1920.] Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 517 



" the Committee, with powers to co-opt shall be ap- 

 " pointed to consider records of occurrences of rare and 

 " hitherto unknown Bird Visitors to Great Britain, 

 "and their decision upon the authenticity i;£ the record 

 " shall be published in the number o£ ' The Ibis ' next 

 " following the date of their decision." 



An amendment to this was proposed by Mr. Bonhote, and 

 seconded by Mr. Smalley : 



"That the Committee of the B. O. U. be asked to 

 "consider the records of rare and hitherto unknown 

 " Bird Visitors to Great Britain and generally to keep 

 " the Union List up to date and that their decisions, 

 " if any, be published once a year in the April number 

 " of ' The Ibis ' '\ 



After considerable discussion the amendment was put to 

 the vote and lost by thirty votes to eight. 



Lord Bothschild then proposed and Mr. Evans seconded : 



" That the Committee be elected for five years and 

 " run to coincide with the election of the President.'^ 



The Committee accepted this amendment, and the original 

 proposal as amended by Lord Bothschild was then put to 

 vote and carried by a very large majority. 



Bule 16 will therefore read : 



"A Committee of nine elected members and the 

 " Honorary Secretary of the Union as Secretary to the 

 '• Committee M'ith powers to co-opt shall be appointed 

 " to consider records of occurrences of rare and hitherto 

 " unknown Bird Visitors to Great Britain, and their 

 " decision upon the authenticity of the record shall be 

 " published in the number of ' The Ibis ' next following 

 "the date of their decision. The nine members shall be 

 " elected every five years and their election shall coincide 

 " with the election of the President of the Union." 



The Committee recommended that in addition to the 

 present members consisting of Dr. Eagle Clarke, Mr. W. 



