476 Annual General Meeting of the B. O. U. 
In conclusion, I would remark that it would be more correct 
to use the term ‘‘tail-feathers”’ than “ tail,” since the tail 
is really made up in part of the caudal vertebre and in 
part of the feathers which those vertebrz support. These 
caudal vertebrae, as might be expected, are, in the Grebes, 
degenerate, the pygostyle being reduced to a mere rod. 
XXV.—Proceedings at the Annual General Meeting of the 
British Ornithologists’ Union, 1907. 
Tue Annual General 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 29th. The Chair was taken by the President, 
F. DuCane Godman, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S. 
The Minutes of the last Annual General 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 1906 was the sixth and last 
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 769 pages and was illustrated by 11 coloured and 
10 uncoloured plates. The General Index to the Eighth 
Series of ‘The Ibis’ (1901-1906) was also published, and — 
issued separately to the Members at the end of the year. 
With regret the Committee reported the deaths of the 
followmg Members of the Union since the last Annual 
Meeting :— : 
Sir Walter Buller, Mr. J.J. M. Falconer, Mr. G. E. Foster, 
Mr. Septimus Hedges, Mr. J. T. Stephen, Dr. C. R. Whitty, 
and Mr, A. F. Wiener. 
Nine Members had resigned, and the names of two others 
had been removed under Rule 6. 
At the date of the Meeting the Union consisted of 402 
