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XXV. — Proceedings at the Annual General Meeting of the 

 British Ornithologists' Union, 1912. 



The Annual General iMeeting of tlie British Ornithologists' 

 Union for 1912 was held at the Offices of the Zoological 

 Society of London (by permission), on May 8th, the 

 President, Dr. F. DuCane Godman, F.R.S., in the Chair, 



The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting were 

 read and confirmed. 



The Report 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 

 1911 (the fifty-third of the whole and the fifth of the 

 Ninth Series) had been edited by Dr. P. L. Sclater, F.R.S., 

 and Mr. A. PI. Evans, M.iV. It contained 802 pages 

 and was illustrated with 11 coloured plates, 1 map, and 

 21 text-figures. 



With much regret the Committee reported the deaths of 

 the following Members since the last Annual Meeting : — 

 James Lumsden, A. 11. Momber, Capt. L. A. Williams, and 

 A. D. Millar. 



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

 Barclay, A. M. Chance, Frank Finn, Lord Glenconner, 

 Lt.-Col. A. P. Loyd, C. R. E. Radclyfi'e, and Sir Henry B. 

 Robertson ; and the names of four members had been 

 removed from the List under Rule 6. 



At the date of the Meeting the Union consisted of 

 420 Ordinary Members, 3 Extra-Ordinary, 9 Honorary, 

 6 Honorary Lady Members, 9 Colonial, and 20 Foreign 

 Members. 



The Statement of Accounts for the year ending December 

 31st, 1911, 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 ensuing year, and it was announced that Dr. F. 

 DuCane Godman, F.R.S., had been re-elected President, 



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