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XXr. — Proceedings at the Annual General Meeting of the 

 British Ornithologists' Union, 1911. 



The Annual General Meeting of the British OrnitUologists' 

 Union for 1911 was held at the Offices of the Zoological 

 Society of London in the Outer Circle, Regent's Park 

 (by permission), on May 10th. The Chair was taken, in the 

 unavoidable -absence of the President on account of ill- 

 health, by P. L. Sclatcr, D.Sc, F.ll.S. 



The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting were 

 read and confirmed. 



The Ptcport of the Committee, which was then read, 

 announced the continued prosperity of the Union during 

 the past year. The Annual Volume of ' The Ibis ' for 1910 

 (the fifty-second of the whole and the fourth of the Ninth 

 Series) had been edited by P. L. Sclater, D.Sc, F.R.S., and 

 ]\lr. A. H. Evans, M.A. It contained 795 pages and Avas 

 illustrated with 1 photogravure and 9 coloured plates, 

 2 ma])s, and 8 text-figures. 



With much regret the Committee reported the deaths of 

 tlic following Ordinary Members since the last Annual 

 Meeting: — Henry Scherren, Capt. G. E. Shelley, Dr. Thomas 

 Wright, and Dr. A. B. Meyer (Foreign Member). 



The following gentlemen had resigned : — Lt.-Col. II. F. 

 Barclay, W. Ruskin Butterfield, E. H. Chapman, Frederick 

 Gillett, Dr. A. Giinttier, A. E. Learoyd, H. B. Leigh, Lord 

 Lovat, Hon, E. S. Montagu, Heatley Noble, and J. J. 

 Baldwin Young ; and the names of three members had 

 been removed under Rules 6 and 7. 



At the date of the Meeting the Union consisted of -llO 

 Ordinary Members, 3 Extra-Ordinary, 9 Honorary, 4 Hono- 

 rary Lady Members, 10 Colonial, and 19 Foreign Members. 



The Statement of Accounts for the year ending December 

 31st, 1910, was then submitted and approved, and a vote of 

 thanks was accorded to Mr. Henry Munt, the Auditor. 



The Meeting then proceeded to elect the Officers for the 



