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  on 
  what 
  remains 
  between 
  this 
  animars 
  teeth 
  by 
  picking 
  

   them, 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  spur 
  or 
  very 
  sharp 
  thorn 
  

   in 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  their 
  wings, 
  they 
  prick 
  the 
  crocodile, 
  and 
  

   torment 
  him 
  when 
  he 
  has 
  shut 
  his 
  mouth, 
  till 
  he 
  opens 
  it 
  

   again, 
  and 
  lets 
  them 
  out 
  ; 
  and 
  thus 
  they 
  secure 
  themselves 
  

   from 
  the 
  danger 
  they 
  were 
  in." 
  And 
  he 
  adds 
  the 
  suggestion 
  

   that 
  " 
  likely 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  birds 
  which 
  Pliny 
  calls 
  Trochilos." 
  

  

  Anniversary 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Ornithologists' 
  Union, 
  

   1893. 
  — 
  The 
  Annual 
  General 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Orni- 
  

   thologists' 
  Union 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  rooms 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  

   Society 
  of 
  London, 
  3 
  Hanover 
  Square^ 
  on 
  Wednesday, 
  the 
  

   3rd 
  of 
  May, 
  at 
  6 
  p.m. 
  In 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  The 
  President, 
  

   Mr. 
  Philip 
  Lutley 
  Sclatee, 
  M.A., 
  Ph.D., 
  F.R.S., 
  was 
  in 
  

   the 
  Chair. 
  The 
  Minutes 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  Annual 
  Meeting 
  having 
  

   been 
  read 
  and 
  confirmed, 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Committee 
  

   was 
  read. 
  It 
  stated 
  that 
  two 
  Ordinary 
  Members 
  (Col. 
  J. 
  

   Biddulph 
  and 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  I, 
  Muntz) 
  had 
  Avithdrawn, 
  and 
  two 
  

   (Mr. 
  W. 
  Davison 
  and 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  M. 
  Slaughter) 
  had 
  died 
  since 
  

   the 
  last 
  Anniversary. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  Members 
  of 
  the 
  Union 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

   1892 
  was 
  261, 
  consisting 
  of 
  231 
  Ordinary, 
  1 
  Extra-ordinary, 
  

   9 
  Honorary, 
  and 
  20 
  Foreign 
  Members. 
  There 
  were 
  18 
  

   Candidates 
  for 
  the 
  Ordinary 
  Membership, 
  and 
  1 
  for 
  the 
  

   Honorary 
  Membership, 
  now 
  to 
  be 
  balloted 
  for. 
  

  

  The 
  accounts 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1891 
  were 
  then 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  

   Secretary, 
  and 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  Meeting. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  Ordinary 
  Members 
  were 
  balloted 
  for 
  and 
  

   declared 
  to 
  be 
  duly 
  elected 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Major 
  Ernest 
  L. 
  S. 
  Anne, 
  Blenkinsopp 
  Castle, 
  Green- 
  

   head, 
  Carlisle. 
  

  

  Ernest 
  W. 
  H. 
  Blagg, 
  Greenhill, 
  Cheadle, 
  Staffordshire. 
  

  

  George 
  Bolam, 
  F.Z.S., 
  Castlegate, 
  Berwick-on-Tweed. 
  

  

  W. 
  E. 
  de 
  Winton, 
  Graftonbury, 
  Hereford 
  ; 
  and 
  38 
  Great 
  

   Russell 
  Street, 
  W.C. 
  

  

  Ernst 
  Hartert, 
  The 
  Museum, 
  Tring, 
  Herts. 
  

  

  William 
  Hartmann, 
  Tangley 
  Mere, 
  Chilworth, 
  Surrey. 
  

  

  Charles 
  Hose, 
  F.Z.S., 
  Baram, 
  Sarawak, 
  Borneo. 
  

  

  