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2. To treat Motacilla ficedula of 1766 as a partial synonym 

 of Muscicapa atricapilla and partially as a doubtful mixture. 



3. To accept Motacilla atricapilla of 1758 (p. ]87) as the 

 undoubtedly correct name of the Blackcap. 



4. To accept Muscicapa atricapilla of 1766 (which has 

 nothing to do with Linnseus's Motacilla atricapilla) as the 

 correct name of the Pied Flycatcher. 



The generic name Ficedula cannot be used for the Black - 

 and-White Flycatchers, because, first of all, we cannot 

 separate the various genera adopted by Oberholser, as I shall 

 shew elsewhere, and, secondly, it is a Brissonian name, 

 which, as I explained at the last Zoological Congress in 

 Berlin, cannot be adopted. Therefore, I repeat once more, 

 the Pied Flycatcher cannot be called Ficedula ficedula, but 

 should be termed Muscicapa atricapilla. 



XXXII. — Proceedings at the Anniversary Meeting of the 

 British Ornithologists' Union, 1906. 



The Annual Meeting of the British Ornithologists' Union 

 for this year was held at the house of the Zoological Society 

 of London, No. 3 Hanover Square (by permission), on 

 May 30th. In the absence of the President, the Chair was 

 taken by Dr. P. L. Sclater, D.Sc., F.R.S. 



The Minutes of the last Annual Meeting were read and 

 confirmed. 



The Report of the Committee announced the continued 

 prosperity of the Union during the past year, as regards both 

 its Membership and its finances. 



The volume of 'The Ibis' for 1905 was the fifth of the 

 eighth series, under the joint Editorship of Dr. P. L. Sclater, 

 D.Sc, F.R.S. , and Mr. A. H. Evans, M.A. It contained 

 677 pages, and was illustrated by 11 coloured and 2 un- 

 coloured plates. 



With much regret the Committee reported the deaths of 

 the following Members of the Union : — 



Ordinary Members : Dr. William T. Blanford, Mr. James 



