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The Annual General Meeting of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union, 1914. — The Annual Meeting of the British Ornitho- 

 logists' Union for 1914 was hekl on March the ] 7th at 

 Pagani's Restaurant, Great Portland Street, W., as the date 

 selected clashed with meetings held by the Zoological Society 

 and consequently their rooms were not available. The Chair 

 was taken by the President, Col. R. G. Wardlaw-Ramsay, 

 and there were about seventy Members present. 



The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting were 

 read and confirmed. 



The Secretary then read the following Report of the 

 Committee for the past year ; — 



'^The Committee regret that they have to report a 

 decrease in the funds of the Union during the past year, 

 although the membership has increased from 425 to 4S3. 

 The accounts, which have been audited in detail by Mr. D. 

 Seth-Smith, show that the total receipts in 1913 were .£608 

 Qs. 7d. as compared with £663 19^. IQd. in the previous 

 year ; and the total payments amounted to .£634 95. 8^/. as 

 against £630 45. 5*?. in 1912. The balance carried forward 

 to 1914 was £112 195. Ad. 



" The Annual Volume of ' The Ibis ' for 1913, published in 

 due course, is the fitty-fifth volume, and the first of the 

 Tenth Series, under the editorship of Mr. W. L, Sclater, 

 It contains 745 pages, and is illustrated with six coloured 

 and four photographic plates, three maps, and two te.\t- 

 figures. 



" With regret the Committee report the deaths of the 

 following Members since the last Annual General Meeting: — 

 Major G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton, Capt. J. A. Doig, Dr. J. 

 W. B. Gunning, Mr. F. V. McConnell, Dr. P. L. Sclater, 

 Mr. H. P. Senhouse, Mr. R. J. Ussher, and Dr. A. R. 

 Wallace. 



