. All members are to be admitted free of charge. 



21. The judges are to be elected by a majority of the members of the society, at 

 a meeting called specially for that purpose. No judge to be allowed to enter the 

 show room until the arrangements are fully completed, and no member of the 

 society will be permitted to be present during the time the judge or judges are 

 performing their duties. If a judge desires to ask a question, the secretary, 

 accompanied by a member of the society, will attend together to answer his query. 



22. The judges will be empowered to withhold a prize where they have reason 

 for suspecting that a bird has been fraudulently tampered with ; but it will bo 

 their duty to bring such a case before the committee, who will decide thereon. If 

 the bird belongs to a member of that body, he (the member) must retire during 

 the inquiry. 



23. All birds with clipped, drawn, or artificially coloured plumage, if detected, 

 will be disqualified, and the owner of such bird shall forfeit all prize moneys, and 



